Articles filed under U.S. Congress
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Illinois Senate candidates spar over BP tiesJun 30, 2010 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Senate rivals Alexi Giannoulias and Mark Kirk attacked each other Wednesday over ties to unpopular oil company BP and which candidate is less trustworthy....
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Kirk apologizes for being 'careless' on his recordJun 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk publicly apologized Tuesday for being "careless" in describing his military service and background, after a series of embellishment...
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Chicago gun ban on way out, but mayor vows fightJun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - A Supreme Court ruling finding that Americans have the right to bear arms anywhere they live almost certainly means the end of Chicago's decades-old handgun ban, but it ...
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Many have benefited from Kirk's serviceJun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - As a longtime Congressman, Mark Kirk has been the driving force behind narrowing the fiscal gap between school district spending and military reimbursements in multiple ...
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Giannoulias wants no part of Blagojevich circusJun 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Representatives for U.S. Senate hopeful Alexi Giannoulias distanced their candidate from Rod Blagojevich on Sunday, saying that he was "not really a part of this circus"...
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Brady: Kirk's military record is honorableJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - GOP nominee for governor Bill Brady defended his party's U.S. Senate nominee Friday, saying that suburban congressman Mark Kirk has served his country hono...
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14th District candidates speak out on unemploymentJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - No one can argue that a drop in the 14th Congressional District's unemployment rate isn't good news, but opponents of U.S. Rep. Bill Foster said Friday he lacks perspect...
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Saturday SoapboxJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Be ready for emergencies: Unprepared for power outages of the past week? The federal government says we all should be equipped to go it alone for three days, with emerge...
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Attacks on Rep. Mark Kirk have no credibilityJun 24, 2010 11:00 pm - I watched State Rep. Chapa-LaVia's feeble attempt at an attack on Rep. Mark Kirk, at one point accusing him of falsely claiming to have served in Vietnam (Mark was in gr...
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Careful what you wish for when seeking headlinesJun 23, 2010 11:00 pm - If you want to maintain comfortable relations in your personal and professional life, a good rule of thumb is to imagine how what you are saying would sound in the newsp...