Republican senators working with Gov. Bruce Rauner began breaking off pieces of the "grand bargain," which Democrats say undermines efforts to move toward a compromise budget. Meanwhile, what had been a bipartisan selection process for Illinois' U.S. attorneys is changing, with senior Republican Congressman John Shimkus saying he's waiting for the Trump administration to advise him on how to proceed.
Sean Crawford hosts with regular panelists Charlie Wheeler and Brian Mackey, and guest Bernard Schoenburg, political reporter and columnist for The State Journal-Register in Springfield.