@SeidelContent Mike Madigan is the James Madison of the 1970 Illinois Constitution.
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Ryan Spain
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Pugh on the three-reading requirement for House bills: "That is created by the Illinois constitution, is that right?"
He's trying to make the point that Madigan largely did not create the process in which bills move through the Legislature.
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Todd Pugh, attorney for Mike Madigan, is now cross-examining ex-state Rep. Lou Lang.
Jon Seidel@SeidelContent
Lang said he decided to move on and "go make a living." But first, he said he met with Madigan to look him in the eye. Bhachu asks if Madigan expressed any surprise to hear that McClain had made that call. Lang: "No."
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IDPH filed a repeat emergency rule last night to extend the school mask mandate, regardless of the ongoing court case. The refiled rule would force every school district not named in the suit to enforce masks. Republicans on JCAR object to IDPH refilling during suit.
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FINNALY! A co-equal branch of #Illinois government is heard from. This is exactly why we have three branches of government. Checks and balances. Long overdue in Illinois regarding #COVID. @GovPritzker cannot continue to use emergency executive orders. Get the GA envolved. #twill
Mark Maxwell@MarkMaxwellTV
BREAKING: JCAR votes to object to the mask rule. A bipartisan panel of lawmakers deal Pritzker’s school mask mandate a defeat in the legislature while it languishes in legal limbo before appellate court. Dems Mike Halpin, Fran Hurley, Curtis Tarver break with Pritzker.
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@RepKamBuckner When politicians pass substantive legislation through a lameduck loophole, that is absolutely NOT what constituents voted for. This bill was passed in the final hours of the last day of session. These actions disregard the will of constituents.
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There’s no such thing as perfect policy, but we are doing the work to perfect it; it’s what our State deserves & frankly it’s what our constituents voted for. Not REACTIVE RECALCITRANCE. Just calling something “Anti Police” doesn’t make it so. Do the work.
Signed,
A Cops Kid
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Hearing a lot of talk from my Republican colleagues about Repeal. They are using language that raises people’s hackles, because instead of offering thoughtful common sense ideas they would rather teardown the work of so many, including victims rights organizations & those in LE
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.@EricHolder, @BarackObama, and Democrats across the country don’t care about ‘fair maps’ and will say whatever they need to in order to gain power.
We’re calling out their gerrymandering hypocrisy.
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Happy New Year from Peoria’s oldest sole proprietorship, George’s Shoeshine and Hatters. May 2022 bring you peace, prosperity, and the changes needed to build a better community, state, and country. @ Peoria, Illinois instagram.com/p/CYKGd_RFfao/…
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Imagine if we had Fair Maps in Illinois. Then we wouldn’t have to speculate about whether one politician was “a fan” of another, and whether or not they drew maps for political retribution.
Capitol Fax@capitolfax
Yeah. Don Harmon and Chris Welch are big Lipinski fans 🤣 Also this is just the first draft.
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Illinois Democrat legislators will stop at nothing to retain their corrupt grip on power in Springfield and Washington DC. The Democratic Congressional map was drawn by politicians to protect incumbent Democrats and disenfranchise voters throughout the State of Illinois.
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@AndrewSullender @UISPAR Thanks for the tip, but the only thing I found was Democrat’s empty promise for an independent map.
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A crack team of @UISPAR reporters today found the secret vault in the basement of the capitol where Dems are nefariously drawing maps. Someone page @ryan_spain to point at it!
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@MarkMaxwellTV Dropping the map on exactly the same date, Friday May 21st, as they did 10 years ago. The Madigan playbook continues.
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At long last, we should see the first draft of the new Illinois redistricting maps today, according to Senate sources briefed on the matter. We’ve been told several public hearings will follow where advocates can voice concerns and weigh in on the lines.
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@mjzalewski This is the brick wall for Illinois voters to bang their head against while corruption and back room deals continue like usual.
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It’s a, uh, brick wall.
Hannah Meisel@hannahmeisel
.@ryan_spain knows three’s a trend, and asks if behind the curtain in the Capitol blue room lies “the key to the transparency that we’ve been looking for on redistricting reform.” Ystrdy I asked House Dems’ top mapmaker what maps her members have been seeing behind closed doors.
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Rep @ryan_spain (R-Peoria) continues to point at doors at press conferences about redistricting, this time @GovPritzker’s office. In 2018, candidate Pritzker said he wanted an independent commission to draw maps, with or w/o a constitutional amendment. He’s since taken that back
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When it comes to transparency, flaw is function for Illinois Democrats.
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Note the computer screen with the Democrats redistricting website. Each link to a previous public hearing is an error.
Eleni@elenid17
Unlike our friends on the other side of the aisle, we don't treat our map room with the secrecy of a grand jury.
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Rep @ryan_spain (R-Peoria) points at what he calls “the doorway to further corruption in the state of Illinois.”
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@Colleen2791 Colleen, that’s not a fair generalization. Republicans are committed to working together for clean energy solutions in Illinois.
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@elenid17 I will gladly take on a new name if it helps bring fair and independent redistricting to Illinois.
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Very blessed to have such gifted caucus members like Brian spearheading our efforts to bring fair maps to Illinois. @ryan_spain
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@RepTimButler These meetings are essential to the future of our state and it is disappointing and nonsensical for the House Redistricting Committee to be convened in two instances simultaneously. It shows a completely disingenuous interest in meaningful public input.
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