{"id":2360031,"date":"2024-10-26T14:42:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T18:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-governor-legislator-reflect-on-madigans-power-as-house-speaker-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-26T14:45:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T18:45:01","slug":"former-governor-legislator-reflect-on-madigans-power-as-house-speaker-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-governor-legislator-reflect-on-madigans-power-as-house-speaker-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Former governor, legislator reflect on Madigan\u2019s power as House Speaker &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-governor-legislator-reflect-on-madigans-power-as-house-speaker-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2360031&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200d article discusses the reflections of former officials on\u200c the significant influence exerted by Michael Madigan during \u2064his lengthy\u200c tenure as Illinois House Speaker.\u2063 Madigan,\u2064 who served for 50 years in the Illinois Legislature and led \u2064the Democratic Party \u200cof Illinois\u200c for 23 years,\u200c currently faces \u2063serious federal charges including bribery, racketeering, and official misconduct. The allegations are largely connected to\u2064 his\u200b interactions with utility \u200ccompanies, specifically regarding his votes to override former Governor Pat \u2063Quinn&#8217;s vetoes on bills that would benefit Commonwealth Edison (ComEd). Former Governor Quinn criticized Madigan\u2019s involvement in these matters and stressed the need\u2063 for an ethics initiative in the\u2064 state. Notably, Quinn&#8217;s comments coincided with the trial&#8217;s\u2062 opening day, where\u2063 Madigan&#8217;s\u2062 daughter, Lisa Madigan, was present, having served\u200c as \u200cthe Illinois attorney general during the contentious\u200c period.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former governor, legislator reflect on Madigan&rsquo;s power as House Speaker<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1845754\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Former elected officials are recalling the extent of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan&rsquo;s power and the impact he had on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">state&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s politics and finances.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Madigan served as a state representative for 50 years, most of that time as Illinois House speaker, and he chaired the Democratic Party of Illinois for 23 years. He is now facing 23 federal counts of bribery, racketeering and official misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>Several of the allegations against Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain involve their dealings with utility companies.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said Madigan voted to override his vetoes on bills favoring ComEd in 2011 and 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think he should have taken my advice and his daughter&rsquo;s advice back then and not gotten involved in that. We&rsquo;ll see what the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/have-the-courts-been-compromised-too-where-are-the-righteous-judges-supreme-court-slows-president-trumps-pa-case\/\" title=\"Have the Courts Been Compromised Too?  Where are the Righteous Judges?  Supreme Court Slows President Trump\u2019s PA Case!\">court system<\/a> and the justice system produces,&rdquo; Quinn said.<\/p>\n<p>Madigan&rsquo;s daughter, Lisa Madigan, was Illinois attorney general at the time. Lisa Madigan was in the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse for the first day of opening arguments for the trial involving her father.<\/p>\n<p>Quinn said Illinois needs an ethics initiative.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you lived in places like Ohio or Michigan or Missouri, nearby neighbors, voters by binding referendum through initiative petitions, can put ethics measures for their elected officials on the ballot. We need to do that in Illinois,&rdquo; the former governor said.<\/p>\n<p>Former Illinois State Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, told The Center Square that Democrats were not standing up to Madigan when she first entered the statehouse in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anything that looks like maybe there was a disruption or conflict within this caucus is completely false, unless it was used for their own benefit,&rdquo; Ives said.<\/p>\n<p>Ives recalled that Madigan pushed through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-washington-dem-blasted-federal-gas-tax-holidays-until-she-was-up-for-reelection\/\" title=\"This Washington Dem Blasted Federal Gas Tax Holidays\u2014Until She Was Up for Reelection\">pension bill<\/a> for political purposes in 2013, even though he truly opposed pension reform.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He knew all along, and so did the Democrats, that what he passed was unconstitutional,&rdquo; Ives said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-protests-take-paris-over-macrons-retirement-age-change\/\" title=\"French protests take Paris over Macron&#039;s retirement age change\">pension reform bill<\/a>, which became law in June 2014, was referred to in litigation as Public Act 98-599. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">bill reduced retirement annuity benefits<\/a> for members of state-funded pension systems.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously confirmed that the measure was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>The trial of Madigan and McClain is scheduled to resume Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1845754\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1845754\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-officials reflect on Madigan&#8217;s influence as House Speaker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2360032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23293582244211-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34000,35947,9731,40895,5084],"class_list":["post-2360031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-former-governor","tag-house-speaker","tag-legislator","tag-madigan","tag-power"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23293582244211-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}