House Republicans have invoked a little-used House rule to force creation of a committee to investigate House Speaker Michael Madigan and determine if he should be disciplined. Madigan responded by calling the move a "political stunt." House Republican Leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs and two other Republican House members quietly filed a petition to force creation of a Special Investigative Committee as allowed by House rules. House Republicans said the subject of the petition is Madigan and "surrounds information from the Deferred Prosecution Agreement entered into by ComEd and the United States Attorney's Office...
