Article: Much riding on ethics bill on governor's desk

Article: Edgar Vows Amendatory Veto on Contracts Bill
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 21, 1994 ;     168 words ......Edgar on Monday laid out in advance how he would use his amendatory veto powers on a pending bill that would overhaul how the...compromise that has passed the Senate. Proponents of the ethics bill fear a House-Senate conference committee could weaken...amendatorily veto it?" asked Steve Brown. ...

Article: Good ideas, wrong tactics by governoron state ethics bill
Courier News (Elgin, IL);  September 2, 2008 ;     503 words ......tacking them all onto an ethics bill that was years in the making...should override Blagojevich's amendatory veto in November. There is a...for changing the bill via amendatory veto rather than by pushing legislation...strokes of the governor's amendatory veto pen. - ...

Article: House overrides ethics bill veto
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  September 11, 2008 ;     376 words ......Blagojevich's veto of a major campaign ethics bill. The question of whether to outlaw...dollars from state contractors, used his amendatory veto power last month to reject the bill...voted 110-3 Wednesday to override the amendatory veto. That was well over the three-fifths...

Article: Governor rewrites ethics bill
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  August 27, 2003 ;     275 words ......Assembly Tuesday by rewriting substantial portions of an ethics bill lawmakers passed last spring. Blagojevich, following up on a promise he made in June to use his amendatory veto power on the bill, reinstated some provisions lawmakers stripped...

Article: Governor makes big changes to ethics bill; Blagojevich threatens special session to pass his version
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 13, 2003 ;     300 words ......Rod Blagojevich on Thursday used his amendatory veto power to significantly alter an ethics bill recently passed by the state Legislature...three-fifths majority in each chamber or let the ethics bill die by taking no action. Blagojevich created...

Article: SLOW DOWN, GET ETHICS BILL RIGHT VOTERS WANT REAL AND LASTING REFORMS THAT ENSURE STRONG ENFORCEMENT OF GOOD LAWS.(OPINION)(Editorial)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  January 27, 2007 ;     415 words ......Senate and Assembly versions of the ethics bill are sound. The legislation would create...election-related crimes. Both versions of the ethics bill also have been improved to allow for...there's a ways to go. The last thing an ethics bill should do is increase government secrecy...

Article: Legislature should reject gov's ethics bill
Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  August 26, 2008 ;     682 words ......or amendments to an ethics bill that passed the Legislature...wholesale amendments to the ethics bill blatantly circumvent...quarterbacking. The original ethics bill was nailed down with...change proposed for the ethics bill are more vulnerable...behind the original ...

Article: Grass-roots groups qualify as lobbyists under ethics bill; Democratic measure imperiled by procedural block.(PAGE ONE)
The Washington Times;  January 18, 2007 ;     697 words ......A. Miller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The ethics bill before the Senate not only cracks down...has in the upper chamber, the entire ethics bill was jeopardized when Republicans blocked...capped a day of squabbling over the ethics bill, in which the Senate's Democratic leaders...

Article: The new ethics bill a 'landmark betrayal' from Congress
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 10, 2007 ;     643 words ......final version of the widely celebrated ethics bill, passed by overwhelming margins in both...Indeed, outsiders do not realize that the ethics bill was held for a month after final passage...Tom Coburn called the just- enacted ethics bill "a landmark betrayal, not a landmark...

Article: Get ethics bill off hold, Obama
Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  September 17, 2008 ;     175 words ......vote on a sorely needed state political ethics bill. The Democratic presidential nominee...Jones might get off the dime. The ethics bill would bar firms with more than $50,000...state Legislature to pass a "strong ethics" bill, but the spokesman ducked the question...

Article: STATE BAR SUPPORTS ETHICS BILL BUT LAWYERS FIND MANY LOOPHOLES.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  July 25, 1987 ;     399 words ......M. Cuomo to sign the recently passed ethics bill, but also noted at least 20 weaknesses...whole, most of us think this is a good ethics bill, Freedman said in an interview. It's very difficult to come up with a good ethics bill that doesn't go too far, but still plugs...

Article: No Outcry About Lobby Scandal, Lawmakers Say; Republicans See Little Risk In Pushing Modest Ethics Bill
The Washington Post;  April 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ......felt free to pass a relatively tepid ethics bill because their constituents rarely mention...R-Calif.), a chief architect of the House ethics bill, said: "Many members have told him...and Hastert "feel strongly" that the ethics bill "is the right thing to do" and that...

Article: Senators' ethics bill is a sham Legislation inches toward real reform.
Columbia Daily Tribune;  April 4, 2006 ;     496 words ......Senators on Wednesday approved, 90-8, an ethics bill that should fool nobody. It's a watered-do...checklist of requirements for a meaningful ethics bill. The Senate has failed on all points...take the lead in crafting the Senate ethics bill. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist...

Article: EDITORIAL: Senate Ethics Bill Slam this sham.(Editorial)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA);  March 31, 2006 ;     518 words ......Senators on Wednesday approved, 90-8, an ethics bill that should fool nobody. It's a watered-do...checklist of requirements for a meaningful ethics bill. The Senate has failed on all points...take the lead in crafting the Senate ethics bill. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist...