After A Chat With Obama, Jones To Call Senate Back

by Josh Kalven on September 18, 2008 - 1:18pm

Looks like a phone call from Barack Obama was enough to get the job done.

From Crain's Greg Hinz:

Bowing to a request from “my friend Barack Obama,” Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. midday Thursday announced he will call the state Senate back into session next week to take final action on a pending major ethics bill.

“I stand by my interpretation” that the measure could have waited until after the November election, Mr. Jones said in a statement. However, he continued, “I plan to call the Senate back into session to deal with the issue of ethics, only at the request of my friend.”

The statement does not say when the session will occur, but Mr. Jones’ spokeswoman said it will be “sometime next week.”