In Midst of Budget Crisis, Giannoulias Holds Campaign Event with Tax Cheats

5/6/2010 State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is holding a press conference at Granite Innovation today for his Senate campaign. While the stated purpose of the event is to promote Giannoulias’ “new agenda to help Illinois families balance increased challenges between working to make ends meet and raising children,” perhaps the State Treasurer could ask his hosts [...]

Roskam Statement on April Unemployment Numbers

5/7/2010 Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL), Deputy Whip and Ways and Means Committee member, issued the following statement after the Department of Labor announced the national unemployment rate rose in April to 9.9%: “While this Administration promised the American people that a trillion dollar stimulus bill would keep unemployment under 8%, today the national unemployment rate [...]

Even a Daily Kos poll now shows Kirk, Brady leading

5/7/2010 From Capitol Fax The last Research 2000 poll conducted in February for Daily Kos didn’t even come close to matching up with anybody else. R2K had Mark Kirk and Bill Brady both trailing. They’re somewhat more in line now. One reason may be that their sample of senior citizens is larger than before, which [...]

WATCH: The Problem: Alexi Giannoulias

5/7/2010 From the Committee for Truth in Politics The Problem: Alexi Giannoulias Watch this video on YouTube below

Obama’s home-state headache

5/7/2010 By Ben Smith and Manu Raju – Politico President Barack Obama’s enemies like to call him a creature of the “Chicago machine,” but when it comes to the politics of his home state of Illinois, the White House doesn’t seem to know where the gears are. Indeed, Chicago has delivered an unending stream of [...]

Brady dissapointed Quinn, lawmakers did not reach budget agreement

5/8/2010 By Chris Essig – Bloomington Pantagraph Moments after the Democrats adjourned Friday with the state’s fiscal future still in limbo, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady expressed his disappointment with lawmakers and his opponent in the November election, Gov. Pat Quinn, for not reaching an agreement on the budget. “Here we are on adjournment day [...]

Lake County Republican Intern Program Leaps to a Great Start

6/6/2009 The informational meeting attended by many of the interns was hosted by Lake County GOP Chairman Dan Venturi Saturday morning. In attendance was Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran and County Board Chairman and possible State Senate candidate Suzi Schmidt. The intern program has already enlisted over 30 students who will spend the summer identifying [...]

10th Dist Candidate Bond investigated

6/16/2009 10th District Congressman Candidate Michael Bond Under Investigation by the Federal Election Commission Blagojevich-Democrat, Michael Bond, assigned a case number for potential violations of federal law LAKE COUNTY, IL – Once dubbed “one of the Blagojevich 26” by the Chicago Tribune, State Senator and 10th District congressional candidate Michael Bond is living up to [...]

The Fair Map Amendment

12/3/2009 The fair map amendment I’m happy to relay the League of Women Voters, the better Government Association and other government groups announced their fair map amendment initiative. This initiative will dramatically change the way legislative districts are drawn in the state of Illinois. Under the current redistricting process, politicians have complete control over drawing [...]

Candidate/Activist Training

05/15/2010 American Majority and Americans for Prosperity-Illinois are hosting a Candidate/Activist Training on Saturday, May 15. Registration begins at 8:30am. Training starts promptly at 9:00am and ends at 4:00pm at the Chauncery Banquets (in Columbus Centre, 2nd Floor), 356 Surryse Road, Lake Zurich, IL. The Candidate Training Program is a one-day event that features: Lectures [...]

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