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The top Republican in the Illinois House has identified some people who, in his opinion, just don’t understand.
“The people that were involved in drafting the bill – I’m not sure if they understood all of the concepts that were in it,” said House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (pictured) (R-Western Springs), a former prosecutor, of criminal justice legislation awaiting the governor’s action. “Maybe the concepts, but (not) the way it was drafted.”
While proponents say there were numerous hearings and opportunities to comment over the past year or two, Durkin says the fact remains that the final version of the bill was slapped together and voted on literally in the middle of the night, hours before the last General Assembly gaveled out.
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It’s a good sign that youth is being served in leadership, it’s healthy for a caucus and it’s expansion and growth outside the governing too.
Still, the diversity of the caucus, as seen in leadership (no fault of their own, per se) the House caucus is very less diverse than Illinois as a state.
My congratulations.
Oh, I’m pretty sure Batinick is compensating for something.
Why is Hammond out?
The bell tolled for Hammond. Not the best political decision for her to join McCombie’s quixotic campaign for leader.
- Friendly Bob Adams - Monday, Jan 25, 21 @ 1:02 pm:
Capitol News Illinois
Newly-elected House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, passes a seated Rep. Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, as he returns to his seat on the floor of the Bank of Springfield Center on Wednesday, Jan. 13, after being nominated to replace Madigan as speaker.
Credit Jerry Nowicki of Capitol News Illinois
Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch made history Wednesday, Jan. 13, by becoming the first Black person elected speaker of the Illinois House, succeeding Rep. Michael Madigan, who leaves the job after serving for 36 of the past 38 years.
The House came into session Wednesday afternoon to begin the 102nd General Assembly just moments after it adjourned a rare lame duck session that ended the 101st biennial session.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) The Illinois House on Wednesday elected its first Black speaker to replace the longest-serving legislative leader in modern U.S. history, picking Democratic Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch for the job and pushing aside Michael Madigan after he was implicated in an ongoing bribery investigation.
Welch, an eight-year House veteran from the Chicago suburb of Hillside, garnered 70 votes from the 118-member House just days after emerging as the front-runner alternative to Madigan, 78, who was first inaugurated as a House member a half-century ago.
Madigan has wielded the gavel for 36 of the past 38 years and had sought another term in his post despite 19 members of his caucus announcing their opposition in the past six months. But after coming up short in a Sunday caucus vote, Madigan suspended his campaign, allowing lawmakers to consider others rather than force a potentially drawn-out floor fight that would paralyze all other business.