Articles filed under US Senate
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Sauerberg gets ally in blasting Durbin for earmarksSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - A chief opponent of so-called pork barrel spending, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, came to candidate Steve Sauerberg's aid Friday and blasted Sen. Dick Durbin on e...
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Illinoisans in spotlight at InvescoAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - DENVER - Much like the rest of the convention, Barack Obama's blowout Invesco Field acceptance speech lineup will give other Illinois politicians a chance in the limelig...
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Sauerberg washes hands of O'Hare expansionJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Steve Sauerberg declined Thursday to take a position on O'Hare International Airport expansion, which is touted by supporters as an econ...
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Democrats won't help with gas crisisJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - In June I commuted for an hour and a half each way and learned what the radical increase in gas prices means. One day while stopped at a busy intersection, two demonstra...
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Durbin ignores human natureJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - I am a proud American who minimizes pain. I also minimize the tax I owe. My behavior changes when tax rates rise. I don't know the human who does not share this surviv...
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Sauerberg loans U.S. Senate campaign $1.3 millionApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Republican Senate candidate Steve Sauerberg has loaned at least $1.3 million from his personal fortune to his campaign to unseat two-term Sen. Dick Durbin,...
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Durbin returns dollars to IllinoisFeb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Peter Brunk is wrong when he writes that Sen. Durbin isn't bringing federal dollars back to Illinois (Feb. 8). Durbin has been a member of the Senate Appropriations Comm...
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Willowbrook doctor wins GOP Senate raceFeb 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Willowbrook physician Steve Sauerberg won his first election Tuesday, taking the Republican U.S. Senate nomination and the right to challenge Illinois' veteran Democrati...
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Republican Senate candidates have little experience but firm opinionsJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Among the few things the three Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls have in common would be that none of them has ever been elected before. But on most other i...
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Repbublican U.S. Senate candidates focus on jobs, politicsJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - Three Republicans are running in the GOP primary for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Richard Durbin of Springfield. Candidates are Andy Martin and Mike Psak of Ch...