Claim: "Then, the Republican leader theatrically introduced new bills with stopgap budget language, declaring that we could stay until midnight and pass this compromise. Except under our constitution, a bill has to be read on 3 different days, so that's not possible."
Fact-check: IL lawmaker ignores how things really work
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Matt Dietrich
Date published: 2016-08-04T00:00:00