* 12:42 pm - From the Politico…
In a big recruiting coup for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Illinois Senate Majority Leader Debbie Halvorson (D) will be announcing that she is running for the seat held by the retiring Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.).
“She sees this as a historic time in Washington and she wants to be a part of it,” said one Democratic operative familiar with her decision-making process. “She wants to bring the things she accomplished in Illinois to Washington.”
Halvorson met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this past weekend as part of her meetings with Democratic officials in Washington. She also met with EMILY’s List, which funds and supports Democratic candidates who support abortion rights.
Many operatives had speculated that she wanted to move up in the state legislative leadership, but the wooing by top Democrats helped convince her otherwise.
* 1:20 pm - The House is now debating the override motion of the governor’s vetoes. Listen here and live-blog it below if you want.
* 1:25 pm - Check out the banner ad just above this WREX story about the veto overrides. I wonder if the guv cut anything important to the Illinois Pork Producers….

* 2:03 pm - Yesterday, I told you about a hideous flier that was distributed across Illinois. Bernie Schoenburg attempted to get a response from the governor’s office about the flier, but didn’t receive or see the email before his deadline. Here is the statement from the guv’s office…
We had nothing to do with the flier you’re asking about and, in fact, hadn’t seen it until you sent it along. Our focus is on passing a $25 billion capital program to fund critical infrastructure projects around the state and launch a program to provide every single Illinois woman with access to live saving breast and cervical cancer screenings and treatment.
* 2:04 pm - A whopping 104 House members just voted to override the governor’s line-item vetoes of the budget. Just 4 voted “No.” Reduction veto overrides are next.
* 2:19 pm - The second veto override motion passed 105-4.