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Powerful House speaker locked in unimaginable fight for gavel
John O’Connor Associated Press
Jan. 11, 2021
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Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan walks on the floor as the House of Representatives convenes at the Bank of Springfield Center on Friday.E. Jason Wambsgans | Chicago Tribune (AP)
The previously unimaginable showdown looming over leadership of the Illinois House of Representatives, occasioned by scandal around the once-invincible Speaker Michael Madigan, recalls a drawn-out debacle 45 years ago that burned through two weeks and 93 votes before lawmakers settled on a surprise compromise.
With the inauguration of a new General Assembly on Wednesday, Madigan, the longest-serving leader of any legislative body in U.S. history, will seek an unparalleled 19th term as speaker, a vote that’s been a lock for three decades. But last summer, the Democrat was identified in a Justice Department investigation as the beneficiary of a years-long bribery ventu
The previously unimaginable showdown looming over leadership of the Illinois House of Representatives, occasioned by scandal around the once-invincible Speaker Michael Madigan, recalls a drawn-out debacle 45 years ago that burned through two weeks and 93 votes before lawmakers settled on a surprise compromise.