Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan may be calling Governor Rauner’s bluff. The speaker yesterday announced a hearing set for Monday to see if there is support for the governor’s plan to reinstate the death penalty in Illinois. Madigan said the plan deserves a full hearing before the Illinois House. But similar hearings in the past have been used to scuttle plans that Madigan and his Democrats don’t like.
Speaker Madigan To Give Governor Hearing On Death Penalty
