House Republicans have called for a special bipartisan legislative panel to determine if Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan should face disciplinary proceedings for his actions with ComEd. Three Republicans, Jim Durkin, Andrew Chesney, and Ryan Spain filed a petition to create a committee that will be made up of three Republicans and three Democrats. 

Assistant Republican Leader Avery Bourne says that this investigation is needed.

Bourne says this is a tool that can be used to help discipline and police themselves.

Republican Legislators have deemed that Madigan has shown “a pattern of concerning behavior.” This is only the second time this panel has been formed in the last two years.