By Kevin Lee     Illinois Statehouse News

SPRINGFIELD  –  Lawmakers are heading home this weekend with the state's budget puzzle still unsolved.

While Senate Democrats passed their version of a budget proposal just before 1-A-M on Friday morning, budget negotiations in the Illinois House came to a standstill.

Suburban Democrat Jack Franks is frustrated with the House's budget proposal.

050710Franks               :22                …vote for this!"

The budget proposal is calling for millions of dollars in spending reductions.

House Speaker Michael Madigan says if lawmakers don't like the proposal, they should suggest their own changes.

050710Madigan           :20                …do those cuts."

House lawmakers will return to Springfield later this month to work on the bu, but did not have a specified return date.