Articles filed under U.S. Congress
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Why was Illinois Capitol on 'SNL'? And more politicsOct 11, 2013 5:30 am - The new Illinois House Republican leadership team brings a few new suburban lawmakers onto the squad and leaves another out. State Rep. Jim Durkin of Western Springs, th...
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Republican congressional candidate voted in Democratic primariesOct 10, 2013 10:00 am - Republican candidate for Congress Manju Goel of Aurora, the first GOP challenger to U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth to emerge publicly, voted in Democratic primaries in 2008 a...
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Schakowsky knew rally might lead to arrestOct 09, 2013 1:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, an Evanston Democrat, said her arrest at a Washington, D.C., immigration rally Tuesday was her first and she paid a $50 fine and was released a...
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Schakowsky arrested at immigration rallyOct 08, 2013 3:52 pm - U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, an Evanston Democrat, was arrested Tuesday for blocking a street near the National Mall at an immigration reform rally in Washington, her spoke...
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Dennis Hastert: 'Life went on' after last shutdownOct 04, 2013 5:15 am - As the federal government shutdown heads into its first weekend, former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert reflected on the last time it happened — a three-week shutdown ...
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Some suburban members of Congress say they'll forego payOct 01, 2013 5:00 pm - Some suburban members of Congress say they'll give back their salaries during the federal government shutdown or donate the money to charity. Republican U.S. Reps. Randy...
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While shutdown loomed, so did fundraising deadlineSep 30, 2013 11:00 pm - As the clock ran down on the federal government budget Monday, midnight also represented federal lawmakers' third-quarter political fundraising deadline. The two events ...
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Hultgren's dilemma: Derail Obamacare or keep government runningSep 30, 2013 5:00 am - Congressman Randy Hultgren says he is deeply torn between two mandates from his constituents: Fighting Obamacare and keeping the federal government open for business. H...
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Oberweis considering another U.S. Senate runSep 25, 2013 9:04 pm - State Sen. Jim Oberweis, a Sugar Grove Republican, says he’s considering a run for U.S. Senate and will make a final decision in three to four weeks. “I have had a numbe...
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House extends review of Roskam trip to TaiwanSep 11, 2013 6:00 pm - The U.S. House Committee on Ethics Wednesday extended a review into U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam's 2011 trip to Taiwan. The panel began looking into whether the Taiwanese gove...