SPRINGFIELD - Twenty Republican House members voted to raise Illinois' gas tax to be the 3rd highest in the nation - almost as high as California and Pennsylvania's. The hike will go to fund Governor Pritzker's $45 Billion capital improvement program - the majority of which will be going to fund projects in Democrat districts.
The 19 cents per gallon gas tax hike will take effect Monday, July 1st - and there's a lot of interest in who exactly is responsible for this painful additional tax burden on Illinois drivers. The Democrat leadership really, really wanted the vote to be bi-partisan - so they wouldn't take the blame for it as a party.
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