The House That Madigan Built : The Record Run of Illinois' Velvet Hammer

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The House That Madigan Built : The Record Run of Illinois' Velvet Hammer

Long, Ray/ Wheeler III, Charles N. (FRW)

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University of Illinois Press（2024/03発売）
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製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 312 p.
言語 ENG
商品コード 9780252088254
DDC分類 973.92092

Full Description

Michael Madigan rose from the Chicago machine to hold unprecedented power as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. In his thirty-six years wielding the gavel, Madigan outlasted governors, passed or blocked legislation at will, and outmaneuvered virtually every attempt to limit his reach. Veteran reporter Ray Long draws on four decades of observing state government to provide the definitive political analysis of Michael Madigan. Secretive, intimidating, shrewd, power-hungry--Madigan mesmerized his admirers and often left his opponents too beaten down to oppose him. Long vividly recreates the battles that defined the Madigan era, from stunning James Thompson with a lightning-strike tax increase, to pressing for a pension overhaul that ultimately failed in the courts, to steering the House toward the Rod Blagojevich impeachment. Long also shines a light on the machinery that kept the Speaker in power. Head of a patronage army, Madigan ruthlessly used his influence and fundraising prowess to reward loyalists and aid his daughter's electoral fortunes. At the same time, he reshaped bills to guarantee he and his Democratic troops shared in the partisan spoils of his legislative victories. Yet Madigan's position as the state's seemingly invulnerable power broker could not survive scandals among his close associates and the widespread belief that his time as Speaker had finally reached its end.

Unsparing and authoritative, The House That Madigan Built is the page-turning account of one the most powerful politicians in Illinois history.

Foreword Charles N. Wheeler III ix

Preface xvii

Introduction: The Long Reign 1

PART I: THE LEGEND

1 Remap Victory 15

2 White Sox Miracle 29

3 Operation Cobra 41

PART II: POWER PLAYS AND POLITICAL FLOPS

4 Historic Impeachment 55

5 Partisan Math 73

6 The Art of Persuasion 84

7 Pension Failure 97

PART III: A CAREER POLITICAL LEADER

8 A Patronage Army 121

9 Madigan and Madigan 136

10 The Politics of Money 147

PART IV: CRACKS IN THE SYSTEM

11 Turning Point 163

12 Ups and Downs 180

13 Shams? 188

14 Marty's Campaign 202

PART V: THE FALL

15 Himself 213

16 Public Official A 220

Epilogue 231

Acknowledgments 239

Notes 243

Index 275

Photographs follow page 111