For second time, judge dismisses lawsuit arguing consumers entitled to costs tied to ComEd bribery case

But the ComEd case weighed heavily on Madigan’s fellow Democrats, and a newly elected House last year dethroned Madigan from the speakership, a post he had held for a national record 36 years. Shortly thereafter, Madigan resigned the House seat he’d held for 50 years and gave up the chairmanship of the Democratic Party of Illinois, a post he had held since 1998.