US Congress Politics
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Troops at the polls and no early voting? How 6th District GOP candidates would tackle election integrityJun 17, 2022 1:00 am - One of the Republicans seeking Illinois' 6th Congressional District seat wants to eliminate voting by mail and early voting, while another said military troops or securi...
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Suburban representatives claim mutual funds - but no individual stocks - in new disclosuresJun 16, 2022 1:00 am - Congressional representatives serving the North, West and Northwest suburbs claimed pensions, mutual funds and even a teaching stipend among their assets and income on n...
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A 'hole in your heart': Rep. Casten and family release statement about daughter Gwen's deathJun 15, 2022 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Sean Casten and his family on Wednesday released their first lengthy public statement since the death of his oldest daughter, Gwen. "There are no words to desc...
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GOP candidates for 14th Congressional seat say spending cuts, oil drilling could ease inflationJun 15, 2022 1:00 am - Increasing domestic oil production and eliminating cabinet-level federal agencies are among the inflation-busting ideas put forth by Republicans running for Illinois' 14...
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Why did some congressional candidates skip filing mandatory financial disclosure reports?Jun 14, 2022 5:10 am - Only about half the non-incumbent congressional candidates in the North, West or Northwest suburbs have filed financial disclosure reports with the U.S. House that were ...
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Gwen Casten, daughter of U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, has diedJun 13, 2022 1:00 am - Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten's 17-year-old daughter, Gwen, died Monday morning at the family's Downers Grove home, his office and police announced. Downers Grove pol...
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GOP hopefuls for 8th District blame Democratic energy policies for inflationJun 10, 2022 1:00 am - Republican hopefuls for the 8th Congressional District currently represented by Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi of Schaumburg recently weighed in on what they consider the ...
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8th District Democrats discuss federal abortion, LGBTQ protectionsJun 09, 2022 5:30 am - With a potential U.S. Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade looming, the candidates in the 8th Congressional District's Democratic primary recently shared their v...
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Endorsement: McGonigal for GOP in Congress, District 5Jun 09, 2022 1:00 am - This endorsement is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Two Republicans, from Chicago and North Barrington, are vying for the GOP nomination fo...
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Where 8th Congressional District GOP hopefuls stand on violent crime, gun controlJun 07, 2022 5:30 am - Whether the federal government should play a bigger role in curbing violent crime across the nation — and whether stronger gun control laws ought to be a part of that — ...