Video: Newtown parents push for IL ammo ban

By   /  May 21, 2013  /  Media, Video  /  1 Comment

It was an emotional plea from Newtown CT parents as Illinois lawmakers look to ban ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 bullets.
Newtown mom Nicole Hockley says IL proposed high capacity magazine ban is not a total ban.
Vandermyde says the IL magazine ban is targeted at the most popular pistols and rifles being sold today, [...]

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Video: Did IL gov hire crony to clear Congressional ballot?

By   /  May 21, 2013  /  Media, Video  /  No Comments

Illinois Senate Republicans say Gov. Pat Quinn’s latest crony hire was not just political payback, but a move to clear the ballot for one downstate Congressional seat.
IL Senate GOP member Darin LaHood says David Gill has to answer questions about how he went from a failed candidate for Congress to an executive at the Illinois [...]

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Video: IRS targets NM Tea Party, elderly woman

By   /  May 21, 2013  /  Media, Video  /  No Comments

The IRA went after a the Albuquerque Tea Party, which meant the IRS went after Marianne Chiffelle. Who is that? Chiffelle is an 83-year-old retiree and former WWII internment camp survivor who is active in Republican politics and conservative causes in New Mexico. She spoke with Watchdog.org’s Rob Nikolewski.

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PA Week in Review: Budget-making in a broke city

By   /  May 10, 2013  /  Accountability, Elections, Ethics, Featured, Finances, Fraud, Issues, Media, News Roundup, Pennsylvania, Pensions, Pensions, Politics & Elections, State Budgets, State Government, Video  /  No Comments

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In a capital city teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, and the first city in the nation to be charged by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission with misleading investors, the Pennsylvania state government is beginning the process of putting together a budget.

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Video: IL Sen Pres like union-backed pension reform

By   /  May 7, 2013  /  Media, Video  /  No Comments

Illinois Senate President John Cullerton is pushing a pension reform plan written, and supported by, Illinois’ public sector unions.

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