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Capitol Fa - Your Illinois News Radar » The ten-year leader term limit is a ceiling, not a floorCapitolFax.com

* My syndicated statewide newspaper column… After Michael J. Madigan’s 36 years as Illinois House Speaker, a 10-year term limit on current and future speakers doesn’t seem like a lot of time in the big chair. Except it is. Nobody prior to Madigan had ever served 10 years as speaker in this state, going back to when Illinois [...]

A Ten-Year Term Limit for Illinois Speakers Can Feel Like a Long Time

After Michael J Madigan’s 36 years as Illinois House Speaker, a ten-year term limit on current and future speakers doesn’t seem like a lot of time in the big chair. Except it is.

Rich Miller: 10 years at the top not guaranteed

"I’m not advocating here for reducing the term limits to six years or whatever. But what I am saying is that Illinois government will not crash and burn if Welch and Harmon don’t serve their full five two-year General Assemblies as their chambers’ leaders."

Rich Miller: 10 years as House speaker not guaranteed for Illinois lawmakers

After Madigan’s 36 years as Illinois House Speaker, a 10-year term limit on current and future speakers doesn’t seem like a lot of time. Except it is.