* Speaker Madigan told reporters today that he “would move to override” all three bills the House has passed over the past couple of days. Those would be the tax hike, the approp bill and the BIMP.

Those are all Senate bills, however, so the Senate Democrats would have the first crack at an override motion, and they have their own issues right now. But Madigan predicted the Senate would approve the bills.

* Madigan said he thought the two Republican leaders “should have been here” for today’s scheduled meeting of the four tops.

The House Speaker said he would schedule another meeting tomorrow at 10 o’clock in the morning..

“We’re continuing to work on what we call the ‘off-budget’ issues,” Madigan claimed. “We will continue to work with [the Republicans] until it’s resolved.”