Articles filed under Politics
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Schneider and Dold financial reports list interesting campaign supportersOct 21, 2013 10:46 am - In what’s shaping up to be an expensive suburban rematch, Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider and likely Republican challenger Robert Dold received financial support fro...
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Brady, Proft at Palatine GOP meetingOct 20, 2013 4:47 pm - The Palatine Township Republican Organization will have gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Bill Brady and WLS 890 radio personality Dan Proft at their regular monthly me...
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Matthews stops in Naperville to discuss political compromiseOct 20, 2013 10:56 am - Political commentator Chris Matthews’ new book about the value of political compromise came out just as the government was being shut down. He insists the timing wasn’t...
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Armed gun rights activists rally at the AlamoOct 20, 2013 3:56 am - SAN ANTONIO — Several hundred gun rights activists armed with rifles and shotguns rallied Saturday outside of the Alamo in a demonstration that broke a longstanding trad...
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Cruz: Senate won’t make same mistake in next fightOct 19, 2013 8:16 pm - AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said Saturday that Republicans lost the government shutdown budget battle because some members of his own party in Congress turned on ...
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Sources: 476,000 Obamacare applications filedOct 19, 2013 5:52 pm - WASHINGTON — Administration officials say about 476,000 health insurance applications have been filed through federal and state exchanges, the most detailed measure yet ...
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Out of the spotlight, Obama nurtures his faithOct 19, 2013 4:33 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is not an overtly religious man. He and his family rarely attend church, and he almost never elaborates in public about his own relat...
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Yingling launches cellphone drive for domestic violence groupsOct 19, 2013 12:01 am - To support victims of domestic violence, House District 62 state Rep. Sam Yingling, D-Grayslake, announced he will host a cellphone drive for the Verizon Wireless HopeLi...
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Ex-House Speaker Tom Foley dies at 84Oct 18, 2013 6:43 pm - WASHINGTON — Tall and courtly, Tom Foley served 30 years in the House when partisan confrontation was less rancorous than today and Democrats had dominated for decades. ...
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Number of DuPage polling places reducedOct 18, 2013 4:26 pm - As part of an ongoing effort to cut costs, the DuPage Election Commission has approved plans to eliminate 71 polling places countywide. By scaling back the total number ...