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• Giannoulias pitches bailout plan, talks about family bank

  
  Clout St — Authority: 646
  Posted by John Chase at 5:33 p.m. Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, a former loan officer who still has a small financial interest in his family’s community bank, unveiled a plan today that would require large “Wall Street” banks to make immediate contributions to an emergency fund that would be used to ...
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• Cleaning Up Illinois: The Putback Amendment

  
  Big Government — Authority: 817
  Everyone knows that things in Springfield, Illinois are broken. Everyone knows that the government of the State of Illinois is inefficient and corrupt. That’s all true, however, to truly understand the problems in Springfield, we must look at the structure of the legislature. By its design, the legislature in ...
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• Burris Admonition Shameful

  
  Vanessa: Unplugged! — Authority: 113
  On Friday, November 20, 2009, the Senate Ethics Committee issued a formal public admonition to Senator Roland W. Burris (D., IL). The sternly worded admonition is peppered with phrases that basically call Burris a liar. He seemed less than genuine from the moment he was injected in to the Blagojevich drama and the ...
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• Illinois Blogging: Blago Lives In State Govt

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 436
  The Chicago Sun-Times’ Dave McKinny, Tim Novak and Chris Fusco have an interesting report on the failure of current Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn to purge state government of Rod Blagojevich political cronies. The disgraced former governor allegedly committed “endemic hiring fraud,” according to Chicago prosecutor ...
  5 days ago

• Illinois 2010 Elections: David Schroeder Survives Petition Challenge from Ken Dunkin Allies

  
  THE iLLINOIS OBSERVER — Authority: 502
  State Rep. Ken Dunkin (D-Chicago) (Chicago, IL) – November 23, 2009 . The Chicago Board of Elections dismissed a challenge to the candidacy of David Schroeder that clears the way for Schroeder to face incumbent State Rep. Ken Dunkin (D-Chicago) in the Democratic primary for the 5th legislative district seat ...
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• Blago hires still hanging on in Illinois

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 571
  Shortly after being sworn in to office, Governor Pat Quinn vowed to "fumigate state government." The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the fumigation isnt going so well. To legislators, part of that scrub-down seemed obvious: Quinn would clean house of state appointees and other workers whose clout had won them top ...
  5 days ago

• Senator for Sale

  
  Liberty's Life Line — Authority: 122
  I’ll bet you thought I would be writing about Roland Burris, the senator appointed by Governor Rod Blagojevich under dubious circumstances.  No, Senator Mary Landreau of Louisana just sold her vote on the senate health care bill to Harry Reid for $100 million. Here is what was reported by ABC News . On page ...
  1 week ago

• Sen Burris statement re: Senate admonishment

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 444
  November 20, 2009Senator Burris statement re: Senate Ethics Committee findings and Public Letter of Admnotion:I am pleased that after numerous investigations, this matter has finally come to a close. I thank the members of the Senate Ethics Committee for their fair and thorough review of this matter, and now look ...
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• Sen Burris receives Letter of Public Admonition from Ethics Committee

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 444
  November 20, 2009The Senate Ethics Committee has finally made a judgment in the investigation of Senator Burris’ possible perjury in relation to barry’s senate seat. They cleared him of any wrongdoing but issued a public letter of qualified admonition.It ranks in the middle of sanctions after a private letter of ...
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• Senate Ethics Committee Admonishes Burris - Its Meaningless - Burris Should Resign

  
  BattleGroundStates.info — Authority: 110
  The Washington Post : "Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-IL) has been admonished by the Senate ethics committee for his public comments about his appointment last December to the body. In a three-page "public letter of qualified admonition" issued Friday, the committee formally reprimanded Burris for statements -- some made ...
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• Senate ethics panel admonishes Burris, but no charges coming

  
  The Blago Blog — Authority: 110
  U.S. Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) was admonished Friday by the U.S. Senate ethics committee over his testimony in Springfield concerning how he got appointed to Barack Obamas vacant Senate seat. The committees inquiry and subsequent reprimand comes after a Chicago Sun-Times investigation brought to light Burris ...
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• Senate Ethics Committee Admonishes Burris - Its Meaningless - Burris Should Resign

  
  AMERICA'S BEST CHOICE — Authority: 421
  The Washington Post : "Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-IL) has been admonished by the Senate ethics committee for his public comments about his appointment last December to the body. In a three-page "public letter of qualified admonition" issued Friday, the committee formally reprimanded Burris for statements -- some made ...
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• Ethics panel admonishes Burris over Senate appointment

  
  Clout St — Authority: 646
  From the Breaking News Center: WASHINGTON -- Sen. Roland Burris was rebuked today by the Senate Ethics Committee, which issued him a "public letter of qualified admonition" for his actions in connection with his appointment by disgraced former Gov. Rod...
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• Senate Ethics Committee Admonishes Burris - Its Meaningless - Burris Should Resign

  
  ARRA News Service — Authority: 544
  The Washington Post : "Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-IL) has been admonished by the Senate ethics committee for his public comments about his appointment last December to the body. In a three-page "public letter of qualified admonition" issued Friday, the committee formally reprimanded Burris for statements -- some made ...
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• Ethics panel admonishes Sen. Burris over statements

  
  USATODAY.com Money - Block — Authority: 817
  The Senate ethics committee today admonished Sen. Roland Burris of Illinois for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama.The committee recommended no action beyond the letter.The Democratic senator was appointed ...
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• Senate ethics panel scolds Burris

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  The Senate Select Committee on Ethics admonished Sen. Roland W. Burris on Friday for giving "inconsistent, incomplete and misleading" testimony about contact with disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich prior receiving his senate appointment. The committee issued a "letter of qualified admonition," chastising ...
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• Senate Ethics Panel Admonishes Burris Over Blago Dealings, Moves On

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 772
  In a letter of qualified admonishment released today, the Senate ethics panel criticizes Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL) for his "inconsistent, incomplete and misleading" testimony surrounding discussions with Gov. Rod Blagoveichs brother and associates before Burris appointment last year. The full letter, which the ...
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• Sen. Roland Burris Slapped By Senate Ethics Committee

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 807
  Filed under: Senate , 2010 Elections Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) was slapped by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics on Friday for his changing and misleading stories about how former Gov. Rod Blagojevich came to appoint him to fill President Obamas Senate seat. In a letter, the panel concluded Burris actions ...
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• Hoffman not conceding. Owens Illegally in Congress. In NY 23 the race is still on.

  
  Right Pundits — Authority: 140
  ELECTION DAY may be over, but the vote count continues! Doug Hoffman The conservative candidate in the New York 23 district un-conceded and still hopes to get to the Congress. His opponent Bill Owens was sworn illegally in the House of Representatives in a hurry to cast a vote in favor of Obama’s Health Care Bill. ...
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• Blagojevich trial update

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 444
  November 18, 2009Judge James Zagel denied Milorad’s request to delay the start of the trial. He wanted 3 months. Trial date remains June 3.Earlier, Judge Zagel ok’d blago’s appearance on Celebrity Apprentice, which will air in March.Judge granted the prosecution’s request to drop William Cellini from the ...
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