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Article: Blagojevich stiffens ethics bill, irks Democrats Governor again takes on party as critics say he's gone too far
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 27, 2003
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SPRINGFIELD--Picking a new fight with the Democratic-led
Legislature, Gov. Blagojevich Tuesday rewrote a government ethics
bill from top to bottom in a move one leading Democrat called a
constitutional power grab.
Following up a pledge he made in June, Blagojevich moved to
reinstate several anti-corruption initiatives dropped from the
legislation before it reached him. Blagojevich said the bill that
landed on his desk was inferior to ethics laws in other states.
"This amendatory veto represents my best effort to correct these
flaws and provide a truly strong and coherent ethics reform,"
Blagojevich said in a 23-page letter to lawmakers laying out his
differences.
Blagojevich's changes, which ...