Articles filed under U.S. Congress
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White House, GOP draw red lines in debt debateJan 07, 2013 5:14 am - WASHINGTON — Struggling for the upper hand in the next round of debt talks, Republicans and Democrats this weekend drew lines in the sand they said they’d never cross wh...
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Kirk’s stroke draws former Porter staff togetherJan 03, 2013 11:54 am - “We should really get together,” the onetime staffers in former North suburban U.S. Rep. John Porter’s office would say, year after year. But life interceded, until news...
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Suburban Democrats vow bipartisanship in CongressJan 03, 2013 4:30 am - The swearing in today of U.S. Rep.-elects Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates, Bill Foster of Naperville and Brad Schneider of Deerfield represents a 180-degree departure...
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Experts: Stroke could make Kirk a tougher opponent in 2016Jan 02, 2013 4:30 am - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk hasn’t said whether he’ll seek re-election in 2016, but experts say if he does, his recovery and return to Congress could make a campaign challenge b...
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Senator Kirk speaks for the first time about his strokeJan 02, 2013 4:00 am - For Mark Kirk, there was no white light, no tunnel. What Illinois' junior U.S. senator experienced was three angels standing at the foot of his bed. "You want to come...
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Kirk: Experimental therapy helped him relearn to walkJan 02, 2013 4:00 am - Mark Kirk literally rose to this occasion. A beaming Kirk emerged from a Willis Tower stairwell on Nov. 4 after climbing more than three dozen flights of stairs on his ...
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Walsh to speak in Arlington Hts.Dec 24, 2012 2:00 pm - Congressman Joe Walsh will be the featured speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the Arlington Heights Tea Party, 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, in the Hendricksen Room of...
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Durbin chairs first hearing on school to prison pipelineDec 12, 2012 1:04 pm - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin Wednesday chaired the first federal hearing looking at the relationship between schools and the criminal justice system. The hearing follows a rece...
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Crowd cheers as Walsh hints at continuing political careerDec 08, 2012 12:00 pm - Having started his successful campaign three years ago with a rousing town hall meeting, recently defeated Congressman Joe Walsh vowed to go out the same way. At his fin...
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Biggert still mulling loss, looks ahead to futureDec 08, 2012 7:00 am - For seven terms, Republican U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert of Hinsdale served as a popular, moderate congresswoman in the 13th Congressional District, with her hallmark issues i...