Articles filed under 14th Congressional District
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Tariffs would limit pollutionSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - That Hultgren and the House Republicans have decided businesses must be allowed to pollute in order to “create” jobs simply proves that they are not competent to govern....
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Suburban, Illinois leaders react to Obama's speechSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - 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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Hultgren, Walsh lay groundwork for primary matchupSep 05, 2011 12:00 am - At a recent town hall meeting in Geneva, 14th District Congressman Randy Hultgren bounced on the balls of his feet as he gently urged a need for spending restraint and t...
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Hultgren gets cheers, boos during local tax talkAug 19, 2011 12:00 am - Congressman Randy Hultgren encountered people on both sides of the fence at Thursday night's town-hall style meeting in Geneva. Hultgren would get simultaneously booed and cheered no matter what he had to say, on topics from job creation to taxes.
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Walsh faces tough fight ahead in re-election bid to CongressAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - Clapping his hands, Joe Walsh strides into a room at Richard Walker's Pancake House in Crystal Lake on a sunny Saturday morning. He is wearing worn blue crocs, a red po...
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Kane Dems eyeing shot at county board chairmanshipAug 04, 2011 1:00 am - If Kane County politics were a baseball game, then Democrats would be the Chicago Cubs. It’s been more than a century since they’ve occupied the county board’s chairman ...
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Suburban reps play key roles in debt ceiling stormJul 31, 2011 11:00 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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Liberals, tea partyers in suburbs protest debt ceiling movesJul 26, 2011 12:00 am - In his Monday evening prime-time speech, President Barack Obama decried the “partisan three-ring circus” in Washington that has so far failed to reach a compromise on ra...
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Hultgren’s party line support bad for 14thJul 12, 2011 3:00 am - Rep. Randy Hultgren has gone too far in his support of the Republican leadership’s agenda. He is now a champion in an effort to role back protection of America’s water s...
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McConnaughay's bid for state senate may revive polticial rivalryJun 29, 2011 12:00 am - With a familiar political theme of reducing government debt, reforming the state pension system and creating new jobs, Kane County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay made...