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Ill. House approves campaign donation limits

Source: Chicago Tribune
Springfield : MO : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Deadline looms, House approves campaign finance bill Posted by Ray Long and Monique Garcia at 10:19 p.m. With time running out, the Illinois House late tonight approved a measure that for the first time would put major restrictions on how politicians pay for their campaigns in the wake of the impeachment...
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  • News Source: Charlotte Observer Online | about 1 month ago
    But the legislation passed by the state Senate on Friday would still let major political leaders donate as much money as they want in general elections...Cindi Canary, director of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, says voters should see it...
  • News Source: Palm Beach Post | about 1 month ago
    Ill. — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says he supports a compromise on how to cap political contributions. The Democratic governor says he looks forward to signing the measure, which he calls an "excellent" bill. It would create the state's first limits...
  • News Source: Seattle Times | about 1 month ago
    Ill. — The Illinois Senate signed off Friday on a compromise that would establish the state's first limits on campaign donations, sending it to the governor despite Republican complaints that the bill concentrates power in the hands of a few...
  • News Source: Chicago-Sun Times | about 1 month ago
    Springfield Bureau Chief The Illinois Senate put the finishing touch on a major campaign-finance package by voting today to send the legislation that caps contributions to Gov. Quinn. The Senate voted 36-22 for the Democratic-crafted measure that was...
  • News Source: Belleville News-Democrat | about 1 month ago
    The Illinois House on Thursday passed a Democrat-driven compromise that would establish Illinois' first limits on campaign donations and avoid an embarrassing failure on one of the highest-profile ethics proposals to follow the Blagojevich scandal.
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