Articles filed under US Senate
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Oberweis gives own Senate campaign $500,000Jan 30, 2014 6:59 pm - Republican state Sen. Jim Oberweis has given his campaign for U.S. Senate $500,000 of his own money as he tries to win a statewide primary election for the first time. T...
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Oberweis, Truax at GOP breakfast Jan. 25Jan 21, 2014 11:14 am - The Schaumburg Township Republican Organization invites the public to its monthly breakfast meeting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at Chandler’s Chophouse, 401 N. Rosel...
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Editorial: Complex problems and the politics of distractionOct 27, 2013 5:00 am - Last week, we used this space to appeal for our leaders — and the rest of us, for that matter — to move past ideological boundaries and instead strive to work together t...
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Oberweis gathering signatures for US Senate runOct 23, 2013 2:16 pm - SPRINGFIEL — State Sen. Jim Oberweis says he’s gathering petition signatures to make a bid for the U.S. Senate. The Republican from Sugar Grove made the comments Wednesd...
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Oberweis considering another U.S. Senate runSep 25, 2013 9:04 pm - State Sen. Jim Oberweis, a Sugar Grove Republican, says he’s considering a run for U.S. Senate and will make a final decision in three to four weeks. “I have had a numbe...
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Kirk to visit Illinois State FairAug 12, 2013 4:32 pm - SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk formally steps back into the political arena this week with a trip to the Illinois State Fair, his first visit to central Illinois and ...
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Downers Grove Republican to take on DurbinJul 15, 2013 8:13 am - SPRINGFIELD — Downers Grove Republican Doug Truax said Monday he wants to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin in the 2014 Senate race. Truax is a businessman who ha...
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Images: Senator Mark Kirk at work in D.C. following his stroke.May 30, 2013 8:40 am - ...
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Kirk ‘disappointed’ in Senate vote on background checksApr 17, 2013 2:00 pm - A high profile piece of bipartisan background check legislation lacked sufficient support in the Senate Wednesday, but its sponsor said his friendship with Illinois’ jun...
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Kirk meets with families of Sandy Hook victimsApr 17, 2013 12:07 pm - WASHINGTON — Both Illinois senators voted yes on a series of gun control measures in the U.S. Senate Wednesday after meeting with the families of children killed in the ...