Quinn pushed for an end to double-dipping in one of his earliest reform campaigns in 1976. Pritzker, Senate President Don Harmon and House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch is an end to “double-dipping” by legislators on another public payroll besides the state’s. “If you’re a legislator, your ethical duty is to the voters and the people in your district, not to provide special benefits to you and your friends.”Īmong other provisions Quinn put in his letter to Gov. ,” Quinn said in a statehouse news conference. “It’s pretty clear from the testimony in the trial that jobs were being given out to friends of legislators. They include the long-sought but elusive proposals to allow taxpayers to put referendum questions on the ballot without legislative intervention - currently possible in 26 states - and to prohibit legislators from voting on issues in which they have a financial interest. Pat Quinn, who has made a career of chasing government reform, delivered a letter to Democratic leaders seeking a special session to adopt more than a half-dozen reforms. While a key House Democrat confirmed Tuesday that discussions about a package of ethical tune-ups were underway, former Gov.
(AP) - Another federal conviction for political corruption in Illinois, another call for tougher ethics laws.Ī jury last week slapped convictions on four political insiders in a wide-ranging bribery case involving power giant ComEd’s bribery of the once-powerful speaker of the Ilinois House.
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