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The Illinois Senate signed off Friday on a compromise that would establish the state's first limits on campaign donations, sending it to the governor despite Republican complaints that the bill concentrates power in the hands of a few political insiders.
Roland Burris gambled that he could accept a U.S. Senate appointment from a political pariah and still be seen as an honest, hardworking public servant. He lost.
President Barack Obama's spokesman says the president is not endorsing anyone for his former seat in the Senate despite the personal White House attention given to potential candidate Lisa Madigan.
Gov. Pat Quinn moved quickly Friday to put Rod Blagojevich's scandal-ridden tenure behind him, signing his first executive order and saying he wants to "fumigate state government."
Gov. Rod Blagojevich was hundreds of miles away but his voice boomed through the Illinois Senate's chambers Tuesday as his impeachment jurors listened to FBI wiretaps of conversations in which he seems to demand campaign contributions in exchange for signing legislation.
While the Illinois Senate zeros in on Gov. Rod Blagojevich in a historic impeachment trial, other vital state issues are being shoved aside.
Illinois senators have taken their first steps toward an impeachment trial, after giving embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich a cold reception hours into their new session.
Lawyers for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich have received a summons for his impeachment trial from the state Senate.
Here is a guide to the process by which Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois might be removed from office
Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light. Burris said with a smile he expected to join them "very shortly."
His career in shreds, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich clung defiantly to power Wednesday, ignoring a call to step down from President-elect Barack Obama and a warning that Senate Democrats will not let him appoint a new senator from the state. "Everyone is calling for his head," said Barbara Flynn Currie, a leader in the Illinois Senate and, like the governor, a Democrat. One day after Blagojevich's arrest, fellow Illinois politicians sought to avoid the taint of scandal-by-association.
The Illinois Senate passed one of the state's more fundamental post-Watergate campaign finance reforms — a measure supporters say is a small but crucial step toward tamping down Illinois' reputation for "pay to play" politics.
In April 2003, Barack Obama rose in the Illinois Senate to discuss a delicate issue: legislation calling for a study of whether police discriminate against black drivers by making up excuses to pull them over.
Emil Jones, a product of the Chicago Democratic machine who helped Barack Obama reach the U.S. Senate and has been Gov. Rod Blagojevich's staunchest ally, said Monday he will retire from the Illinois Senate, of which he is president.
The president of the Illinois Senate is sitting in his statehouse office, talking in gravelly tones about political strategies and counter-strategies. Out of nowhere, the theme from "The Godfather" begins playing.
Ask those who served with him in the Illinois Senate whether Barack Obama is ready to be president, and they will tell you he is a dogged consensus-builder known for his empathy, intellect and unbounded ambition.
The Illinois Senate voted Friday to spend state tax dollars on embryonic stem cell research, despite objections from those who argue the research destroys human life.
I started this article with the goal of listing all of Barack Obama's Public Acts that he sponsored while serving in the Illinois Senate. This task has proven to be much more time consuming than I originally anticipated.
Obama's Vote in Illinois Was Often Just 'Present'Maybe his failure to take a stand is why he fails to inspire me.
Obama: 'take back' your government - 2008 Presidential Campaign Blog - Boston Globe - Political IntelligenceMany of the Democrats are claiming the populist mantle in the primary race, but Obama trumpets his work in the Illinois Senate passing ethics reform and touts the fact that his campaign doesn't accept contributions from lobbyists or political action committees.
Obama Critics: All The Different FlavorsObama critics haven't found one method of attack that sticks yet. Here are their attempts....and failures.
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