(CHICAGO) In state politics, the new General Assembly takes the oath Wednesday in Springfield.
First, the General Assembly will be inaugurated with veto-proof Democratic super majorities in both houses, then on Monday the new governor JB Pritzker and other statewide elected officials – all Democrats – take their oaths.
Outgoing Republican Bruce Rauner has said he’s scared for the people of Illinois.
“The policies that have created the financial mess for the State of Illinois are now the policies that will be dominating completely without any resistance whatsoever. It’s very scary. I’ve very scared for the people of Illinois.”
But four years of Rauner talk like that merely gave Speaker Madigan his biggest House majority ever in his long tenure.
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