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STATE OF ILLINOIS 82ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 12th Legislative Day March 5, 1981 Grieman: "Perhaps ve could have 118, Mr. Speaker... for a Democratic Conference." Speaker Ryan: "Did you want to have a Conference?" Greiman: "Yes." Speaker Ryan: "Let me check the room. Hang on. Representative Greiman." Greiman: "212 might be a more appropriate room, if we..." Speaker Ryan: "That belongs to the Senate, I understand, Representative." Greiman: "But they may not have to..." Speaker Ryan: "Till we get enough Members on the Space Needs Commission we can't get in that room." Greiman: "Okay."

March 5, 1981: Rep. Alan Greiman suggested that Room 212 would be the more appropriate room for a Democratic caucus meeting. He was informed by Speaker George Ryan that Room 212 belonged to the Senate.

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79TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION MARCH 4, 1975 PRESIDENT: Senator Saperstein, this member would be reluctant to give a Had I known caucus or to participate in the caucus at this time. or had you communicated your desire to have a Democratic caucus, we might have had it at the beginning of the Session or the beginning of this day's activities. Senator Saperstein. SENATOR SAPERSTEIN: I listened to you very carefully, Mr. President, but as in many of our experiences in the art of legislating, conditions develop beyond our control.

March 4, 1975- Stating she was concerned supportive members were absent, Sen. Esther Saperstein requested a caucus and delay of a scheduled vote on ratification of the ERA. The chair rebuked her late request and she observed that "in the art of legislating, conditions develop beyond our control."

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STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 81st Legislative Day PRESIDING OFFICER: March 3, 1998 (SENATOR WEAVER) We have very little to do this morning.

March 3, 1998- Presiding over the chamber, Sen. Stanley Weaver announced that the Senate had very little to do.

STATE OF ILLINOIS 89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 22nd Legislative Day March 3, 1995 SENATOR MOLARO: This House this this part of the Legislature is turning into a mini House of Representative. There's no need for Senators to be here if we're going to be in lockstep as Democrats or Republican. We're supposed to be deliberative. We're supposed to take our time. We're supposed to look at this and not have thirty-three Republican green lights and twenty-eight Republican <sic> red lights. If we're going to do that on every major issue that comes before us, we might as well disband and become a mini House of Representatives.

March 3, 1995- During heated debate over tort reform legislation, Sen. (and future Rep.) Bob Molaro condemned the creeping partisanship growing in the Illinois Senate, arguing it was devolving into a mini House of Representatives.

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STATE OF ILLINOIS 82ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 9th Legislative Day February 26, 1981 Preston: "I would like to ask Clarence Darrow if there's some reason why the monkey, the chimpanzee or the great ape was not chosen as the animal for the State of Illinois." Darrow: "Because it was the wishes of the General Assembly that those animals not be put on the list of animals to be voted upon."

Brummer: "Okay. On a different topic, were any Members of the General Assembly designated as write-in candidates for the state animal?" Darrow: " I don't have the results of the write-in candidates."

Dunn, R.: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wonder if I might ask a question. I didn't hear the... what he said the opossum got. I thought it would be worthwhile to call attention to this Body that the opossum was one of the animals on the thing and... We have it finished last? Did the opossum finish last, Clarence? At least.." Darrow : "No, no. No, no. The write-ins were below the opossum, Ralph." Dunn, R.: "What's a write-in?" Darrow: "They got 1.2% and the opossum got 3.6. But I'll tell you, if you want to introduce legislation to make the opossum the state animal of southern Illinois, I'll support that." Dunn, R.: "I did that one time and I think the Playboy bunny beat me on that vote.

Davis: "Well, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to ask the Representative Darrow, in what order of finish was the beaver and the shark?" Sponsor two questions. Darrow: "Neither one were voted upon and neither one were listed, so there was no chance to vote for a beaver or a shark." Davis: "Incredible. I think I'm going to have to withhold my vote."

February 26, 1981: Rep. Clarence A. Darrow presented legislation designating the white-tailed deer as the state animal of Illinois and to the surprise of absolutely no one who has ever spent time in the Illinois House of Representatives, the debate immediately devolved into jokes.

another thursday is here already jeez its barely been a week since the last one nobody told me the march of time was so inexorable

STATE OF ILLINOIS 93rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 2/25/2004 84th Legislative Day SENATOR TROTTER: Thank you very much. I would like in celebration of African-American History Month I have have donned the garb of one of the traditional dresses, and I would like permission of the and leave from the Body to be on the Floor today without wearing a tie. PRESIDENT JONES: The Senator requests leave to I be on the Senate Floor without a tie. Is leave granted? Is leave granted? I'11 believe the Nays have it. I believe the Ayes have it, SO you can remain for the time being, Senator. Senator Sieben, what purpose do you rise? SENATOR SIEBEN: Point of personal privilege, Mr. President. PRESIDENT JONES: State your point. SENATOR SIEBEN: Well, Mr. President, I've observed Senator Trotter's dress In today and find it most appropriate for the Senate Chambers. fact, in comparison to some of the ties I've seen him wear before, it's it's much more becoming and I strongly would encourage the Body to grant leave for the Senator to appear in his traditional dress today. Most outstanding. PRESIDENT JONES: Yeah. I wasn't going to comment on your tie.

Feb. 25, 2004: In celebration of Black History Month, Sen. Donne Trotter sought the leave of the Senate to forgo a tie and wear traditional garb. Permission was granted in a tight vote. Sen. Todd Sieben rose to state that he preferred the traditional garb to the ties Sen. Trotter ordinarily wore.

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If the money for government programs that ostensibly reduce crime comes from people accused or convicted of crimes, what happens to those programs if they succeed in cutting off their own funding stream? It's almost like there's an incentive to criminalize more behavior.

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STATE OF ILLINOIS 82ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 6th Legislative Day Legislative Day February 19,1981 Giorgi: "I'd like to comment, Mr. Speaker, that it so happens that's the week I chose to visit Italy and all roads lead to Rome, and I'm going to visit the Italian Parliament. And I thought that if any of the Members have some message for me to give the Italian Parliament, I'll be gone that week to Italy. I'll gladly carry the message to Europe." Speaker Ryan: "Representative Conti, do you have any messages that Representative Giorgi can carry to the Italian Parliament? Mr. Collins." Collins: "Yes, Mr. Speaker, would you have him apologize to the Italian Parliament for letting him come over there?" Speaker Ryan: "Get that message, Representative Giorgi?

February 19, 1981: Rep. Zeke Giorgi rose to share that during the House's spring break, he planned to visit the Italian Parliament and asked if the body had any messages to convey. Rep. Philip Collins requested Rep. Giorgi apologize to the Italians for letting him come over there.

well kids here we are on another springfield friday we had some laughs we had some snacks we probably all got mad about something please have as many breakfasts and dinners as physically possible this weekend you need your strength

It’s a supply side approach to address the state’s housing shortage by tackling the “patchwork of local barriers” that prevents builders from building. But expect significant pushback from local governments to the imposition of statewide zoning standards and permitting timelines.

Pritzker to propose statewide zoning laws to spur homebuilding, limit local control Article Summary JB Pritzker will propose a plan during his State of the State address to drastically limit local governments’

New from me: @govpritzker.illinois.gov will use his State of the State address to push a sweeping housing plan that’d permit multi-unit buildings on most residential lots, legalize granny flats and slash red tape that’s slowed homebuilding in recent years. capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzke...

Eh, maybe more like Memorial Stadium in Champaign.

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82nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION FEBRUARY 18, 1981 SENATOR GROTBERG: Thank you Mr.... Thank you, Mr. President. In the...in the adoption of the Consent Calendar I was on...in the phone booth. I just...while there's time and we're doing nothing, wanted to point out... I think it's the second resolution of Grotberg this year, but I was visited by a...the...the...clerk of the English...or of the Indian Parliament in my offices in St. Charles, and I just wanted the membership to knew...to know that the Congressmen in India make sixty dollars a month...with. no home office allowance at all and then when they're in session in New Delhi they still get the same sixty dollars, but they do get a place to live, and they have no secretaries there and no staff, only the President has a staff. And they were very...they thought that the State of Illinois was rather advanced by comparison and I enjoyed very much that visit, and this...Resolution No. 19 memorializes how...great we are and how tough it is in India. Thank you. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR BRUCE) We all await your bill to reduce our salary to sixty dollars, Senator.

February 18, 1981: Sen. John Grotberg rose to share that he'd been told by the clerk of the Indian Parliament that legislators there were paid a salary of $60. From the chair, Sen. Terry Bruce replied that the body awaited his legislation reducing their own salaries to the same amount.

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it is budget day so remember that famous exhortation

ask not what illinois can do for you ask why does illinois still have all those extra counties i mean geez its not 1885 anymore

A serious effort to addressing drug use in jails and prisons would involve discussions about why we incarcerate so many people. About the conditions that lead people to use drugs. About developing a common set of facts about how drugs actually enter these facilities.

Instead we get this.

If you click this link, you might notice that nowhere in the article do you learn more about the corrections officer who is accused of bringing drugs into the jail. You'll get a brief snippet about that if you watch the story. The whole thing may as well have been produced by the sheriff's office.

STATE OF ILLINOIS 97th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 16th Legislative Day 2/17/2011 Speaker Madigan: "The Bill would apply to gubernatorial appointments confirmed by the Senate." Rose: "And I... and I will... I think laud both yourself and our Leader as well as the Leadership on the Senate that, you know, we have these commissions all the time we create to these Resolutions and one of the problems we have is lots of times people don't get around to making appointments to those commissions and SO they can't meet. And I... I do think that, you know, the Legislative Leadership is fairly quick to act, but in many cases we can't because somebody doesn't act. And I guess my only point from a policy stand point is, what might be good for the goose would be good for the gander. And I... I suspect that the fact that you're carrying this Bill tells me that we're probably not going to have lot of Amendments to it. But I think from policy stand point, there's probably some unexpected, or excuse me, unexpired terms or unfilled terms on those boards that Leadership in either Body would be able to, on both sides of the aisle... would be able to fill that haven't filled and we might wish to consider those as well, Mr. Speaker." a a Lang: "Mr. Sullivan. I'm sorry, please proceed. I didn't hear that he had asked a question." Rose: "It really wasn't a..." Speaker Madigan: "Just ask Mr. Rose if there's some to commission he wishes to be appointed to?" Rose: "Very good, Mr. Speaker. Thank you." Lang: "Please provide a list to Speaker Madigan, Sir. Mr. Sullivan."

2/17/2011- Speaker Madigan presented a bill to resolve an advise-and-consent dispute between Gov. Quinn and the Senate. Rep. Chapin Rose made a statement about filling vacancies on a bipartisan basis. Speaker Madigan asked if there was a particular board the representative would like to serve on.

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Hey, don't beat yourselves up too much guys, you lasted longer than Bill Daley's gubernatorial campaign.

Oh, these are extraordinary

While the 1st seems dated to lawmakers and staff with laptops, this Campbell one is ageless. @johnamdor.bsky.social, @capitolfax.bsky.social

Ran across a book of the late Bill Campbell’s editorial cartoons. He drew for the Quad City Times and was very familiar and popular with Capitol folks then. A crash in the latter 1970s paralyzed from the chest down. Sales from the book went to expenses. This was 1 of 2 favs. @johnamdor.bsky.social

Of 12.7 million emergency room visits in the U.S. related to consumer products in 2023, fireworks accounted for fewer than 10,000. Barbecuing caused double that and baseball and softball games 14 times as many. No politicians are trying to ban grilling or America’s pastime.

Oh, that second post was supposed to have this excerpt attached. Oops.