House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs), Rep. Maurice West (D-Rockford) and Speaker of the House Chris Welch (D-Hillside) speak on a resolution to nominate a new legislative inspector general Thursday.

The House confirmed the nomination of former U.S. District Judge Michael McCuskey to be the state’s new legislative inspector general Thursday. But instead of focusing on McCuskey’s qualifications, the debate raged over whether lawmakers were following the correct process for the nomination.