Anger over COVID-19 mask mandates boiled over in the Illinois House on Thursday with lawmakers voting to kick out nine Republicans for refusing to wear face.
Illinois House members this week passed a bill clarifying issues around the massive criminal justice reform measure that passed with the support of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus last year.
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Welch and the super-majority he now leads passed a bevy of bills during the first legislative session with Welch at the helm. Democrats say he did it with a "refreshing" collaborative approach. But Republicans say, for them the new boss is the same as the old boss.
Following the emergence of blistering details in the report about the deadly COVID-19 outbreak in LaSalle Veterans Home, Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) joined his fellow Republican lawmakers in asking for accountability.
Republicans say the tragic loss of the veterans was a result of incompetence and lack of leadership, and as such there are people who should be held accountable.
“There has to be more accountability for the loss of 36 of our valued heroes who were entrusted in this home,” Durkin said as he reminded the House of the famous quote the buck stops here made by former President Harry Truman.