Articles filed under U.S. Congress
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Seals is wrong on Social SecurityOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Dan Seals once again provided unintentional hilarity for me when he claimed that he is now some great defender of Social Security. I just began drawing Social Security b...
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Bean can help small businessesOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - As chair of the Small Business Subcommittee of the House Tax and Finance Committee, Melissa Bean has the opportunity to introduce and influence legislation important to ...
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Kirk fights wasteful spendingOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to commend Congressman Mark Kirk for holding the line on wasteful spending and pork. Kirk is the only member of the appropriations committee, the Congressio...
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Kirk commended for education fightOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to commend Mark Kirk for his essential work on education for the underprivileged. Impact aid is the money the federal government pays to schools that educat...
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Mailer smeared Congressman KirkOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - In the past few weeks my mailbox has been flooded by misleading fliers from a group calling itself "Patriot Majority Midwest." The first few peddled the same lie: that M...
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14th District voters have seen this race before - and recentlyOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The campaign ads and mailers across the 14th Congressional District have a familiar ring to them this fall. It is, after all, the second time this year tha...
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Vets have no better friend than KirkOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Over the past couple of weeks there has been a lot of false information flying around about Congressman Mark Kirk's record on veterans. Dan Seals' outrageous television ...
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Democrats, media causes national woesOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Letter writer Edward Tobolik wants the Republicans to take responsibility for the harm the Bush administration as done to the country and stop blaming the media for thei...
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Roskam opponent to good health careOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - As an internal medicine physician who practiced in the 6th Congressional District for over 14 years, I want to correct the story told by well-financed political advertis...
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GOP fraud suit back to Circuit CourtOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - A federal judge Friday denied a temporary restraining order sought by the Illinois Republican Party, sending the matter of alleged voter registration fraud back to Lake ...