Illinois is still considering changes to its campaign finance laws. Illinois Senate Democrats on Wednesday released their campaign finance plan, which would set limits on how much money individuals, labor unions and other organizations could contribute to political candidates. But the proposal, a component of lawmakers’ efforts at ethics reform, wouldn’t stop legislative leaders from […]
Category: Illinois
Congressman A and His Brother
The Post details the involvement of Congressman A (currently White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel) and his brother (Ari Emanuel) in circumstances surrounding an alleged scheme by Gov. Blagojevich. The indictment also does not say whether either Rahm or Ari Emanuel was ever pressured to raise money. It alleges only that Blagojevich told a lobbyist […]
How Far Will Illinois Reforms Go?
This Times editorial endorses up-or-down public votes on all of the ethics proposals being considered in Illinois. Even with one former governor in prison and another impeached and under indictment, Illinois’s statehouse bosses are hemming and hawing at a new, blue-ribbon prescription for fighting corruption. The package of reform proposals, issued by a well-attuned civic […]