Issue Position: Reforming State Spending

Issue Position

Sente has a strong record of voting against taxes on families in our area. She has sponsored legislation that would have frozen property taxes and prevented local governments from increasing taxes in years when home prices are in decline. To help families remain in their homes, Sente voted against the individual and corporate income taxincrease of 2011, and co-sponsored a bill that would have repealed it. Sente understands that so many are struggling to keep the roofs overtheir heads, and that's why she opposes any attempts to further financially burden families during these challenging economic times.

An ardent reformer, Sente has backed proposals to reign-in spending and refocus the General Assembly towards making money-smart decisions. During her first term, she fought to take the budget process out of the hands of legislative leaders, and returned the process to bipartisan committees tasked with reviewing the budget line-by-line, only supporting programs that are proven effective.

To keep the pension system from collapsing and creating more debt and financial problems, Sente joined the House Personnel & Pensions Committee to become part of the solution. She backed responsible state pension reforms put forth by the bipartisan Conference Committee, which incorporated months of actuarial research, negotiation and public testimony. The savings from these reforms, which impact legislators' pensions too, will make it easier to balance future budgets and put Illinois on a path towards solvency.

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