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Downstate Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis says President Donald Trumps lack of discipline in his messaging is derailing the White Houses larger agenda for the country. Davis, of Taylorville in central Illinois, said new White House chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, needs to explain to Trump the importance of using the bully pulpit to push his agenda. Asked on WGN 720-AMSunday if Trumps comments and social media use are getting in the way, Davis agreed. Thats where someone like General Kelly has to come in and help guide this White House to understand how important his messaging is, how important these rollouts are to actually having an effective agenda, he said. Davis noted that Trumps controversial Trump Tower news conference last week over the deadly protest in Charlottesville, Va., originally was supposed to deal with an executive order on improving the nations infrastructure. Every single time the president decides to take questions at a press conference, hes got to understand that theyre not going to ask him about the executive order. And everything he says after that press conference announcing one of his priorities is going to be glossed over and missed, Davis said. The American people elected the first president in our lifetime in Donald Trump that did not have any government or military experience. That means hes got a different learning curve and a different style in being president in what all of us have been used to our entire lifetime, he said. So its going to be different. The American people wanted something different and they got it. Now its up to General Kelly and others that (Trump) knows his agenda is going to be sidetracked if he keeps doing this. (Rick Pearson)

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What's on tap

*Mayor Rahm Emanuel will joinPolice Superintendent Eddie Johnsonannouncinga policebody camera initiative.

*Gov. Rauner and First Lady Diana Rauner will attend an eclipse viewing eventat Southern Illinois University.

*There will be a solar eclipse from just before noon to just before 3 p.m. in the Chicago area. Despite the sun, the moon and the Earth lining up, peace is not expected to break out at the Illinois Capitol.

*The week ahead:On Monday, new Chicago Sun-Times CEO and former Ald. Edwin Eisendrath will give a lunchtime talkat the City Club of Chicago.On Tuesday, legislative leaders plan to meet again in ongoing school funding negotiations.On Wednesday, the Illinois House is back in Springfield to consider overriding Rauner's education bill veto. Also, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will speak at the City Club.

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From the notebook

*Air war revs up as Illinois still without school funding bill: As negotiations resume this week over Illinois' lack of a school funding plan, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and a group aligned with Democrats are already doing battle over the airwaves.

Do Your Job Inc., a tax-exempt group led by two Democratic lawmakers and the head of the Illinois AFL-CIO, says it's spending $500,000 on TV spots to try to pressure Republican lawmakers to override the governor's rewrite of a sweeping education funding bill.

"Rauner wont compromise," the ad's narrator states. "Republicans and Democrats have to fund our schools without him. Sound familiar? Tell your legislator: Override Rauner."

Last week, Madigan pointed to TV adsaired by the Rauner campaign in accusing the governor of not being willing to compromise. Those debuted on Governor's Day at the Illinois State Fair, when House lawmakers convened to vote down the governor's education funding changes.

"Illinois' education system is broken," one spot's narrator says. "Just more insider deals and special interest giveaways. Bruce Rauner's plan is based on bipartisan reforms."

Both groups bought time during Sunday's Cubs-Blue Jays game on WGN-TV.

A meeting among legislative leaders Friday lasted more than two hours and was productive, according to Senate Republican leader-in-waiting Bill Brady's spokeswoman, Patty Schuh. She said she called the Tribune on behalf of Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan's spokesman Steve Brownbecause he wasgoing to say the same thing.

That tight-lippeddisplay of bipartisanship comes as another meeting is set for Tuesday, ahead of Madigan's planned vote to override Gov. Rauner's veto on Wednesday.

The speaker said last week that if an override attempt fails Wednesday, lawmakers have until Aug. 29 to try again.

*Quick spins: State Sen. Dan Biss, who's running for the Democratic governor nomination, claimed the endorsement of Sen. Pat McGuire, a colleague who represents the Joliet area. ... Democratic U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Evanston has signed on to a long-shot House resolution to censure President Donald Trump, saying "as an American Jew, I know there are no two sides to the story when one side is Nazism.

*The "Sunday Spin":On this week's show, Chicago Tribune political writer Rick Pearson's guests were Republican U.S. Rep.Rodney Davisof Taylorville and veteran State Journal-Register Capitol reporter Doug Finke. The"Sunday Spin"airs from 7 to 9 a.m. on WGN 720-AM. Listen to the full show here.

What we're writing

*Rauner facing pressure from Downstate Republicansto veto 'very reasonable' immigration bill.

*Emanuel, Rauner spar in latest front in war over school funding.

*Governor's Friday afternoon news dump: Raunervetoes bills on spending transparency, home health care worker OT, Lake County election.

*Chicago's violent weekend: 33 shot, six fatally, in 13 hours.

*Malia Obama's gap year about to end as she goes to Harvard.

*Cook County soda tax lawsuit alleges Jewel wrongfully taxedconsumers paying with food stamps.

*AG Madigan wins $4.5 million settlementwith opioid drugmaker.

*One fatally shot after leaving Cook County courthouseat 26th and California.

*On Illinois farms where labor is tight, foreign workers welcomed.

What we're reading

*Blagojevich had a "football" too. It was his hairbrush.

*VFW hall's $1.6 million jackpot creates a big stir in tiny Morris.

*Carbondale hopes 60,000 eclipse tourists can invigorate city: "Mother Nature has given us a gift."

*What's the best hot dog mustard? We taste test 12 brands.

Followthe money

*The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform tracks the week's big donations.

*Track Illinois campaign contributions in real timehereandhere.

Beyond Chicago

*Trumpto address nation on Afghanistan tonight. Will he increase troop levels?

*Bannon out at White House, quickly back at Breitbart. The rise and fall. Will his agenda survive at White House without him, NYT asks?

*Ohio's Kasichhas no plans to challenge Trump in 2020.

*Nearly500 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides.

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Morning Spin: Downstate Republican congressman says Trump derailing his own agenda - Chicago Tribune