Illinois Representative Avery Bourne wants the Illinois Speaker of the House to resign and is pushing for ethics reform after reports of House Speaker Mike Madigan being involved in a scheme to exchange favorable House votes on bills that benefited the company ComEd.  Representative Avery Bourne says that this isn’t the first time that Madigan has been questioned about corruption.

Representative Bourne says that this was all about political favors to help get legislation for ComEd.

There are always things that Illinoisans can do, and Representative Bourne says being engaged is at the top of those things.

A lot of issues can be fixed, Representative Bourne says by having ethics reform. 

Representative Sue Scherer also spoke on the issue saying, “The issue involving Speaker Madigan and ComEd is in the hands of the Justice Department. We must insist justice be served. I want to make it clear to my constituents that I voted ‘No’ on the bill in question regarding ComEd’s rate increase, although the bill passed.”