Iasked Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch last week about the failure to pass an omnibus energy bill (the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act) during the just-ended spring legislative session.

“I think the same thing that happened on energy happened on all the things, you know. Big bills take time,” Welch said. “And I really do believe it's important that we take the time to get it right and make sure we produce the best results for everyone.”

Welch compared the delay to his first spring session as House Speaker, when another energy omnibus bill crashed and burned and then they came back in the fall and “passed one of the biggest pieces of legislation that ever passed in this state.”

Gov. JB Pritzker told reporters much the same thing last week. “You don’t get everything done in o

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