Articles filed under U.S. Congress
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FBI hate crime statsJun 03, 2013 5:31 am - In the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, the victim of a hate crime may be an individual, a business, an institution, or society as a whole. In 2011, law enforcemen...
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Duckworth aims to be ’illustration of what you can truly do’May 31, 2013 5:30 am - WASHINGTON — Jeff Person, a Falls, Va., native on his fifth internship at the U.S. Capitol, wheeled into freshman U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth’s office several weeks ago an...
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Shared military experience 'a starting place' for Duckworth in CongressMay 31, 2013 5:15 am - Last of a two-part series WASHINGTON — Waiting in line to fill out new-member paperwork at the U.S. Capitol complex, Tammy Duckworth and Paul Cook had a less-than-typica...
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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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Dold says he'll run for 10th District seat in 2014May 08, 2013 12:00 pm - After weeks of speculation, former congressman Bob Dold on Wednesday made it official. The Kenilworth Republican plans to make a 2014 bid to reclaim the 10th Congression...
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Schneider among lawmakers pushing FAA to spare control towersMay 06, 2013 12:32 pm - Democrat Brad Schneider and Tea Party star Michele Bachmann are light years apart politically but the two found common ground on the issue of funding for air traffic con...
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Hastert goes to the mat to reinstate Olympic wrestlingMay 02, 2013 9:07 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert spoke before the Illinois House and Senate Thursday to urge the International Olympic Committee to add wrestling b...
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Roskam opens Barrington satellite officeApr 24, 2013 3:13 pm - Congressman Peter Roskam, a Wheaton Republican, will host a meet-and-greet at the opening of his 6th District satellite office from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 27, a...
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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 ...