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Welch told members of the House Democratic Women’s Caucus of his concerns that the former Plainfield lawmaker, a union ironworker, had been bashing the speaker to labor.
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 A year after his office was told of then-state Rep. Harry Benton’s sexual harassment allegations, House
Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch assisted the now-disgraced former lawmaker’s 2024 reelection campaign with $1.4 million to prevent Benton from actively working to curb organized labor support to the speaker’s war chest, the Tribune has learned. Related articles: | | | |
