ILLINOIS (WCIA) — There are just a few weeks until the October veto session, but no vetoes to consider. So, Illinois lawmakers are turning their attention to new bills.

It’s called the veto session but this year lawmakers don’t have many vetoes to consider.

Governor Pritzker only vetoed two bills and neither seems to be grabbing lawmakers attention.

But, that doesn’t mean they won’t be working.

“One of the most important things that I am looking at is I am looking at the cost of living and how that’s affecting our working families here in my district,” House Democrat Sue Scherer said.

Scherer said lawmakers jobs have gotten even harder since they adjourned their spring session.

President Donald Trump’s Big Bill has slashed funding for benefits programs and she said the state will need to find a way to close that gap — or Illinois families will pay the price.

“Washington is saying now we’re going to cut your Medicaid benefits, we’re going to cut your SNAP benefits and we’re already a donor state. So it’s so wrong. So now at the state level, we are trying to be very creative with our funding and trying to come up with funding sources to offset them, taking our money away from us,” Scherer said.

Illinois House Republicans don’t have much they can do to overcome a Democrat super majority.

But that isn’t stopping them from trying.

“You’re going to probably see the House Republicans exposing and opposing legislation,” House Republican leader Tony McCombie said.

 McCombie said her biggest red flags are coming from conversations around energy.

“A really bad bill that actually scares me more than any increase in tax because at the end of Illinois, with a policy of bring your own energy,” said McCombie.

That “bring your own clean energy” bill received some traction at the end of the spring session. It would require business that need over 25 megawatts of power to provide their own clean energy or face higher rates.

McCombie said the extra costs will scare businesses away from the state and that Illinois can solve its power problems if it goes back to what it knows. 

“We have to, we have to look at that. Also we have to extend or repeal, I will take either way, the shutdown of coal and natural gas and remove the moratorium on nuclear,” McCombie said.

The veto session will begin on Oct. 14h and end on Oct. 30.