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Illinois House of Representatives


Background Color	#E34234
Text Color	#FFFFFF
Name	Illinois House of Representatives
Coa Pic	Seal of Illinois.svg
Session Room	Illinois House of Representatives.jpg
House Type	Lower house
Term Limits	None
New Session	January 12, 2011
Leader1 Type	Speaker
Leader1	Michael Madigan
Party1	(D)
Election1	January 8, 1997
Leader2 Type	Majority Leader
Leader2	Barbara Flynn Currie
Party2	(D)
Election2	January 8, 1997
Leader3 Type	Minority Leader
Leader3	Tom Cross
Party3	(R)
Election3	January 8, 2002
Members	118
Term Length	2 years
Authority	Article IV, Illinois Constitution
Salary	$67,836/year + per diem
Political Groups1	Democratic Party (64) Republican Party (54)
Last Election1	November 2, 2010 (118 seats)
Next Election1	November 6, 2012 (118 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting Place	House of Representatives Chamber Illinois State Capitol Springfield, Illinois

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The Illinois House of Representatives of is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The state House of Representatives is made of 118 representatives elected from individual legislative districts for a two-year term with no limits. In contrast, the Illinois Senate is made of 59 senators with staggered two- or four-year terms.

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