WASHINGTON — Twenty-three congressional Democrats — including two fellow members from Illinois — joined with Republicans on Tuesday in favor of a resolution admonishing U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García for using old-school tactics to clear the way for his own House successor.

U.S. Reps. Bill Foster of Naperville and Eric Sorensen of Moline were the only Illinois Democrats to join Republicans in voting 236-183 for the resolution that chastises García for his move two weeks ago in which he suddenly dropped out of his reelection race and cleared the way for his then-chief of staff, Patty García, to succeed him. The resolution was introduced by a Democrat from the state of Washington who argued the move deprived voters in Illinois’ heavily Democratic 4th Congressional District of a meaningfu

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