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14th Congressional District
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Underwood gets to work on prescription drug cost relief
Apr 16, 2019 5:12 PM - Congresswoman Lauren Underwood told constituents at a forum in Warrenville Monday night that she needs more time than her first 100 days in office to craft solutions that will lower prescription drug prices, but it's one of her focus points. Underwood spoke about feeling a true sense of urgency to be productive despite any legislative obstacles. That said, "there's no magic bill." -
Suburban Democrats call for release of full Mueller report
Mar 24, 2019 8:47 PM - Suburban Democrats are calling for the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's full report, but a Republican colleague said it's time to move forward. -
Underwood worries about debt as she considers universal healthcare
Feb 23, 2019 11:28 PM - Being careful with the federal government's pocketbook as she searches for the solutions her constituents elected her to find was a repeated theme last week at a town hall hosted by Congresswoman Lauren Underwood. -
Oberweis eyeing 14th Congressional run against Underwood
Feb 20, 2019 9:13 AM - In the early stages of his political career, State Sen. Jim Oberweis caught heat for what some viewed as an insensitive ad about illegal immigration. Now, with him deciding to run again for the 14th Congressional District, Oberweis thinks he was simply ahead of his time. -
Event addresses hopes for widening scope of diversity
Jan 21, 2019 9:22 PM - On a day celebrating diversity on a national scale, a smaller group of students, activists and a congresswoman gathered in a Geneva church sanctuary to game plan ways to be deliberately inclusive in their everyday activities. For Lauren Underwood, the newly elected Democrat representing the 14th Congressional District, that means engaging constituents who've felt underrepresented and disconnected from the country they live in. -
'Unbought, unbossed' -- Underwood echoes legendary Chisholm, advocates bipartisanship
Jan 12, 2019 6:34 PM - Lauren Underwood, the newly sworn U.S. Representative for Illinois 14th district and the youngest black woman elected to Congress, echoed the words of the first black woman elected to Congress -- Shirley Chisholm, the celebrated, seven-term U.S. Representative from New York -- during a ceremonial swearing in Saturday at Underwood's alma mater, Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville. -
Underwood, Casten make history in Washington and in the suburbs
Jan 3, 2019 7:39 PM - Two new suburban members of the U.S. House, Lauren Underwood and Sean Casten, made history on several fronts Thursday when they took the oath of office. -
Suburban congressional newbies adjust to life in Washington
Dec 17, 2018 5:30 AM - Learning to vote, renting apartments, navigating D.C. Sean Casten and Lauren Underwood, Democratic freshman members of Congress from the suburbs, are ready for a monumental session. -
Suburbs' congressional representatives all Democrats
Nov 7, 2018 6:04 PM - The Election Night ouster of Peter Roskam and Randy Hultgren means the entire congressional delegation is Democratic in a suburban area that not so long ago was represented by legendary conservatives like Henry Hyde and Phil Crane. -
Underwood pledges a pro-woman agenda and a fight in Congress
Nov 7, 2018 7:41 PM - Democrat Lauren Underwood explains how she won in a traditionally GOP district and what her first order of business will be when she is sworn in Jan. 3.
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