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FILE - In this May 30, 2019, file photo, Democratic Speaker of the House Michael J. Madigan, left, and House Republican Leader Jim Durkin talk at the State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois House will convene in Springfield for three days next week to take up a spring-session workload long delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. A letter from Madigan to the House minority leader on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, sets the session for May 20-22 with extraordinary measures to prevent the spread of the highly contagious and potentially lethal coronavirus. They include pre-session testing of all legislators for COVID-19. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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