There was a bit of controversy over last week's vote to devote $100 million in taxpayer dollars toward a Barack Obama presidential library.

In case you missed the story, you can read a bit more about it here. There's also this account from a Chicago-area radio station:

Nine representatives were recorded as voting for the bill, even though there were five lawmakers in attendance at the hearing. That is because Rep. Bob Rita (D-Blue Island), who chairs the Executive Committee, employed a procedural move.

Rita used the attendance record from a previous hearing that occurred Wednesday as the vote for the presidential library cash. House Speaker Michael Madigan, who sat in on today’s hearing, clarified Rita’s maneuver, saying the attendance would serve as nine votes in favor of the library, even though the previous committee hearing was on a possible Chicago casino and not related to a presidential library.

I jumped on with the morning show on Eyewitness News to discuss the matter. And also to complain about some Marshmallow Peep sugar in the studio:

 

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