FILE - In this June 30, 2004, file photo, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, center top, confers with Democratic lawmakers on the House floor at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Approaching 30 years in control of the Illinois House, Michael Madigan is no stranger to the challenge of piecing together votes for unpopular legislation while protecting vulnerable members of his Democratic majority. His current task, securing 60 Democratic votes for an extension of the state’s temporary income tax increase in an election year, is proving particularly arduous. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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