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33-513: The convocation center is unique among Illinois university athletic projects, as Chicago State University itself did not need to raise any money for the project; the money was allocated from the State of Illinois Treasury by then-Senate President Emil Jones . The venue hosted the 2012 and 2013 Great West Conference men's basketball tournaments . This article about a sports venue in Illinois

66-405: A Doctorate of Humane Letters Honoris Causa Degree. Chicago State University awarded Jones an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. The son of a bailiff who was Chicago Democratic precinct captain, Jones began his political career working for John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election . Seven years later, he went to work as an alderman's assistant. His career included 30 years on

99-422: A Senate seat becomes vacant more than 28 months before the next general election for that seat, an election is held at the next general election. The replacement member must be a member of the same party as the departing member. The General Assembly has enacted a statute governing this process. Under that statute, a replacement member is appointed by the party committee for that district, whose votes are weighted by

132-592: A member of the Whig Party to serve in the General Assembly in 1834. He served four successive terms 1834–42 in the Illinois House of Representatives , supporting expanded suffrage and economic development. He later went to the presidency as part of then new Republican Party. In 1877, John W. E. Thomas was the first African American elected to the legislature. In 1922, Lottie Holman O'Neill

165-532: A reduction veto. These veto powers are unusually broad among US state governors. The line item veto was added to the Illinois Constitution in 1884. The amendatory and reduction vetoes were new additions in the 1970 Constitution. The General Assembly can override full, amendatory and item vetoes by a three-fifths majority vote in both chambers. It can override a reduction veto by a simple majority vote in both chambers. If both chambers agree to

198-499: A sizable boost after he became Senate president in 2003, when the Blagojevich administration created a special salary class. Jones faced scrutiny after it was reported that his wife received a $ 70,000 pay raise two months after she and Jones were married and four months after she started her position, when Governor Rod Blagojevich created a special salary class for her position. Jones also received attention in 2008 for postponing

231-700: A vote on an automatic legislative pay raise of 7.5% which would go into effect if the Senate did not vote on the proposal (the House voted no). Jones announced in August 2008 that he would retire in January 2009. When asked who would replace him on the ballot, his spokesperson said, "His preference, yes, would be to see his son Emil Jones, III serve," which has prompted criticism and been described as "anointing one of his children to take over for him." During his time in

264-669: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a building or structure in Chicago is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Emil Jones Emil Jones Jr. (born October 18, 1935) is an American politician who was the President of the Illinois Senate from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat , Jones served in the Illinois Senate from 1983 to 2009, where he served as President of

297-497: Is currently exercised by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR). JCAR is made up of 12 members, with equal numbers from the House and Senate and equal numbers from each political party. It can block proposed rules by a 3/5 vote. The General Assembly can then reverse the block by a joint resolution of both houses. JCAR was first established in 1978 and given only advisory powers. The General assembly gave it

330-681: Is divided into two adjacent House districts. The General Assembly meets in the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield . Its session laws are generally adopted by majority vote in both houses, and upon gaining the assent of the Governor of Illinois . They are published in the official Laws of Illinois . Two presidents of the United States , Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama , began their political careers in

363-519: Is the legislature of the U.S. state . It has two chambers , the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate . The General Assembly was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. As of 2023 , the current General Assembly is the 103rd; the term of an assembly lasts two years. Under the Illinois Constitution, since 1983 the Senate has had 59 members and the House has had 118 members. In both chambers, all members are elected from single-member districts . Each Senate district

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396-446: Is the second Wednesday of January each year. The Secretary of State presides over the House until it chooses a Speaker and the governor presides over the Senate until it chooses a President . Both chambers must also select a Minority Leader from among the members of the second most numerous party. In order to serve as a member in either chamber of the General Assembly, a person must be a U.S. citizen, at least 21 years of age, and for

429-466: The 1818 and 1848 Illinois Constitutions , the legislature could add and reapportion districts at any time, and by 1870 it had done so ten times. Under the 1870 Illinois Constitution , Illinois was divided into 51 legislative districts, each of which elected one senator and three representatives. The representatives were elected by cumulative voting , in which each voter had three votes that could be distributed among one, two, or three candidates. Due to

462-408: The General Assembly are elected at the beginning of each even-numbered year. Representatives of the House elect from its membership a Speaker and Speaker pro tempore, drawn from the majority party in the chamber. The Illinois Secretary of State convenes and supervises the opening House session and leadership vote. State senators elect from the chamber a President of the Senate , convened and under

495-467: The General Assembly is redistricted following each United States Census . To prevent complete turnovers in membership (except after an intervening Census), not all Senators are elected simultaneously. The term cycles for the Senate are staggered, with the placement of the two-year term varying from one district to another. Each district's terms are defined as 2-4-4, 4-2-4, or 4-4-2. Like House members, Senators are elected without term limits. The officers of

528-404: The General Assembly may not hold other public offices or receive appointments by the governor, and their salaries may not be increased during their tenure. Seats in the General Assembly may become vacant due to a member resigning, dying, being expelled, or being appointed to another office. Under the Illinois Constitution, when a vacancy occurs, it must be filled by appointment within 30 days. If

561-479: The General Assembly, Jones had advocated for such issues as funding public education in Illinois . Jones was also instrumental in then-State Senator Barack Obama 's United States Senate campaign. A long resident of Chicago , he is married to Dr. Lorrie Jones, a psychologist . He and his late wife Patricia had four children. He is a Catholic Illinois General Assembly The Illinois General Assembly

594-487: The House districts would be based on population. House members continued to be elected by cumulative voting, three from each House district. With the adoption of the 1970 Illinois Constitution , the system of separate House and Senate districts was eliminated, and legislative districts were apportioned on a one person, one vote basis. The state was divided into 59 legislative districts, each of which elected one senator and three representatives. The cumulative voting system

627-602: The Illinois General Assembly–– in the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate, respectively. The Illinois General Assembly was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. Initially, the state did not have organized political parties, but the Democratic and Whig parties began to form in the 1830s. Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln successfully campaigned as

660-685: The Illinois Senate from 2003 to the end of his term. Previously, he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1973 until 1983. Jones studied at Chicago's Tilden Technical High School , where he graduated in 1953. He went on to earn an Associate in Arts degree from the Loop Junior College (now Harold Washington College ). Thereafter he attended Roosevelt University , where he majored in Business Administration. In 2004, Roosevelt University awarded Jones

693-633: The Senate and according to Madigan would fail in the House. When Jones attended strategy session meetings regarding the 2007 budget, he barred one of the members of his own leadership because he feared the member would leak information to Madigan. During his years in the Illinois General Assembly , Jones often kept up the traditions of old-school politicians. He has steered state money to a few favored institutions, including some that employ his relatives. Some of his relatives also have gotten state jobs and his wife’s government salary got

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726-414: The Senate into session to vote on ethics legislation that had passed the House, saying that the 15-day limit for the Senate to look at the legislation didn't come into effect until the Senate came back into session. After Obama urged Jones to change his mind, Jones released a statement saying he would call the Senate into session, saying in a statement: "I plan to call the Senate back into session to deal with

759-469: The changes the governor suggests in an amendatory veto, these changes can be approved by a simple majority vote in both chambers. If the General Assembly approves an amended law in response to the governor's changes, the bill becomes law once the governor certifies that the suggested changes have been made. By statute, the General Assembly has the power to block regulations, including emergency regulations, proposed by state administrative agencies. This power

792-615: The city payroll, 20 with the Sewer Department, where he retired as an inspector in 1993. Jones began his elected career in 1973, when he was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives . He served in that capacity from 1973 to 1983. During that time he served as the Chairman of the Insurance Committee and was an Assistant Democratic Leader. In 1982 he was elected to the Illinois Senate . In addition to being

825-913: The issue of ethics , only at the request of my friend Barack Obama. I still stand by our interpretation of the 15-day rule." Jones is a member of the Forum of Senate Presidents' Board of Directors and the State Legislative Leaders Foundation's Board of Directors. As President of the Senate, he was able to block legislation, even if most senators wanted to a vote on it. Jones had feuds during his time in office with other Democrats, most notably House Speaker Michael Madigan . He has been an ally of impeached ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich . Jones teamed with fellow Chicago Democrat Blagojevich to propose plans for health care and education, paid for by $ 5 billion in increased business taxes and gambling. The plan did not have enough support to pass

858-529: The number of votes cast for that office in the area that each committee member represents. The appointment process was unsuccessfully challenged before the Illinois Supreme Court in 1988 as an unconstitutional grant of state power to political parties, but the challenge failed. The governor can veto bills passed by the General Assembly in four different ways: a full veto, an amendatory veto, and, for appropriations only, an item veto and

891-423: The power to temporarily block or suspend administrative regulations for 180 days in 1980. In September 2004, the General Assembly expanded this temporary suspension power into a permanent veto. As the Illinois Constitution does not provide for a legislative veto , the constitutionality of this arrangement has been questioned. Among the charges brought against Governor Rod Blagojevich in his 2009 impeachment trial

924-560: The president of the Senate, he also serves as a member of the Executive Committee. He lost Democratic primary bids for a congressional seat in 1988 and 1995. Jones had a big hand in Barack Obama ’s 2004 U.S. Senate win by introducing the then little-known liberal state senator to the right people and letting him handle some important legislation to help raise his political profile. In 2008, Jones at first refused to call

957-527: The supervision of the governor . Since the adoption of the current Illinois Constitution in 1970, the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois does not serve in any legislative capacity as Senate President, and has had its office's powers transferred to other capacities. The Illinois Auditor General is a legislative officer appointed by the General Assembly that reviews all state spending for legality. The General Assembly's first official working day

990-445: The two years preceding their election or appointment a resident of the district which they represent. In the general election following a redistricting, a candidate for any chamber of the General Assembly may be elected from any district which contains a part of the district in which they resided at the time of the redistricting and reelected if a resident of the new district they represents for 18 months prior to reelection. Members of

1023-551: The unwillingness of downstate Illinois to cede power to the growing Chicago area, the district boundaries were not redrawn from 1901 to 1955. After voters approved the Legislative Apportionment Amendment in 1954, there were 58 Senate districts and 59 House districts, which did not necessarily coincide. This new arrangement was conceived as a "little federal" system: the Senate districts would be based on land area and would favor downstate, while

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1056-568: Was abolished by the Cutback Amendment in 1980. Since then, the House has been elected from 118 single-member districts, which are formed by dividing each of the 59 Senate districts in half. Each senator is " associated " with two representatives. Members of the House of Representatives are elected to a two-year term without term limits . Members of the Illinois Senate serve two four-year terms and one two-year term each decade. This ensures that Senate elections reflect changes made when

1089-597: Was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives , becoming the first woman to serve in the Illinois General Assembly. Future U.S. President Barack Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996, serving there until 2004 when he was elected to the United States Senate . The size of the General Assembly has changed over time. The first General Assembly , elected in 1818, consisted of 14 senators and 28 representatives. Under

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