Articles filed under U.S. Congress
-
Gov. Quinn will call for special electionNov 21, 2012 3:11 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has five days to determine when he’ll set a special election to replace Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. Jackson resigned Wednesday. Quinn was informed in t...
-
Cook County clerk wants Jackson election earlierNov 21, 2012 2:45 pm - Election officials in Cook County say they may seek court permission to schedule a special election to fill Jesse Jackson Jr.’s congressional seat sooner rather than lat...
-
Voters who supported Jackson agree with resignationNov 21, 2012 2:02 pm - Voters who have supported Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. for 17 years are now saying they agree with his decision to resign. Jackson announced Wednesday that he is leavin...
-
Excerpts from Jackson resignation letterNov 21, 2012 2:02 pm - U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned from Congress on Wednesday. Here are excerpts from his letter to House Speaker John Boehner. “For seventeen years I have given 100 p...
-
Dozen House women defend Rice over Libya commentsNov 16, 2012 5:28 pm - WASHINGTON — Republican senators’ angry criticism of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice over her initial account of the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya smacks of sexism and raci...
-
Time to re-evaluate, rebuild GOPNov 15, 2012 3:40 am - Dear Supporters, Thank you. I am so proud of all our volunteers and supporters. Whether you were on the front lines making calls, knocking on doors, writing letters or j...
-
Editorial: Kirk, other Willis climbers inspire us allNov 12, 2012 4:00 am - He may not have climbed all 103 floors of the Willis Tower in 13 minutes, as one man did. He may have climbed only the top 37 floors. But it was no less thrilling to see...
-
Darwin gets 4,000 write-in votes against Georgia congressmanNov 08, 2012 8:07 pm - ATHENS, Ga. — Charles Darwin earned almost 4,000 write-in votes against a Georgia congressman who denounced evolution and other scientific theories as “lies straight fro...
-
Election won’t end abortion/contraception debateNov 08, 2012 7:53 pm - NEW YORK — Democrats and liberal advocacy groups have declared victory in what they called a Republican “war on women” and are celebrating the pivotal defeats of some GO...
-
Does Peter Roskam's future include speaker's job?Nov 07, 2012 10:00 pm - Tuesday was a grim night for Illinois' Republican congressional delegation as three local GOP seats fell to the Democrats. But in Wheaton, it was a different story. “We...