Saturday, June 12, 2010

Daily Herald | Biggins demoted for voting with Democrats

 

State Rep. Bob Biggins of Elmhurst was one of three Republican lawmakers to support borrowing roughly $3.7 billion last month in order to cover state contributions to retiree pension plans.

Republican House leader Tom Cross of Oswego stripped Biggins of his title of minority spokesman for a House appropriations committee. That title came with a $10,327 pay boost, on top of salary and stipends given for committee assignmen

Cross has repeatedly attacked House Speaker Michael Madigan, a Democrat from Chicago, for unilaterally steering all Democratic votes in the House. The demotions were a rare show of partisan force by the minority leader,

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