Articles filed under U.S. Congress
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Where 11th District GOP candidates stand on abortion, and why one has made a shiftMar 12, 2024 1:24 pm - Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correctly reflect Evans’ hometown of Warrenville. All three Republicans seeking the party’s nomination for Illinois’ 11...
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Foster, Rashid square off in 11th District over health care votesMar 11, 2024 12:25 pm - While proclaiming support for the landmark Affordable Care Act, Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville is defending his votes on three Republican-led bills his cu...
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Foster and Rashid have some common ground on Gaza — but plenty of differencesMar 11, 2024 9:31 am - The Democratic candidates for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seats have similar stances about the war in Gaza — but one goes further than the other in criticizing ...
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Democratic congressional candidates differ on NATO, military spendingMar 07, 2024 8:06 pm - The Democrats seeking the party’s nomination for Illinois’ 6th Congressional District seat have differing opinions about the importance of NATO and American military spen...
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Labor union pulls endorsement of Rashid, backs Foster in 11th DistrictMar 07, 2024 2:57 pm - An Illinois-based, regional office of a powerful labor union for autoworkers has rescinded its endorsement of the candidate challenging U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Napervill...
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Democratic primary candidates Garcia and Lopez differ on potential cease-fire in GazaMar 05, 2024 6:00 am - Progressive 4th District U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia and Democratic primary challenger Chicago Alderman Ray Lopez hold disparate views on a potential cease-fire in the ...
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Refusal to accept truth should disqualify candidateMar 04, 2024 11:50 am - Candidate Susan Hathaway-Altman insists videos depicting the brutality at the Capitol were puffed up by the news media and show only “one side” of what transpired. She is...
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Local Sierra Club supports FosterMar 04, 2024 11:45 am - Bill Foster has been our congressman in the 14th and 11th Districts since 2008. In those 16 years he has sponsored 238 bills, co-sponsored 2,266 and has voted in the Hous...
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Is the autoworkers union endorsing Foster or Rashid in the 11th District? It depends who you askMar 01, 2024 4:30 pm - Just weeks after members of a local labor union for automobile factory workers first appeared in a commercial supporting U.S. Rep. Bill Foster’s reelection campaign, a mu...
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Congressional District 4: LopezMar 01, 2024 4:05 pm - Two impressive candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination in the 4th Congressional District. Incumbent U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia of Chicago is pursuing a four...