SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — House Democrats are again calling on GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner to join them in striking a deal to break Illinois’ two-year-long budget logjam.

House Democratic Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie on Tuesday read from the chamber floor a letter her caucus sent to Rauner last week urging him to negotiate with them. She says her caucus has repeatedly “offered the olive branch” only to be ignored.

Currie noted higher education and social services have received no state support since a temporary spending plan expired in December. She says entering a third year without a budget would be “unconscionable.”

House Republican Minority Leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs countered that House Democrats have failed to negotiate in good faith over structural issues Republicans say are key to a balanced budget.