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6/11/07 ETHICS OVERHAUL OVER?
Democrats Lose Traction on Reforms
Washington Post
6/10/07 This time he makes headlines for sure
Congressman spends $230,000 on postage
Associated Press
6/7/07 Campaign Funds for Alaskan; Road Aid to Florida New York Times
6/6/07 Ex-Prosecutor Says He Didn't Think Charges Would Affect Election Washington Post
6/4/07 Democratic Lawmaker Is Indicted New York Times
5/29/07 Money in Washington seeks power brokers over partisans Chicago Tribune
5/26/07 Suit Sheds Light on Clintons' Ties to a Benefactor New York Times
5/25/07 House Votes to Lift Veil Over Lobbyists’ Donations New York Times
5/18/07 For a real judicial lesson, call these guys Chicago Tribune
5/18/07 For Federal Prosecutors, Politics Is Ever-Present New York Times
5/16/07 Bush Nominee to Get Payment From Old Job
New York Times
5/15/07 House Democrats Set to Move on New Fund-Raising Rules New York Times
5/14/07 Giuliani's clients could pose conflict Associated Press
5/12/07 Colleagues Cite Partisan Focus by Justice Official New York Times
5/11/07 Democratic-Linked Groups Mount Ad Offensive MSNBC
5/3/07 Ex-official praises fired prosecutors Associated Press
4/29/07 The Post-Money Era
New York Times Magazine
4/29/07 Teed Up: Golf, K Street and Nigeria
New York Times
4/25/07 Judging Campaign Ads
A different Supreme Court revisits the McCain-Feingold law on election financing. (editorial)
Washington Post
4/25/07 Court Weighs Campaign Ads Wall Street Journal
4/25/07 States Seek Limits on ‘Robocalls’ in Campaigns New York Times
4/23/07 Ex-aide to plead guilty in ethics probe Associated Press
4/23/07 Sun-Times' questions, and Obama campaign's answers Chicago Sun-Times
4/23/07 Politicians' funds for legal woes grow Sacramento Bee
4/19/07 In Testimony, Gonzales Says Firings Were Justified New York Times
4/19/07 Redistricting plan unveiled
Núñez proposal would let Little Hoover Commission redraw political lines.
Sacramento Bee
4/18/07 Spitzer Puts Limits on Political Contributions at the Top of His Wish List New York Times
4/17/07 Prosecutors owe loyalty to the public Chicago Tribune
4/16/07 Online support is nice, but big money donors still rule Chicago Tribune
4/16/07 Editorial Observer
A Woman Wrongly Convicted and a U.S. Attorney Who Kept His Job
New York Times
4/13/07 Obama Built Donor Network From Roots Up  
4/13/07 Education Dept. oversight questioned Associated Press
4/12/07 Campaigns may consider Super Bowl ads Associated Press
4/11/07 Panel Said to Alter Finding on Voter Fraud Nw York Times
4/10/07 Ex-Legislator’s Corruption Case Goes to Trial in Tennessee New York Times
4/8/07 Box office boffo St. Louis Post Disptach
4/6/07 Former prosecutor Pat Collins beginning new career ABC7 news
4/3/07 Prosecutors without politics Chicago Tribune
4/2/07 From CQ Today: Democrats Want to Know if GSA is Friend or Foe Congressional Quarterly
4/2/07 Court upholds Phila. campaign-finance limits Philadelphia Inquirer
4/2/07 GOP advocate targeted in Abramoff probe Associated Press
4/1/07 mccain-feingold
Reform That Has Really Paid Off
Washington Post
4/1/07 Hillary Clinton raises historic campaign money Chicago Tribune
4/2/07 GOP '08 Fundraising Totals Hit New Highs Associated Press
4/1/07 J'accuse!
Gone Is the Swaggering Prince of Prosecution
New YorkTimes
3/30/07 Lawmaker in New Jersey Is Charged With Fraud
New York Times
3/30/07 Aide wanted Fitzgerald fired Chicago Sun-Times
3/30/07 Former aide contradicts Gonzales on role in firings
By Andrew Zajac, Washington Bureau; Tribune staff reporter Jeff Coen contributed to this report
Chicago Tribune
3/29/07 Ex-Justice official says prosecutors fired for not supporting Bush agenda Associated Press
3/28/07 Lawmakers Join Hunt
To Bag Big Donors Early
Presidential Herd Spurs
Rush for Limited Funds;
'I Get a Lot of Invites
Wall Street Journal
3/27/07 Ex-prosecutor says US administration interfered in tobacco trial Associated Press
3/23/07 Ex-deputy pleads guilty in Abramoff case Associated Press
3/23/07 U.S. attorneys need legal restraints Chicago Sun-Times
3/23/07 'Mediocre' jab doesn't faze Fitzgerald Chicago Sun-Times
3/22/07 Fitzgerald steers clear of U.S. attorneys flap Chicago Tribune
3/20/07 Gonzales aide rated Fitzgerald mediocre
Prosecutor's ranking same as 2 others who were fired
Chicago Tribune
3/20/07 Durbin pushes public financing of campaigns Chicago Tribune
3/19/07 Judges and their donors (Editorial) Chicago Tribune
3/13/07 Gonzales: Prosecutors Firings Mishandled Chicago Tribune
3/13/07 White House Mulled Firing All Prosecutors Associated Press
3/12/07 Taxpayers ignore public campaign funding St. Louis Post Dispatch
3/12/07 Rove identified as link to fired U.S. attorneys
White House: He may have conveyed GOP ire to Gonzales
Chicago Tribune
3/9/07 Firing offenses? Chicago Tribune
3/8/07 Parties Spent More Than a Billion on 2006 Congressional Campaigns Quarterly News
3/7/07 Rick Berg: Troha case stresses necessity of reform Capitol Times
3/7/07 THE PROSECUTION
`Day job' awaits controversial top prosecutor
Chicago Tribune
3/7/07 Nonprofit Takes On Big Media
Group Seeks to Block
FCC Easing of Limits
On Cross-Ownership
Wall Street Journal
3/6/07 Fired U.S. attorney: I felt 'leaned on' AP
3/5/07 Second lawmaker called fired prosecutor: paper Reuters
3/5/07 Senator says he called fired prosecutor AP
3/5/07 Private sector beckons
Many leave U.S. attorney's office, often for better pay
Chicago Sun-Times
3/5/07 Judging prosecutors Chicago Tribune
3/1/07 House panel subpoenas fired federal prosecutors Reuters
3/1/07 Obama, McCain Say They Would Agree to Public Campaign Financing Bloomberg
2/28/07 FEC approves Obama's request The Hill
2/28/07 Lt. Gov. says Ky. pardons were strategic AP
2/27/07 Congress' ethics for sale USA Today
2/26/07 Ex-Ney aide pleads guilty to conspiracy Associated Press
2/26/07 Editorial Observer
Why Have So Many U.S. Attorneys Been Fired? It Looks a Lot Like Politics
New York Times
2/22/07 Vote would let utilities donate to political candidates AP
2/20/07 Can This System Be Saved?
Sen. Obama's intriguing bid to salvage public financing of presidential campaigns
Washington Post
2/20/07 GOP Donor Hit With Terror Charges Associated Press
2/16/07 In the Shade: Questions of Justice New York Times
2/16/07 Va. Bar Could Reverse Limits On Firms Hiring Legislators Washington Post
2/15/07 Top prosecutor, lobbyist bought home Associated Press
2/14/07 Ex-N.C. House speaker to resign, enter guilty plea Charlotte Observer
2/14/07 Ex-C.I.A. Official Indicted in Inquiry Into Contracts New York Times
2/14/07 Former CIA official, contractor indicted Associated Press
2/11/07 Wanted: A U.S. attorney
When, oh when, will Southern Illinois get its new U.S. attorney?
Belleville News Democrat
2/11/07 McCain Taps Cash He Sought To Limit
Onetime Reformer Calls on Big Donors
Washington Post
2/11/07 Congress Finds Ways to Avoid Lobbyist Limits New York Times
2/9/07 Fundraising, with no names attached
People called 'bundlers' round up donors on behalf of presidential hopefuls. They also potentially collect clout under the public's radar.

LA Times

 

2/8/07 Opinion
Today's debate: Campaign financing
USA Today
2/8/07 Obama Forged Political Mettle In Illinois Capitol Washington Post
2/7/07 Obama Won't Take Public Funds for Presidential Bid (Update1) Bloomberg
2/3/07 Senators move donor disclosures at a snail's pace LA Times
2/2/07 Some move to limit political 'robo-calls' St. Louis Post Disptach
1/31/07 Editorial
Honesty in Elections
New York Times
1/31/07 Drugmaker, activists spar over vaccine Associated Press
1/31/07 Campaign Profiteers
Presidential Campaigns Keep Getting Longer Because So Many Have A Stake In Them
CBSnews.com
1/29/07 Pelosi, two other Democrats failed to disclose roles in family charities USA Today
1/29/07 Democrats put own money into charitable foundations USA Today
1/24/07 City Attorney: 'Culture Of Deceit' At City Hall Must End Yahoo News
1/24/07 2 election workers convicted of rigging '04 presidential recount Akron Beacon News
1/23/07 Politics v. Justice St. Louis Post Dispatch
1/23/07 Lawyers Paint Libby As Sacrificial Lamb Associated Press
1/23/07 THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
Forget sleep, it's time for fundraising
Chicago Tribune
1/23/07 Clinton declines public funds, others may follow Washington Post
1/21/07 High court to rule on election ads Associated Press
1/20/07 Senate Measure Puts Spotlight on Fund-Raising
New York Times
1/19/07 Senate approves major overhaul of ethics rules
The bill would ban gifts from lobbyists and curb secrecy in earmarks.
LA Times
1/19/07 Senate Passes Vast Ethics Overhaul New York Times
1/17/07 Lawmakers' Lobbying Spouses Avoid Hill Reforms Washington Post
1/17/07 U.S. Attorneys quit; senator blames Bush Associated Press
1/16/07 Gonzales Discusses Attorney Vacancies Associated Press
1/13/07 Bruno Bought Stock With Campaign Funds New York Times
1/10/07 A look at governors' ethics orders Associated Press
1/10/07 Doyle calls special session on ethics Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
1/10/07 Former Sen. Burns hired at lobbying firm Associated Press
1/9/07 Free-speech dispute over union fees Christian Science Monitor
1/9/07 Opinion
Senators vow ethics reform, but will deeds match words?
USA Today
1/5/07 New York State May Suspend Tests of New Voting Machines New York Times

 

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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


3/3/2008 - ICPR Files a Complaint with State Board of Elections


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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