Beth "Scozzafava" Coulson running in Illinois' 10th Congressional. Remember this?
HT Steve Bartin.
Related posts: PC Trib tries to whip us in line, No Losing Dede Strategy Here' [...]
edited by: Douglas Welch,
Illinois Editor
Congress moved a few steps closer yesterday to extending unemployment insurance for jobless Americans and boosting the economy more broadly. First, as we noted yesterday, the U.S. House approved the final version of a defense appropriations bill (H.R. 3326) that includes a $13 billion provision to extends both COBRA health coverage and [...]
from the Schilling for Congress campaign
EAST MOLINE, IL--Bobby Schilling, Republican candidate for the Illinois 17th Congressional District, criticized the so-called "New Deal for a New Economy Act" today, for using false predictions and bogus facts, and for ignoring the input of real people who know how to create real jobs.
"The" [...]
by Nancy Thorner
A Docs4PatientCare Town Hall Meeting was held this past Tuesday at the Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel in Northbrook, IL. The Town Hall Meeting was attended by 50 concerned citizens, including several doctors.
It was an event that deserves repeating throughout Chicagoland at various venues, as Congress presses [...]
We've been trying to tell those within the DC Beltway about The Chicago Way for a couple of years, but few would listen. There's another Congressman about to become a believer -- U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess of Texas. Burgess is expected to file a resolution calling for the White House' [...]
WASHINGTON--The White House sent members of the Illinois congressional delegation a memo covering a series of questions they generated in the wake of President Obama's order for the federal government to purchase the Thomson Correctional Center in Illinois for a prison to house detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military [...]
from Maria Rodriquez for Congress, 8th CD
Long Grove, IL - The U.S. House narrowly voted to raise the U.S. debt ceiling by $290 billion bringing the total amount the federal government can borrow to $12.394 trillion. Melissa Bean, the current representative from Illinois' 8th district, voted for the debt increase.
Maria' [...]
Some health care reform ramblings.
The Republicans are crying about having to read a 2,000 page bill. Locally, Republican Isaac Hayes, challenging Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. for Congress, has lamented Jackson’s support of health care reform. In a strange move, on his campaign blog, Hayes reproduces a press release from [...]
Washington, DC – Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) issued the following statement after Speaker Pelosi’s Stimulus II legislation passed the House today by a vote of 217 to 212.
“As the old axiom goes, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing twice and expecting different results. [...]
Arie Friedman Responds to Iran's Missile Launch
Highland Park - Arie Friedman today strongly condemned Iran's test-firing of an upgraded version of its most advanced missile, the Sejil-2, which is capable of striking Israel, Europe, and U.S. military bases in [...]
(Video below) - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) is married to a scumbag named Robert Creamer. He, in turn, is married to a scumbag member of Congress. Now, regular readers of this blog know this already, but not many people are aware [...]
Illinois' own Rep. Luis Gutierrez has brought immigration reform back to life in the U.S. House. Amid historic unemployment rates in their districts and a contentious health care battle on Capitol Hill, congressional Democrats -- along with the White House -- have been reluctant to move the immigrant rights agenda forward. But at' [...]
Our friends at Illinois Review are reporting that Winnetka attorney (and former staffer for retired Congressman John Porter) Bill Cadigan is withdrawing from the IL-10 race.from the Hultgren for Congress campaign
State Senator Randy Hultgren today received the endorsement of Tax Accountability, the political action arm of National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI), in his race for Congress.
Jim Tobin, the President of Tax Accountability, said the group is supporting Hultgren “in recognition [...]
Press release:
Schock: The Definition of Insanity is Doing the Same Thing Twice and Expecting Different Results
Stimulus II pours billions into the same failed policies of the original stimulus, while adding to the national debt
Washington, DC – Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) issued the following statement after Speaker Pelosi’s [...]
Congress might manage to provide jobless Americans with some help before the end of the year -- unless the Senate Republicans obstruct it, that is.
This afternoon, the U.S. House approved the final version of a defense appropriations bill (HR 3326) that included a $13 billion provision to extend by two [...]
WASHINGTON--When they were members of Congress, President Obama and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel strongly backed measures to legalize the importation of cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and other nations. On Tuesday, the Obama administration--siding with the drug industry--thwarted a bid by a bipartisan group of Senators to [...]
by Mark Silva
Anger among independent voters about the economy and the direction the nation is taking offer Republicans a significant opportunity to reclaim power in the 2010 midterm congressional elections, according to the results of a bipartisan "Battleground Poll'' released today.
A lack of passion among President Barack Obama's core" [...]
It’s just a first step. The bill introduced in Congress by Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., is not going to be the final result when the day comes that Congress and President Obama are put in a position of having to approve something that offers this nation [...]
Oh, geeze:
That a sitting United States congressman can go on TV and state that it’s OK to torture people if national security personnel thinks it’s possible they might know something speaks volumes about the sickness that permeates this country.
Original post by Billy Dennis
[...]by Mark Silva
President Barack Obama, who knows his way around the dictionary, certainly could not have been channeling former President George W. Bush today when he said:
"From the discussions we had, it's clear that we are on the precipice of an achievement that's eluded Congresses and presidents for" [...]
by Mark Silva
President Barack Obama, who knows his way around the dictionary, certainly could not have been channeling former President George W. Bush today when he said:
"From the discussions we had, it's clear that we are on the precipice of an achievement that's eluded Congresses and presidents for" [...]
Releases below....
Rep. Manzullo Issues Statement on President's Selection
of Northwest Illinois as New Home for Gitmo Terrorists
[WASHINGTON] Congressman Don Manzullo (R-IL) today issued the following statement reacting to President Obama's decision to move up to 210 al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to the Thomson [...]
React to Gitmo
Kirk: Plan to bring terrorists to Illinois flawed
Congressman Mark Kirk says Administration forcing Illinois residents to accept "unnecessary risk" without vote, public hearing or detailed plan
WASHINGTON-- On November 20th, members of the Illinois congressional delegation asked detailed questions [...]
Two major unions have waded into the Democratic primary in the 10th Congressional District. First off, the Illinois Federation of Teachers has decided to back Dan Seals. From a press release:
“The Illinois Federation of Teachers is proud to endorse Dan Seals for the 10th Congressional District,” said IFT President Ed [...]
