Articles filed under 13th Congressional District
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Suburban, Illinois leaders react to Obama's speechSep 08, 2011 11:54 pm - Elected leaders from the suburbs and Illinois also weighed in Thursday night on President Obama's speech and the release of the American Jobs Act. Rep. Judy Biggert,...
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Suburban reps play key roles in debt ceiling stormAug 02, 2011 12:15 pm - With hours to go before a potential government default, members of Republican leadership Monday, including Congressman Peter Roskam of Wheaton, were walking the marble h...
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’Burbs flex muscle in new congressional mapJun 07, 2011 12:42 am - Thanks to Democratic state lawmakers, a Cubs fan who lives in Addison can head more than two dozen miles east to Wrigley Field at Addison and Sheffield in Chicago, never...
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Congressional map sent to Quinn amid GOP protestsJun 01, 2011 11:48 am - A map drawn by Democrats that could reduce Republican representation in Congress by stretching and skewing suburban district boundary lines was sent to Gov. Pat Quinn’s ...
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Suburban legislators react to bin Laden's deathMay 03, 2011 5:10 am - Congressional representatives from the suburbs praised the military mission that led to the death of Osama bin Laden but cautioned that the U.S. still faces threats from...
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What your Congressman's office space says about themApr 19, 2011 9:36 am - WASHINGTON — Outside each congressman's Washington, D.C., office are the same American flag and welcome sign. But inside, the personalities of the men and women who subu...
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Biggert, Kirk say deal's good, let's look aheadApr 08, 2011 11:39 pm - Illinois Republican Sen. Mark Kirk called the process “overly dramatic,” and Republican U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert of Naperville said the federal budget cuts made Friday nig...
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At the leadership table, Roskam keeps suburban focusSep 30, 2016 11:08 am - WASHINGTON — A few rows deep on the right side of the House floor, Peter Roskam, Republican chief deputy whip and Illinois' 6th District representative, stands watching ...
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U.S. House votes to kill a paperwork rule in health care lawMar 05, 2011 8:26 am - Suburban businesses may not have to worry about mounds of paperwork required by the federal health care reform law, as a measure to kill that portion of it passed the Ho...
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Hultgren stands out with “no” vote against Patriot Act extensionFeb 10, 2011 4:18 pm - In keeping with the goal of reducing the size of the federal government, a freshman congressman from Winfield was one of just 26 Republican representatives who broke fro...