Articles filed under U.S. Congress
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Walsh to speak at Palatine Twp. GOP meetingAug 31, 2011 12:00 am - The Palatine Township Republican Organization (PTRO) will feature Congressman Joe Walsh at its regular monthly meeting Saturday, Sept. 3. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. and th...
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Roskam: Job growth tied to cutting regulationsAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - House Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam gave the suburbs a preview Tuesday of the GOP's anti-regulatory agenda that will be pushed in Washington, D.C., when Congress resume...
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Bipartisanship when it matters to IllinoisAug 26, 2011 1:00 am - By Daily Herald Editorial Board Tradition would dictate that Dick Durbin, being a Democrat, and Mark Kirk, a Republican, sit on opposing sides of the House chamber for t...
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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...