Articles filed under U.S. Congress
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Walsh coming to Palatine Twp. breakfastAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - Palatine Twp. GOP/TOPPER's next breakfast has been rescheduled (one week earlier) to Saturday, Aug. 13, at Vittorio's Restaurant, Smith and Northwest Highway, Palatine. ...
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Kane Dems eyeing shot at county board chairmanshipAug 04, 2011 1:00 am - If Kane County politics were a baseball game, then Democrats would be the Chicago Cubs. It’s been more than a century since they’ve occupied the county board’s chairman ...
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Walsh on child support lawsuit: This is personalAug 04, 2011 12:00 am - Wauconda crowd boos man who criticizes Walsh
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Walsh announces plan for 10 town-hall meetings in 10 daysAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - Congressman Joe Walsh announced plans Tuesday to host will host 10 town-hall meetings in 10 days throughout his 8th Congressional District. Walsh, a Republican from McH...
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Suburban reps play key roles in debt ceiling stormJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - With hours to go before a potential government default, members of Republican leadership Monday, including Congressman Peter Roskam of Wheaton, were walking the marble h...
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The SoapboxJul 30, 2011 3:00 am - The $117,000 Walsh owes his kids: Well, we guess you could call U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh of McHenry a role model of sorts. He says government must spend less. And then he rep...
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As protests brew, Walsh still has Republican supportJul 30, 2011 12:00 am - While a group made plans for a protest today at Rep. Joe Walsh's suburban office, state Republican officials say they're still behind the McHenry tea partyer who's come ...
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Protesters gather today at Walsh's Fox Lake officeJul 30, 2011 12:00 am - About 20 protesters gathered earlier today outside the Fox Lake office of 8th District Rep. Joe Walsh to exhort the congressman to meet his financial obligations to his ...
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Walsh calls child support story a 'hit piece'Jul 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Calling himself the “most accessible congressman on the planet,” Joe Walsh rarely shrugs off an opportunity to speak to the media. But the McHenry Republican did just th...
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Liberals, tea partyers in suburbs protest debt ceiling movesJul 26, 2011 12:00 am - In his Monday evening prime-time speech, President Barack Obama decried the “partisan three-ring circus” in Washington that has so far failed to reach a compromise on ra...