Illinois Senate President John Cullerton’s lobbying work is the topic of this Chicago Sun Times report. His Senate press secretary, Rikeesha Phelon, said Cullerton’s lobbying work as a partner in the national law firm Thompson Coburn poses no conflict of interest with his duties as Senate president. “Illinois law has long recognized that legislative service […]
Month: March 2010
Schumer-Van Hollen’s constitutionality
Hans von Spakovsky discusses the constitutionality of Schumer-Van Hollen in this Human Events editorial. Congress just can’t seem to stop itself from interfering with our First Amendment rights. As Justice Antonin Scalia said 20 years ago in a blistering dissent in Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, the case Citizens United overruled, too many think […]
Lobbyist v. lobbyist in Virginia suburbs
It’s lobbyist v. lobbyist in Virginia’s 41st District General Assembly race.