How Illinois lawmakers managed to agree on a $1.8 billion debt plan – Bloomington Pantagraph

The agreed-bill process is a quirk unique to Illinois, according to its adherents. Basically, the idea is that that outside interest groups on all sides of an issue, especially ones technical in nature or requiring specific expertise, bargain until they can come to an agreement that all can live with.

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