In the race to replace Mike Madigan as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, things are beginning to shake out, but deal making continues behind the scenes.
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Tuesday, Jan 12, 2021 I asked Illinois Democratic Women for a response yesterday to my blog post from earlier in the day entitled “Women’s groups now say that new House Speaker must have supported the ERA, HB40 and the RHA.”
“Just yesterday,” I wrote, “the groups were demanding that a woman be elected Speaker.”
First, some background. On Sunday, Illinois Democratic Women, We Will, Vote Mama, She Votes and eventually numerous other groups issued this statement… Open Letter to the House Democratic Caucus We are writing today to strongly encourage the House Democratic Caucus to choose a woman as their new leader when they convene to vote for the Speaker of the House of the 102nd General Assembly. As statewide women’s organizations, we’ve watched with pride and gratification as the declared candidates to the current Speaker, Michael Madigan, have all come from the House Democratic Women’s Caucus, which in the past several years has taken the
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan announced Monday morning that he is suspending his bid for another term leading the chamber, hours after falling nine votes short of the 60 he needs to be elected.