A press release from Congressman Randy Hultgren: Hultgren: President Insincere about Working Together to Find Real Solutions for Americans Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Randy Hultgren (IL-14) released a statement following the President’s State of the Union address to Congress: … Continue reading
Category Archives: Barack Obama
A press release from Congressman Peter Roskam: Roskam Statement on 2015 State of the Union Address WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06) released the following statement on President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union Address: In November, the American people … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Randy Hultgren: Hultgren Supports Bill Defunding President’s Executive Actions on Immigration Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Randy Hultgren (IL-14) has cosponsored H.R. 29, the Separation of Powers Act, a bill which prohibits funding for the … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Peter Roskam: Roskam Statement on the Release of Alan Gross from Cuba WASHINGTON, DC–Today, Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06), chair of the House Democracy Partnership, released the following statement on the release of Alan Gross from … Continue reading
With national media talking about President Barack Obama thinking hard about using Executive Branch powers to address immigration reform, I asked the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office to provide information about the number of people who went from the County Jail … Continue reading
I’m guessing my idea to put Barack Obama’s Presidential Library in DeKalb to replace Cole Hall where the 2008 mass shooting occurred isn’t going to occur. If Obama really cared about that problem, what could be a better place. There … Continue reading
When New Gingrich visited the Lake in the Hills Airport for a rally right before the Illinois Republican Primary Election in 2012, one of his “big ideas” was to unleash private medicine on the backlog of Veterans’ medical needs. Now … Continue reading
Today’s Chicago Sun-Times has an article entitled, Obama: Pot no more dangerous than alcohol When I saw it, it occurred to me that publicity about the President’s view will probably be as influential as Bill Clinton’s popularization of oral sex … Continue reading
The United States Senator who put the McHenry County Board’s Stimulus loan for the McHenry County SportPlex on the national map in his 2010 Wastebook has announced he is retiring at the end of the year. That’s what the National … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Peter Roskam: Roskam: First Step Agreement Continues Dangerously Weak Foreign Policy WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06) released the following statement in response to the implementation of the First Step Agreement on the … Continue reading
A friend of McHenry County Blog went hunting for something on the United State Geologic Survey web site and found what you see below: Wasn’t one of the purposes of web sites to allow people to obtain information without talking … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Springfield: FORMER ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CHIEF OF STAFF CHARGED WITH BRIBERY AND TAKING KICKBACKS, MAIL FRAUD, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE To Date: 13 Defendants Charged in Ongoing State Grant / … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Peter Roskam: Joint Statement by Illinois House GOP on President Obama’s 19th Pivot Back to Jobs WASHINGTON – The following statement was issued today by Illinois House Republicans, including Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06) Congressman Rodney … Continue reading
Chicago Alderman Joe Moore is reported to have admitted being contracted by the FBI after Chicago’s Legislative Inspector General turned over information about his having used his office for political purposes. The complaints were “about allegations he improperly paid two … Continue reading
A column from former Congressman Joe Walsh: Obama is Lying During the debt ceiling fight in 2011, when President Obama came up with the stupid sequester idea — which Congress went along with and I voted against — Obama went … Continue reading
2008 was the first year since the Republican Party was formed that a Democrat carried McHenry County. Barack Obama got 51.8% of the ballots cast to John McCains’s 44.5%. This year, the Republicans took McHenry County. Mitt Romney won 53.3% … Continue reading
Back during the early days of McHenry County Blog I had a couple of talks with Kenneth Conner, who had a view of the Tony Rezko-Barack Obama real estate deal. Now, Conner has written a book that people interested in … Continue reading
A press release from the polling firm We Ask America: Favorite Son There’s been a surprising amount of conjecture coming our way lately about the possibility of Mitt Romney inching closer to Barack Obama in Illinois. We’ve not paid much … Continue reading
One of the most politically active unions in McHenry County is Local 150 of the Operating Engineers. I guess most people wouldn’t be surprised that its members are supporting the re-election of Barack Obama. There are other signs as well: … Continue reading
When a village decides there are to be no political signs on the rights-of-way of their streets, it should not be surprised if people see if there is a partisan angle. Today McHenry County Blog shows two examples in the … Continue reading