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Article:	Parties are willing to raise and spend money so they can keep control SPRINGFIELD (Lee News Service) - Control of the General Assembly means controlling the legislative agenda in Illinois. It can give one party the votes and leverage to raise the minimum wage or enact medical malpractice reform. It can give one party the ability to block the other party from moving forward with a plan to rebuild schools and highways. And, it can give one party a seat at the table when taxpayer dollars are being divvied up for projects, programs and pork-barrel spending. That is largely why the four legislative leaders in Illinois spend so much money to convince voters to back their candidates during an election year. Such was the case in the 2006 election, when more than $8 million was funneled from the campaign war chests of
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