Commentary: Everything I'm telling you is entirely legal

By Charles Lewis

December 21, 2000 — Remarks at the 22nd annual conference of the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws in Tampa, Fla., December 5....

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"… itals, insurance companies and other medical-related offices.One fellow in Illinois is a registered lobbyist for insurance companies fighting for tort reform …"

Shays-Meehan opens soft money loophole in the States

By John Dunbar

If the campaign finance reform bill that passed the House becomes law, it will eliminate a colossal loophole

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"… orate and union giving to state parties, states like Florida, Virginia and Illinois could take a more prominent role in national politics. By contrast, states …"

"… ns to state parties:1. Arkansas2. California3. Florida4. Georgia5. Idaho6. Illinois7. Maine8. Missouri9. Nebraska10. Nevada11. New Mexico12. Oregon13. Utah14. …"

"… e parties:1. Alabama2. Arkansas3. California4. Florida5. Georgia6. Idaho7. Illinois8. Iowa9. Maine10. Mississippi11. Missouri12. Montana13. Nebraska14. Nevada …"

Bundlers to the White House: Craig, Jarrett first in line

By Sarah Laskow

We already know that Obama’s transition staff is stacked with campaign donors and fundraisers. And despite the vaunted small-donor base deve

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"… e started dialing for dollars on Obama’s behalf well before the then-Illinois senator started his presidential run. After seeing Obama speak in 2006, Cr …"

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Commentary: Profiteering from democracy

By Charles Lewis

In his January 1998 State of the Union address, after decrying the campaign-fund-raising "arms race," Preside

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"… nd Tampa averaged six seconds a night.As Robert McChesney, a University of Illinois professor, wrote in Rich Media, Poor Democracy, “Broadcasters have littl …"

Lawsuit loans add new risk for the injured

By Binyamin Appelbaum

The business of lending to plaintiffs has blossomed over the past decade, part of a growing trend in which banks and hedge funds seeking unt

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"… ker, so he borrowed $9,150 from Oasis Legal Finance, pledging to repay the Illinois company from his winnings.By the time Long received an initial settlement …"

"… er states last year; the measures passed the state Senates in New York and Illinois.Harvey Hirschfeld, a founder of LawCash who keeps binders filled with than …"

ABA says debit card cap for big banks would also hurt small ones

By Julie Vorman

U.S. bankers are asking Congress to halt a proposed Dodd-Frank regulation that would cut debit card revenues by claiming it would also disco

Excerpts from this story referencing "Illinois":

"… and retailers support a limit on interchange fees.Sen. Richard Durbin, the Illinois Democrat who authored the Dodd-Frank law language requiring the Fed to lim …"

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Reform reading: Republicans order up watchdog reports on consumer bureau

By Julie Vorman

A roundup of news and commentary to help consumers monitor the transparency and accountability of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. ...

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"… n of the House Financial Services Committee next year, and Judy Biggert of Illinois, in line to head the panel’s investigative subcommittee, asked both watc …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part one

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — It is no surprise and nothing new in the land of the spin and the home of the sound bite that each and every can

Muckrakers of the world unite

By David E. Kaplan

While U.S. news organizations are shutting down investigative teams and laying off their most experienced reporters, something extraordinary

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"… Houston, the Knight Chair of investigative reporting at the University of Illinois and a founder of the Global Investigative Journalists Network, which helps …"

The politics of energy: Coal

By The Center for Public Integrity

When George W. Bush was inaugurated on the Capitol steps in January 2001, the coal industry, which had contr

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