Articles filed under U.S. Congress
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Schakowsky: 23 privately funded trips since 2007Aug 01, 2013 5:30 am - U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, an Evanston Democrat, has taken 23 privately funded trips worth about $198,000 since 2007, far more than U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, who faces an e...
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Democrats, Independents start new political action groupJul 30, 2013 3:03 pm - Submitted by DIFF Progressives in the Illinois 14th Congressional District recently formed a new organization. Now registered as a political action group named Democrats...
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Senger jumps into 11th District GOP race for CongressJul 29, 2013 12:36 pm - State Rep. Darlene Senger today formally announced her campaign for Congress. The Naperville Republican faces possible challenges in the March 18 primary election from p...
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Roskam faces House ethics probe over Taiwan tripJul 26, 2013 10:52 am - Lawmaker faces investigation over travel to Taiwan
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Schneider’s fundraising behind Dold’s in second quarterJul 15, 2013 3:46 pm - U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, a Deerfield Democrat, reported raising nearly $385,000 in the second quarter of the year toward his first re-election bid for Congress. That’s ...
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Downers Grove Republican to take on DurbinJul 15, 2013 8:13 am - SPRINGFIELD — Downers Grove Republican Doug Truax said Monday he wants to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin in the 2014 Senate race. Truax is a businessman who ha...
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Dold touts fundraising totals in 10th district bidJul 10, 2013 5:30 am - Aiming to return to Congress, Republican Bob Dold of Kenilworth says he’s raised more than a half-million dollars for his rematch next year against 10th District Democra...
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8th District GOP leadership conference June 29Jun 21, 2013 5:42 pm - The 8th Congressional District Republican Leadership Conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29 at Medinah Shriners, 550 N. Shriners Drive in Addiso...
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Roskam: Anti-theft tech could save Medicare moneyJun 10, 2013 9:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam says the same technology that credit card companies use to protect their customers from theft could help scale back Medicare fraud. ...
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FBI hate crime statsJun 03, 2013 5:31 am - In the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, the victim of a hate crime may be an individual, a business, an institution, or society as a whole. In 2011, law enforcemen...