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Articles that focus on reform across the U.S.

Date Title Source
12/29/04 Lobbying Tab Is $1.1 Billion for Half a Year L.A. Times
12/28/04 Bush gala has big donations pouring in
Businesses, individuals to provide $40 million for 2nd inauguration, set to military theme
Chicago Tribune
12/23/04 Former Conn. Governor to Plead Guilty The Southern
12/17/04 Advocacy Groups Spent Record Amount on 2004 Election New York Times
10/11/04 Links Between Lobbying, Fundraising, Legislation Laid Out Washington Post
10/11/04 Obama Lending Star Power to Other Democrats Washington Post
9/23/04 NJ Ban on Political Donors Toughest in U.S. Reuters
9/23/04 New Jersey Bars Contracts for Political Donors New York Times
8/24/04 Why all the negative ads? Chicago Tribune
8/24/04 Ads skirt campaign finance laws Chicago Sun-Times
7/27/04 Group Plans to Challenge Law on Blackout Period for Ads New York Times
7/06/04 Sen. John Edwards' Political Fundraising Center for Responsive Politics
6/17/04 Kerry Breaks Bush Record For Pace of Fundraising Washington Post
6/16/04 Voters Are Harder to Reach As Media Outlets Multiply Washington Post
6/15/04 DeLay to Be Subject of Ethics Complaint Washington Post
5/27/04 Feds Indict Former Alabama Gov. Siegelman Associated Press
5/21/04 Wall Street to Toast Its G.O.P. Overseers During Convention New York Times
5/16/04 Pioneers Fill War Chest, Then Capitalize Washington Post
5/14/04 FEC won't limit 'soft money' donations Boston Globe
5/14/04 In Boost for Democrats, FEC Rejects Proposed Limits on Small Donors Washington Post
5/13/04 F.E.C. Declines to Curb Independent Fund-Raisers New York Times
5/1/04 Study of U.S., 24 other nations finds corruption a problem Chicago Tribune
4/20/04 BUSH-CHENEY 2000 TO PAY $90,000 CIVIL PENALTY (Press Release) FEC
3/25/04 Some steamed by Oberweis chairman's ads Chicago Tribune
3/10/04 Candidate without faults is a rarity Chicago Tribune
3/4/04 FEC Weighs New 'Soft Money' Restrictions Associated Press
2/24/04 Clean elections bill heads to Senate committee The Charleston Gazette
2/19/04 Ads up: Hull campaign funding nears $24 million Chicago Sun-Times
2/19/04 FEC Moves to Regulate Groups Opposing Bush Washington Post
2/19/04 Advocacy Groups Allowed to Raise Unlimited Funds New York Times
2/17/04 Oberweis business, campaign dovetail Chicago Tribune
2/11/04 Walt Disney to Study Comcast Merger Offer Associated Press
2/10/04 Lobbyist Offers Make Jaws Drop L.A. Times
2/6/04 Pataki staging $50,000-a-person event for Schwarzenegger San Francisco Chronicle
2/2/04 Hull has spent a record $12 mil. Chicago Sun-Times
1/28/04 Judge Says Schwarzenegger Broke Campaign Law Chronicle Sacramento Bureau
1/28/04 Campaign loan illegal -- 'fantastic,' says governor Chronicle Sacramento Bureau
1/27/04 Governor broke campaign law, judge rules Mercury News
1/22/04 Feds join Ind. vote fraud probe Chicago Tribune
1/9/04 Dean Accepted Special-Interest Money Associated Press
1/9/04 Ruling on FCC changes will be important to Tribune Co. Chicago Sun-Times
1/7/04 Texas G.O.P. Is Victorious in Remapping New York Times
1/7/04 Judge rules OC political campaign account transfer ban unconstitutional Associated Press

 

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7/28/2008 - ICPR Settles a Complaint with State Board of Elections


5/31/2008 - REFORM ADVOCATES CALL ON GOVERNOR TO STOP ACCEPTING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM STATE CONTRACTORS


4/21/2008 - ICPR Finds $5 Million in Lobbying Spending by Units of Illinois Government


2/19/2008 - Midwest Democracy Network Calls for Presidential Candidates to Clarify Reforms Positions


10/9/2007 - Read Cindi Canary's Letter to House Leaders Urging the Passing of HB1

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