Proposed changes to Illinois House Rules are ‘functionally identical’ to Madigan’s, House GOP says – Center Square

“Nothing in these House Rules improve transparency or bring sunlight to legislative proceedings,” House GOP spokesperson Eleni Demertzis said in a statement. “The same problems previously pointed out by good government advocates – like taking a midnight vote on a several-hundred-page amendment or budget only moments after it has been filed – are allowed by and re-authorized in these Rules for the next two years."

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