Articles filed under U.S. Congress
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Biggert, Foster don’t see eye-to-eye on energy, transportationOct 27, 2012 8:00 am - Long-term transportation funding will be a major issue for the Congressional lawmakers elected in November. The latest transportation bill action only provided funding f...
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Walsh seeks to turn attention from abortion to economyOct 26, 2012 5:00 pm - Congressman Joe Walsh and a cadre of suburban women representing a variety of stances on abortion Friday sought to turn the conversation from social issues back to the e...
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Dawn Patrol: Lake County Board candidate has past under another nameOct 26, 2012 5:00 am - Lake County Board candidate Michael Carbone was once Michael Jorudd While Lake County Board candidate Michael Carbone has a criminal history, it’s not by the name h...
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Embarrassed about Walsh’s hypocrisyOct 26, 2012 4:40 am - Recently I had the opportunity to hear both Congressman Joe Walsh and Tammy Duckworth being interviewed on television. During that interview, Congressman Walsh went on a...
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Walsh hardly David to Duckworth’s GoliathOct 26, 2012 4:40 am - Regarding C. Poole’s comments on David and Goliath. Joe Walsh is an incumbent Congressman and recipient of significant external SuperPAC support and television advertisi...
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Lawmaker who needed abortion takes on WalshOct 25, 2012 12:08 pm - Calling the Republican-led House a “sandbox for extremism,” a Democratic congresswoman who underwent two medically necessary abortions traveled to the 8th Congressional ...
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Taxes, immigration highlight 11th Congressional debateOct 24, 2012 2:54 pm - In their final televised debate, Republican Judy Biggert and Democrat Bill Foster drew dividing lines on several key positions in the 11th Congressional District. The po...
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Walsh’s son decries “deadbeat Joe” ad; Duckworth shows no signs of pulling itOct 23, 2012 2:33 pm - Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh’s son spoke out in a news conference Tuesday against a TV ad and mailer that show news headlines about his dad’s child-support controversy...
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Dold, Schneider talk abortion, finances on “Chicago Tonight”Oct 23, 2012 1:07 pm - Republican U.S. Rep. Robert Dold and Democratic challenger Brad Schneider took their campaigns to the airwaves Tuesday in an accusation-filled appearance on WTTW’s “Chic...
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6th District candidates offer different cures for MedicareOct 22, 2012 5:00 pm - In the heart of the 6th Congressional District is the DuPage Community Clinic — a free health care service in Wheaton that served 5,000 people in need last year. The pli...