Articles filed under U.S. Congress
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Giannoulias says tax cuts would aid economyOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias is proposing tax cuts and credits that he says would help the economy. He wants to pay for it by increasing taxes on s...
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Official kickoff of 2010 campaigns brings flocks of candidatesOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - In the early morning darkness, the line outside the state's election office stretched down and around the block, filled with candidates - known and unknown...
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Opening day filers for state, Cook County racesOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Here are the congressional and legislative candidates from the Northwest suburbs who filed on opening day for the Feb. 2 primary election. The filing deadline is Nov. 2,...
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Winnetka businessman joins crowded 8th District raceOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - A fourth Republican has entered the race to unseat Democrat Melissa Bean as the 8th District's representative in Congress. Joe Walsh, a 47-year-old Winnetka venture capi...
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Bean withdraws amendment on financial reform.Oct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Rep. Melissa Bean's amendment to federal legislation creating a Consumer Financial Protection Agency was withdrawn at the House Financial Services Committee...
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Bean skips get-together to tend to daughter with swine fluOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean skipped a public appearance in Lake Zurich Sunday because her 16-year-old daughter is ill with the H1N1 flu, an aide said. Bean, a Barrington Demo...
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More money totals for congressional races surfaceOct 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Democratic U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean isn't having the same money problems as those plaguing the woman considered the top Republican candidate for the 8th Congressional Dist...
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In GOP cross-heirs, Foster keeps up fundraisingOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - With Republicans likely targeting him next year, U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Batavia has been keeping his fundraising up. The freshman Democrat reported having $801,643 ca...
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Congressional incumbents have lucrative summer campaignsOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Last year, U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert of Hinsdale appeared caught off guard when a little-known challenger bested her in campaign fundraising early in the race. Now, the si...
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Long Grove mayor short on campaign cash in Bean challengeOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - She may be regarded as the Republican Party's best chance to unseat Democratic Rep. Melissa Bean in the suburban 8th Congressional District, but Maria Rodriguez hasn't d...