House Speaker Chris Welch (D-Hillside), left, and House Minority Leader Tony McCombie (R-Savanna), right in the green dress, at the Illinois House inauguration Wednesday at the University of Illinois Springfield. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line] 

With a record 78 House Democrats and Senate Democrats holding a super majority in the Senate, Republicans are entering the 103rd General Assembly with new leadership and a request to be included in bill negotiations.