Families lament, public school advocates celebrate end of controversial scholarship tax credit – Chicago Tribune*

All 40 members of the House GOP were ready to support an extension of the program. “It is my hope that over the remainder of the year that the advocates for and against this will actually come together, sit at a table together and will come up with a remedy and we’ll whip the votes on both sides of the aisle and come to the speaker and to the (Senate) president and say, ‘This is my roll call. We have the votes. And let’s call this bill,’” House Republican Leader Tony McCombie said.