Articles filed under 11th Congressional District
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Suburban congressional races play big in national pictureNov 03, 2012 11:00 pm - With a congressional map drawn by Illinois' Democrats, national party leaders months ago proclaimed the road to a Democratic House majority in 2012 went right through Il...
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Kirk stumps for Biggert in new videoNov 03, 2012 4:36 pm - U.S. Senator Mark Kirk has, for the second time in a week, taken to the campaign trail via video to help support a vulnerable colleague. The state’s top ranking Republi...
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Biggert, Foster have evolving views on gay marriageNov 03, 2012 8:00 am - Both candidates in the new 11th Congressional District have evolving views on gay marriage, including opinions that have changed since February. The district was drawn ...
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Audience grills 11th District candidates on immigrationOct 29, 2012 10:31 am - Immigration and its enforcement took center stage in the 11th Congressional District contest for the second time in as many weeks Monday night. But this time the audien...
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Biggert, Foster don’t see eye-to-eye on energy, transportationOct 27, 2012 8:00 am - Long-term transportation funding will be a major issue for the Congressional lawmakers elected in November. The latest transportation bill action only provided funding f...
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Taxes, immigration highlight 11th Congressional debateOct 24, 2012 2:54 pm - In their final televised debate, Republican Judy Biggert and Democrat Bill Foster drew dividing lines on several key positions in the 11th Congressional District. The po...
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Fact-checking the ads in the 11th Congressional District raceOct 22, 2012 5:30 am - By now you’ve seen the competing attack ads involving trade with China that both Republican Judy Biggert and Democrat Bill Foster are running in the 11th Congressional D...
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Foster, Biggert find points to agree and disagree on federal budgetOct 17, 2012 6:42 pm - Candidates in the 11th Congressional District agree the Simpson-Bowles debt plan may be a starting point to build a federal budget and cut or eliminate ongoing deficits....
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11th Congressional candidates detail plans for Medicare solvencyOct 17, 2012 6:35 pm - A Medicare round-table with senior citizens in Joliet hosted by 11th Congressional District hopeful Bill Foster brought into detail the stark differences the Democrat ha...
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DREAM Act among topics in Biggert, Foster debateOct 13, 2012 6:00 pm - Veteran Republican U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert and Democratic challenger Bill Foster outlined their diverging views on Medicare, the so-called “Ryan budget” and the DREAM Act...