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Via Moyers & Company Lawrence Lessig and Zephyr Teachout return to talk about the corrupting influence of money in politics, and their push to change the system. View Full Show and Article
Read MoreVia Moyers & Company Lawrence Lessig and Zephyr Teachout return to talk about the corrupting influence of money in politics, and their push to change the system. View Full Show and Article
Read MoreVia Campaigns & Elections Larry O’Brien had a formal response drawn up for when the fundraisers came calling. First, it was a fax, then it was an email, but it always said the same thing: No. See, O’Brien is a…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Strikeout: Sangamon County Circuit Judge John Belz has ruled Illinois’ pension reform law unconstitutional. “The Act without question diminishes and impairs the benefits of membership in State retirement systems,” he wrote in a firm, six-page ruling…
Read MoreVia Progress Illinois Candidates running in the 2014 congressional races in Illinois saw much of their financial support from large donors, according to new analysis of campaign finance data by Illinois PIRG and Demos. Eighty-four percent of the candidates’ campaign donations from individuals came from donors…
Read MoreVia The Washington Post It was supposed to be the super PAC to end all super PACs. The brainchild of Harvard professor Larry Lessig, Mayday PAC aimed to get money out of politics by wielding it against candidates who didn’t…
Read MoreVia ConnPIRG Democracy has at its heart a basic promise: citizens have an equal voice in deciding who represents them. This promise went unfulfilled again in 2014. Large donors accounted for the vast majority of all individual federal election contributions…
Read MoreVia Bloomberg Politics Seventy-two years and 16 days have passed since Election Day, 1942. Back then, the country had plunged into World War II, millions of drafted citizens were fighting abroad, and African Americans in the South, though counted as eligible…
Read MoreVia The Huffington Post Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) is under scrutiny for accepting what potentially could be considered illegal campaign cash from financial firms that manage the city’s pension funds. On Tuesday, three city councilmen (one of whom is…
Read MoreVia Bloomberg Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel built his political career raising money for Democratic candidates, with connections to Wall Street that helped finance his own election victories and drew an unwanted moniker: “Mayor 1%.” Three months before the former investment…
Read MoreVia The Washington Post The O’Malley administration’s attempt to buy a Maryland farm for $2.8 million and lease it to a campaign donor for a dollar a year raises an ethical red flag [“Criticized land deal dropped,” Metro, Nov. 13]….
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