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State House adopts new rules under Welch


State House adopts new rules under Welch
Ben Szalinski and Dean Olsen The State Journal-Register (TNS)
Feb. 11, 2021
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Illinois Speaker of the House Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, talks Wednesday with Illinois State Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin, D-Olympia Fields, during session on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.Justin L. Fowler | The State Journal-Register via AP
The Illinois House has adopted new procedural rules that change how the chamber will function.
Wednesday’s vote fell along party lines.
As COVID-19 continues to be a public health risk, the House adopted rules allowing committees to meet remotely. The Senate adopted remote committee meeting rules last spring. Lawmakers will have to come back to Springfield to pass legislation, however, unless state law is changed. ....

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Republican Jim Durkin calls Speaker Emanuel 'Chris' Welch's style and offer of regular talks over coffee 'refreshing'


Rich Hein/Sun-Times; Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP
Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin said he had already spoken with Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch twice in the Democrat’s first ten full days in the top leadership post and the new speaker expressed an interest in “meeting on a regular basis for a cup of coffee or breakfast.”
“That didn’t happen with Mike Madigan,” Durkin told the Chicago Sun-Times.
“Surprise.”
Durkin said “time will tell” if Welch holds to the promise of reaching across the aisle that the Hillside Democrat made in his speech just minutes after ascending to the powerful position leading the House two weeks ago. ....

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