Via The Chicago Tribune There are still a few days left for candidates to file petitions, and the election is not until April, but at least one local political action group is already poised to try to influence the race…
Read MoreVia Mass Live In the debate over the financing of political campaigns, each side can bring its argument back to our nation’s bedrock principles. Boiled down to their essential elements: Those favoring limits on donations to candidates and political parties…
Read MoreVia Chicago Tribune SPRINGFIELD — A federal prosecutor on Monday launched into closing arguments in a corruption trial that touched on money, sex, the president’s longtime golfing buddy and the alleged theft of state grant funds designed to fight cancer,…
Read MoreVia The Daily Illini This year’s midterm election saw big gains for Republicans across the country, including Illinois, where republicans took control of the governor’s mansion for the first time since 2003. In Illinois’ gubernatorial race, Republican businessman Bruce Rauner…
Read MoreVia The Washington Post CONGRESS TRIED to limit the influence of wealthy political donors in successive reforms over several decades. The Supreme Court undid a lot of that work in successive rulings over the past decade. Now, instead of shoring…
Read MoreVia The Campaign Legal Center The U.S. House of Representatives today threw all but the wealthiest voters under the bus. Less than two months after an election where Members promised voters the world, the House betrayed voters by passing an…
Read MoreVia The Washington Post One of the main points of contention in the cromnibus spending bill that (barely) passed the House late Thursday night was a provision that drastically increased the ability of individuals to donate to national party committees….
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Sen. Dick Durbin spent $10.8 million on his 2014 re-election, more than four times as much as his Republican challenger, new reports show. Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat in the U.S. Senate, won a fourth term Nov….
Read MoreVia Gawker If America ever wants to shed our cynical, accurate view of our political system being solely a game for the rich, we must—must!—reform the way we finance political campaigns. This week, Congress is determined to take a big…
Read MoreVia Governing Judicial elections over the past several years have been growing increasingly politicized, as candidates have begun campaigning more vigorously and publicly pledging positions on various controversial issues that could come before them on the bench. But a case…
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