State lawmakers due back at work at Capitol

SPRINGFIELD-- Lawmakers in the Illinois House are headed back to work.

They're expected to reconvene Tuesday in Springfield where they will have the chance to reverse some of Governor Rod Blagojevich's $1.4 billion budget cuts.

That's no easy task.

Even if the Democrat-controlled House restores some of the cuts, the Illinois Senate would have to go along and there's no sign they'll cooperate.

A House Republican budget negotiator calls the return to the Capitol an exercise in futility.

The House is expected to be in session until Thursday.

Blagojevich slashed the budget last week to balance it because he said it was more than $2 billion out of whack.