US Congress Politics
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Bean ready for debut TV commercialOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Far better funded than her congressional challenger, U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean is spending some of that campaign capital on her first television commercial of the election ...
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Oberweis takes a different approach this timeOct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - In 2004, Jim Oberweis, a Republican candidate for a U.S. Senate seat, stepped off a helicopter that had just flown over Soldier Field and into the political history book...
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Kirk commitment to vets unquestionableOct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Dan Seals recently attacked Congressman Mark Kirk's voting record on veterans. To say that I was appalled doesn't even come close to describing my feelings. I am a veter...
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Iraq strategies divide 6th congressional rivalsOct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Sixth Congressional District candidates Republican Peter Roskam and Democrat Jill Morgenthaler agree the troop surge is working in Iraq to reduce violence and stabilize ...
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Bean, Greenberg differ on Iraq, AfghanistanOct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean hopes the bulk of U.S. military forces are out of Iraq and that the war-torn nation is on its way to self-sufficiency by summer 2010. Bean's oppon...
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Five-term incumbent Biggert faces two opponents in 13thOct 11, 2008 11:00 pm - In Washington, U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert faces such gripping issues as a struggling economy, home foreclosures, soaring gas prices, the war and the recent financial industr...
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Scientist, economist in Congress?Oct 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Out of the blue today, a lovely lady knocked on my door that lives several blocks away. She was asking where I got my McCain/Palin yard signs because hers and several of...
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Taking stock of scandals, issues with three weeks left to the electionOct 11, 2008 11:00 pm - With three weeks left until Election Day, the presidential campaigns are charging through battleground states as they sling barbs to rally their base and sway the undeci...
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Bean, Greenberg asked about economy at forumOct 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Energy and the economy emerged as key issues Saturday when the two candidates in the 8th Congressional District race squared off Saturday in Schaumburg. Answering questi...
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Veterans issues, taxes the focus of new Kirk, Seals adsOct 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Democratic challenger Dan Seals and U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk have launched a new ad battle over tax hikes and the Iraq war. Seals' new broadcast ad features an unnamed Iraq w...