US Congress Politics
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Representation should be temp jobOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Now that I am in my 60s, I have come to the conclusion that to be represented at any government level where you are paid we are really not or we are minimally represente...
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Don't need spoiled teens in CongressOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Instead of making some tough and responsible choices in the face our country's recent financial meltdown, Congress acted like a spoiled teenager with a credit card who, ...
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9th District candidates split on war, economyOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Preventing people's additional losses of personal wealth and home values and reducing taxes are among Michael Younan's motivations for challenging U.S. Rep. Jan Schakows...
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Seals is wrong on Social SecurityOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Dan Seals once again provided unintentional hilarity for me when he claimed that he is now some great defender of Social Security. I just began drawing Social Security b...
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Bean can help small businessesOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - As chair of the Small Business Subcommittee of the House Tax and Finance Committee, Melissa Bean has the opportunity to introduce and influence legislation important to ...
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Kirk fights wasteful spendingOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to commend Congressman Mark Kirk for holding the line on wasteful spending and pork. Kirk is the only member of the appropriations committee, the Congressio...
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Kirk commended for education fightOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to commend Mark Kirk for his essential work on education for the underprivileged. Impact aid is the money the federal government pays to schools that educat...
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Mailer smeared Congressman KirkOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - In the past few weeks my mailbox has been flooded by misleading fliers from a group calling itself "Patriot Majority Midwest." The first few peddled the same lie: that M...
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14th District voters have seen this race before - and recentlyOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The campaign ads and mailers across the 14th Congressional District have a familiar ring to them this fall. It is, after all, the second time this year tha...
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Vets have no better friend than KirkOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Over the past couple of weeks there has been a lot of false information flying around about Congressman Mark Kirk's record on veterans. Dan Seals' outrageous television ...