Speaker Madigan: Do not use Democratic Party money or your own campaign funds to assist Democratic representatives who failed to publicly support gay marriage by May 31, 2013.
Why is this important?
Speaker Michael J. Madigan is also Chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois. Historically, Madigan has spent considerable sums of money to defend incumbent Democratic state representatives from primary challenges. On May 31 (the last day of regular session), the House failed to pass marriage equality because a block of Democrats did not want to vote until the fall.
