Articles filed under U.S. Congress
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State Rep. David Harris might run for CongressAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - State Rep. David Harris announced Friday he is “testing the waters” or considering a run for Congress from the 8th District. “I believe it is clear that our citizens wan...
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Hultgren gets cheers, boos during local tax talkAug 19, 2011 12:00 am - Congressman Randy Hultgren encountered people on both sides of the fence at Thursday night's town-hall style meeting in Geneva. Hultgren would get simultaneously booed and cheered no matter what he had to say, on topics from job creation to taxes.
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Durbin endorses Duckworth for CongressAug 15, 2011 12:00 am - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has endorsed Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth in her run for Congress in the newly drawn 8th District in the Northwest suburbs. The Illinois Democr...
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Walsh faces tough fight ahead in re-election bid to CongressAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - Clapping his hands, Joe Walsh strides into a room at Richard Walker's Pancake House in Crystal Lake on a sunny Saturday morning. He is wearing worn blue crocs, a red po...
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The SoapboxAug 13, 2011 4:00 am - A super mistake? What’s done is done, the congressional supercommitte is formed, but imagine what might have been. Sen. Mark Kirk told our editorial board he would have ...
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Rep. Joe Walsh: ‘I am not a deadbeat dad’Aug 12, 2011 5:40 am - Congressman Joe Walsh says he “absolutely” does not owe ex-wife Laura Walsh or their three children $117,437 and vows to fight what he says are “wildly inaccurate” claim...
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Durbin hears success stories from Elgin career centerAug 09, 2011 12:00 am - If the American economy is to recover, Sen. Dick Durbin says, the last place the federal government should cut funding is from career development sites like the Illinois...
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Unpaid child support tells us who Walsh isAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - I just read Mrs. (U.S. Congressman) Joe Walsh’s December 2010 verified petition for $115,000 of unpaid child support. It is 55 pages, with exhibits. It says that Joe sti...
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Walsh coming to Palatine Twp. breakfastAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - Palatine Twp. GOP/TOPPER's next breakfast has been rescheduled (one week earlier) to Saturday, Aug. 13, at Vittorio's Restaurant, Smith and Northwest Highway, Palatine. ...
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Kane Dems eyeing shot at county board chairmanshipAug 04, 2011 1:00 am - If Kane County politics were a baseball game, then Democrats would be the Chicago Cubs. It’s been more than a century since they’ve occupied the county board’s chairman ...