The Democratic-controlled Illinois House pushed through a new legislative watchdog over objections from Republicans.
Michael McCuskey, a retired Democratic judge who served on the state and federal benches, was approved as the new legislative inspector general on a near-party-line vote Thursday in the House after a straight party-line vote a day earlier in the Senate.an ongoing corruption probe
Members of a bipartisan ethics panel deadlocked along party lines over naming Pope’s replacement, with each side accusing the other of obstruction.“What you’re seeing today is a total distortion of what we should have in this body,” Republican state Rep. Avery Bourne, “Judge McCuskey is a highly respected judge. As an appointee to the federal bench, he’s been vetted thoroughly,” said Burke, who sits on the ethics commission. “He was interviewed at length by the members of the legislative ethics commission, all of whom, even Republican members, acknowledge his experience and suitability for the office.”
Because of the deadlock, Democrats moved forward with McCuskey’s nomination to avoid a prolonged vacancy in the inspector general’s office, an issue that thrust the relatively obscure post into the spotlight as the #MeToo movement hit Springfield in 2017 as the office sat empty. McCuskey, who could not be reached for comment, was appointed to the U.S. District Court in central Illinois by Democratic President Bill Clinton and confirmed by a Republican-controlled U.S. Senate in 1998.
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