"FILE - In a June, 6, 2007 file photo, Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan's spokesperson Steve Brown, left, walks ahead Madigan, center, past the ""brass rail"" on his way to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Brown is a contract employee with outside clients who depend on Madigan and the Legislature for funding, according to a published report. Brown's clients include a program for nursing assistants that saw its state funding more than double from 2011 to 2013, and a nonprofit group that helps dropouts, which has received $1.6 million in state grants over the past two years, the Chicago Sun-Times reported  (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)"
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