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SALMAGUNDI: Rauner aligns money and mouth — big time

Via The Times He’s yet to take office, but Bruce Rauner already is making waves. In a story posted to the Chicago Tribune website after sundown on New Year’s Eve, veteran reporter Rick Pearson expanded on a Crain’s Chicago Business…

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Gov.-elect Rauner, allies back agenda with $20 million

Via The Chicago Tribune Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner and two key allies pumped $20 million into the Republican’s campaign fund Wednesday to buttress lawmakers who follow the new chief executive’s as-yet unstated agenda after he takes office in mid-January. The move…

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Transparency isn’t what keeps government from working

Via The Washington Post In 2014, a number of big thinkers made the surprising claim that government openness and transparency are to blame for today’s gridlock. They have it backward: Not only is there no relationship between openness and dysfunction,…

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Big money: independent spending swamps congressional races

This year’s competitive House and Senate elections have been buffeted by more than a half-billion dollars in spending by groups or parties operating independently of the candidates, a record amount of outside spending in a congressional midterm, according to campaign…

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Big money breaks out

Via Politico The 100 biggest campaign donors gave $323 million in 2014 — almost as much as the $356 million given by the estimated 4.75 million people who gave $200 or less, a POLITICO analysis of campaign finance filings found….

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