US Congress Politics
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Campaign cash disclosure lacking in Senate raceJan 25, 2010 10:00 pm - Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias raised $521,340 and Chicago attorney Jacob Meister raised $53,511 as the Senate candidates campaigned in the last three months of 2009, but t...
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On first time voting, my pick is SealsJan 25, 2010 10:00 pm - Today, I was given the privilege of meeting the candidates for the 10th Congressional District at my school, Adlai E. Stevenson High School. While I knew that I was goi...
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Kirk is the kind of senator we needJan 25, 2010 10:00 pm - All too often, politicians in this country are insulated from being personally affected by the choices they make. Congress votes to go to war, but few Congressmen or Sen...
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Congressional candidates criticized for 'carpetbagging'Jan 24, 2010 10:00 pm - On his campaign Web site, Republican congressional candidate Joe Walsh talks about growing up in the suburban 8th House District and being a Barrington-area native. The ...
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For GOP in 8th Congress: BeveridgeJan 23, 2010 10:00 pm - There is no shortage of capable candidates running for the Republican nomination for Congress in the 8th District, a seat now held by Democrat Melissa Bean, and we're im...
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Leave Holocaust out of 10th district raceJan 23, 2010 10:00 pm - I am fed up with the way Julie Hamos is using her identity as a child of Holocaust survivors to manipulate our emotions. I am a Jewish woman and I have some relatives wh...
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Schaumburg rally aimed at health care reformJan 23, 2010 10:00 pm - Shawn Janzen's volunteer work with the Peace Corps on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent was cut short when he got a virus affecting his vocal cords. Back home in Carpe...
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For 9th Congressional District, Republican: PollakJan 23, 2010 10:00 pm - The economy is foremost on the minds of the two Republican candidates for the 9th Congressional District. Joel Pollak, a human rights attorney, says he aims to reset dis...
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For 9th Congressional District, Green: RibeiroJan 23, 2010 10:00 pm - The Illinois Green Party offers two choices in the 9th Congressional District, which stretches from Des Plaines to the lakefront. Retired journalist Morris "Moe" Shanfie...
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Dold is best choice in 10th DistrictJan 23, 2010 10:00 pm - Robert Dold is the candidate we need for small businesses. The Feb. 2 primary election is less than a month away, and it's up to the Republican voters in the 10th Distri...