Articles filed under Politics
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Trump, Congress agree on $2 trillion virus rescue billMar 24, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The White House and Senate leaders of both parties announced agreement early Wednesday on unprecedented emergency legislation to rush sweeping aid to busine...
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Jesse White, governors urge later REAL ID deadlineMar 23, 2020 5:30 am - As Illinoisans sweat over rationing toilet paper, suspect coughs and how to eyeball a 6-foot safe distance, do we really need to hustle to obtain REAL ID? Federal law ma...
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Another attempt to move ahead on virus aid package snagsMar 23, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump expressed qualms Monday about extending the current 15-day shutdown recommended by the federal government, even as his officials war...
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Rand Paul irks senators by mingling while waiting for virus resultsMar 23, 2020 1:00 am - Sen. Rand Paul is coming under fire after exposing other lawmakers to the coronavirus while he was awaiting his own test results - which turned out to be positive. Paul,...
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Fallout of 2008 bailout looms over Washington negotiationsMar 23, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - In the fall of 2008, an unlikely alliance of lawmakers, regulators and Bush administration officials banded together to rescue an economy they feared was ho...
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Provide stimulus for small businesses, not $50 billion bailout for airlinesMar 23, 2020 1:00 am - U.S. airlines are requesting $50 billion of taxpayer money for another bailout. We should not make the same mistake twice. When Congress bailed out the airlines after th...
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Duckworth gets some buzz as potential Biden running mateMar 22, 2020 1:00 am - Could political lightning strike Illinois twice? Thirteen years after Barack Obama launched his campaign for president, Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth's name is po...
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In midst of health crisis, need for nuclear power ever more clearMar 22, 2020 1:00 am - We are in the midst of a pandemic, the likes of which has not been seen in our lifetimes. Pandemics have happened in the past. But this time is different from any other ...
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Let's use this crisis to get teachers the pay they deserveMar 22, 2020 1:00 am - By Mark Shields My sainted mother was a public school teacher until she married my father and immediately, as a married woman, was forced by local Massachusetts rules th...
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Congress toils on $1 trillion economic rescue planMar 20, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - As leaders from Congress and the White House toiled in high-stakes negotiations on a mammoth $1 trillion-plus economic rescue package Friday, President Dona...