Rally urges budget override in Senate

SPRINGFIELD – More than 1,000 state workers, human services providers and union officials rallied at the Capitol on Wednesday, urging Senate President Emil Jones to allow a vote to override the governor's budget vetoes.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich cut $463 million out of the $59 billion budget lawmakers sent him, saying the money would be better spent on health care programs for uninsured and underinsured Illinoisans.

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