Word: illinoise
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Michael Madigan is certainly a man who likes to, and quite often does, get his way in the state of Illinois. For most of the past three decades, he has alternately served as House majority leader, House Democratic leader and Speaker of the House of Representatives. He currently holds the...
Thin and wary of media exposure despite his high profile, Madigan, 66, quite simply, is Illinois politics. Legislation halts, or dies, without his blessing, much the same way as politics goes nowhere in Chicago without Mayor Richard M. Daley giving the nod. His power is amplified by his being the...
• Has represented Illinois' 18th district, which includes Peoria, since being swept into office during the GOP's congressional landslide in 1994
• Graduated from Bradley University in 1971 with bachelor's degrees in education and sociology. Before entering politics in 1977 as an administrative assistant to Illinois Congressman Tom Railsback, LaHood taught junior high school social studies
• Served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1982 to 1994