Lawmakers may not have much time to get in everything they need to do in the lame duck session.
The Illinois Observer newsletter reports House Speaker Mike Madigan has cancelled several scheduled session days in early January, and won’t call the House back until January 6th… just three days before the new General Assembly is seated.
That may not leave much time to resolve issues like pension reform, same-sex marriage and other key pieces of legislation before the January 9th deadline.