New 103rd General Assembly has Democrats with record 78-40 majority in the House and 40-19 in the Senate.
The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on Jan. 10, 2023. The new 103rd General Assembly was formally inaugurated on Wednesday.
In the University of Illinois Springfield auditorium, where the House inaugural was held, Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch of Hillside, who was reelected to the leadership post, urged members and the audience to applaud new Republican leader Tony McCombie of Savanna as the first woman to head a House partisan caucus.
Acknowledging the overwhelming Democratic majorities they face and the potential for Republican irrelevancy, Curran and McCombie each urged Harmon and Welch to allow Republican voices and ideas to play a role in the legislative process. “It has been a long, difficult road for our party, our state and our world,” said Curran, succeeding state Sen. Dan McConchie of Hawthorn Woods, who is remaining in the legislature. “But the only way to move forward is to move on. Today, Jan. 11, 2023, the Illinois Senate Republicans are proudly facing the future.
“I’m ready to work. The House Democratic caucus is ready to do the work. Together, Leader McCombie, we’re ready to do the work,” he said. “Some people are going to say that we can’t work together. But I ask you to join me in saying, ‘Yes, we did.’”
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