Budget hot topic at fair rally
By Kate Clements
Thursday August 16, 2007
SPRINGFIELD – An overwhelming agreement to endorse U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's bid for president was overshadowed by Democratic Party infighting on Wednesday.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich used the annual party unity breakfast and Illinois State Fair rally to trumpet his controversial decision to cut $500 million from the budget the Democrat-controlled General Assembly sent him and use the money to expand health care programs.
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