Dems Left Holding the Ball in Illinois By Greg Giroux and CQ Staff Posted December 7, 2007 at 1:00am Facebook Twitter Email Reddit CQ Politics rates Recent Stories Architect of Capitol calls its watchdog back to the office How Democrats of faith see devout Speaker Mike Johnson McCarthy quitting Congress, says he’ll serve country ‘in new ways’ Trump initially sidesteps ‘dictator’ question before adoring Iowa crowd A tale of House Republicans: The best and worst of times House panel backs release of Hunter Biden tax probe information