'Pay to play'.

The article offers information on the issue of a landmark ethics reform measure, being discussed at the Illinois Senate committee hearing. The move of Governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democratic Party candidate, to revise the bill to ban campaign or what is known as "pay-to-play" politics, is seen an existential threat, since any changes to the calibrated bill would have to go back through a legislative process. The altered bill that would change the way lawmakers get pay rises is also noted.