Given the climate right now, naturally, I think all of us are taking a close look at lobbyists and the kind of relationships they have with legislators. There's nothing illegal about this . . . (but) it does raise questions about how cozy these relationships get.

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The greed that fuels that quest for campaign contributions is as alive today as it ever was.

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They're very cheap to do, so we get more and more and more of them. But I really don't know how many people do more than just hang up on them.

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There [is] little evidence today that Illinois leaders are serious about changing business as usual.

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