Articles filed under 8th Congressional District
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Walsh announces plan for 10 town-hall meetings in 10 daysAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - Congressman Joe Walsh announced plans Tuesday to host will host 10 town-hall meetings in 10 days throughout his 8th Congressional District. Walsh, a Republican from McH...
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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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The SoapboxJul 30, 2011 3:00 am - The $117,000 Walsh owes his kids: Well, we guess you could call U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh of McHenry a role model of sorts. He says government must spend less. And then he rep...
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As protests brew, Walsh still has Republican supportJul 30, 2011 12:00 am - While a group made plans for a protest today at Rep. Joe Walsh's suburban office, state Republican officials say they're still behind the McHenry tea partyer who's come ...
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Protesters gather today at Walsh's Fox Lake officeJul 30, 2011 12:00 am - About 20 protesters gathered earlier today outside the Fox Lake office of 8th District Rep. Joe Walsh to exhort the congressman to meet his financial obligations to his ...
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Walsh calls child support story a 'hit piece'Jul 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Calling himself the “most accessible congressman on the planet,” Joe Walsh rarely shrugs off an opportunity to speak to the media. But the McHenry Republican did just th...
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Walsh makes voters uneasy with debt stanceJul 25, 2011 12:00 am - Rep. Joe Walsh rode a wave of economic anxiety to an upset win last November. Now, he's trying not to get pulled under as voters concerned about a debt default turn a sk...
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’Burbs flex muscle in new congressional mapJun 06, 2011 12:00 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 protestsMay 31, 2011 12:00 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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DCCC Chair: Suburbs 'center of gravity' in 2012 electionMay 05, 2011 12:00 am - Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel calls the suburbs “the center of gravity in American politics” for the 2012 election. Several of the se...