(Bloomberg) -- Illinois lawmakers overrode Governor BruceRauner’s veto of a law that gives Chicago a partial break on itspension payments to police and fireretirement funds.

The House followed the Senate’s vote Monday to nix the veto.Rauner, a first-term Republican locked in a record budget impassewith Democrats who lead the legislature, vetoed the bill onFriday.

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The law gives Chicago 40 years instead of 25 to get itspublic-safety pensions to 90 percent funded and reduces thisyear’s required contribution to the public safety pensions by $220million. Mayor Rahm Emanuel had slammed Rauner’s veto, saying itwould force a property tax increase.

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“I don’t think it’s fair to the taxpayers of Chicago to saywe’re going to double your property tax bill this year,”Representative Barbara Currie, a Democrat from Chicago, said beforethe House voted to override the veto. The bill “is a responsibleapproach to funding pension problems.”

Chicago is caught in the partisan standoff between Rauner andlegislative Democrats. Illinois hasn’t had a budget for 11 months.There are little signs of progress on reaching a compromise by theend of the regular legislative session on Tuesday. Rauner wants anysolution to include some of his agenda items like changes toworkers compensation costs, limits on unions and property taxrelief. These proposals have encountered resistance fromDemocrats.

On Sunday, Rauner described the bill he vetoed as “bad policy,”saying it would allow Chicago to reduce pension payments, costingtaxpayers money in the long run. Previously, the governor had saidhe would consider signing the bill if it was part of a package ofstructural changes. The veto is “harmful to taxpayers,” accordingto a statement from Emanuel on Friday.

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