Springfield, IL… Senate Republican Leader Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) released the following statement:

“This morning’s news comes as little surprise. This is exactly the environment that has been created by the Democratic machine in order to be able to do business in Springfield these days. Businesses and lobbyists have been conditioned to think this is how you get a seat at the table here in Illinois. If you don’t pay up, you don’t have a shot. The silent bully is always watching in the back of the room and enough is enough. We must empower the people of Illinois again to take back their government from this corruption that continues to threaten our democracy.”