The Illinois General Assembly will meet in overtime session this summer. That’s because of partisan disagreement over the state's spending plan.
But Republican Sen. Sam McCann from Carlinville says government at the state level is not entirely divided.
McCann says lawmakers compromise on proposals throughout the session, and it's natural to be divided over a big issue like the budget.
"A state as large and diverse as ours in every way, you're obviously not going to come here and just run everything through, and quite frankly that's not what the framers of the Constitution envisioned,” McCann said. “They envisioned a deliberative process."
McCann says he hopes a negotiation can be reached by the end of the month.
