In this May 14, 2014 photo, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, is surrounded by reporters after testifying in a committee hearing at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Madigan's success at balancing policy and politics to Democrats’ advantage is a big reason he is the longest serving current House speaker in the country by nearly a decade and among the longest serving in U.S. history. His current task of securing 60 Democrats to support an extension of the state’s temporary income tax increase in an election year is proving particularly arduous. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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