Strap yourselves in, folks, things should start to get even more interesting around the Capitol this week.

 

Both the House and Senate are scheduled to return to Springfield on Tuesday after taking last week off for observance of Passover. It was the last extended break for the two chambers for this spring session.

 

Starting Tuesday, the House and Senate are scheduled (for now anyway) to be in session for 21 of the 29 days left in May. After May 31, legislation still can be passed, but it takes more votes in both chambers to do it. In other words, the tough stuff, like passing a balanced budget that would likely contain some significant cuts to programs and tax hikes that would be needed to avoid even more drastic cuts, becomes even tougher to approve.

 

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