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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* This exchange at the House impeachment committee hearing between GOP Rep. Jim Durkin and Sen. Roland Burris is quite problematic in hindsight…
REPRESENTATIVE DURKIN: Okay. At any time were you directly or indirectly aware of a quid pro quo with t...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* Watch Sen. Burris’ Sunday press conference and then we’ll talk about it below…* It’s obvious to me that Sen. Burris should have disclosed all contacts with Rod Blagojevich insiders about the vacant or soon to be vacant Barack Oba...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* The CS-T offers up a pretty darned strong endorsement of Democrat Mike Quigley for the 5th Congressional District special election…
Quigley’s a fighter, but he’s also a pragmatist who has found a way to work with many colleagues, even ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* Did US Sen. Roland Burris perjure himself before the IL House impeachment committee From the Sun-Times…
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s brother solicited U.S. Sen. Roland Burris for up to $10,000 in campaign cash before Blagojevich named Bur...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* Did US Sen. Roland Burris perjure himself before the IL House impeachment committee From the Sun-Times…
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s brother solicited U.S. Sen. Roland Burris for up to $10,000 in campaign cash before Blagojevich named Bur...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* 5:00 pm - The bill is not absolutely and completely finalized yet, but it appears that the $2 billion FutureGen coal project has been dumped from the federal stimulus package. This project was US Sen. Dick Durbin’s top priority for the bill, and...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* 5:00 pm - The bill is not absolutely and completely finalized yet, but it appears that the $2 billion FutureGen coal project has been dumped from the federal stimulus package. This project was US Sen. Dick Durbin’s top priority for the bill, and...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
[Bumped up and updated with a partial transcript.]* The former governor had some pretty nasty words for the General Assembly this morning. You can find the audio files by clicking here.
…Adding… Um, wow. Check out the second part. He made s...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
[Bumped up and updated with a partial transcript and more.]* The former governor had some pretty nasty words for the General Assembly this morning. You can find the audio files by clicking here.
…Adding… Um, wow. Check out the second part. ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* A one percent cut to agency operating budgets ain’t a whole lot, but it’s a symbolic start…
In his first major attempt to grapple with a deteriorating budget, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Tuesday announced a series of cost-saving measures a...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
*** UPDATE *** We’re finally getting some hard numbers from DC. The US Senate cut $2.4 billion out of the House-passed stimulus plan that was earmarked for Illinois…For Illinois, the Senate bill provides $1.3 billion for education instead of...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* Today’s Tribune poll story is misleading. There’s no other way to put it. For instance…
Only 34 percent of Illinois voters had a favorable impression of Burris, compared with 18 percent who viewed him unfavorably. A total of 43 percen...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* The former governor had some pretty nasty words for the General Assembly this morning. You can find the audio files by clicking here.
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* The former governor had some pretty nasty words for the General Assembly this morning. You can find the audio files by clicking here.
…Adding… Um, wow. Check out the second part. He made some pretty ugly allegations about members, essenti...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* The former governor had some pretty nasty words for the General Assembly this morning. You can find the audio files by clicking here.
…Adding… Um, wow. Check out the second part. He made some pretty ugly allegations about members, essenti...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* The 5th Congressional District primary election is three weeks from today, yet the paucity of media coverage is quite puzzling to me. I mean, we’re talking about a major open seat battle featuring all sorts of colorful characters and lots of Demo...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* Sometimes, a bit of pointed meannes works. Kurt Erickson’s column from the other day…
Sure, it’s been less than three weeks since Roland Burris was sworn in as Illinois’ new senator, but shouldn’t he – or at least someone in his off...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* From Sneed…
What a difference an impeachment makes: Where once you could have thrown a bowling ball through a crowd and not hurt anyone at Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn’s fund-raisers, it would now knock a lot of people over. Hundreds stood in line to ...
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