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Veto Session News

Chicago Tonight | November 27, 2012 11:00 am

The Illinois General Assembly meets for day one of the veto session. Did anything get accomplished -- and what's next? We hear from Chicago Sun-Times' Springfield Bureau Chief Dave McKinney.

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