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Below is an editorial from the Saturday, August 10, 2013, Chicago Sun-Times: Naturally, that reminds me of the novel “Animal Farm,” where some animals–the pigs–got more privileges than others. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Congress
A press release from Congressman Peter Roskam, who will represent the Algonquin Township part of McHenry County after the 2012 elections, if the Federal courts do not overturn the Illinois Democrat’s remap lines: Roskam Applauds Release of WhipCast Application WASHINGTON … Continue reading
Rockford attorney John Nelson is a State Central Committeeman for the 16th Congressional District. He also is Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore’s attorney in her the ongoing litigation with the Township Trustees. Periodically, I ask him what’s going on in … Continue reading
In the article about President Barack Obama’s declining, but still good poll numbers in Illinois, there were two elements of weakness–the collar counties, about which I wrote, and Downstate. Let’s look at those numbers again: Collar Counties -45-53% unfavorable Downstate … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Joe Walsh explaining what he will be doing while President Barack Obama is addressing a Joint Session of Congress: Rep. Walsh to Host Small Business Forum tonight Washington, DC. – Tonight, Thursday, September 8, Congressman … Continue reading
It was filed in Federal Court today. Here’s the press release that goes with it: Statement of Republican U.S. House Members from Illinois on the Proposed Congressional Map Filed Today in Federal Court “The Fair Map filed in federal court … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Joe Walsh: Rep. Walsh Statement on Support of Spending Cuts in Funding for Congress “This bill is an important step in bringing Washington’s spending problem under control.” WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Joe Walsh made the … Continue reading
I commented on State Rep. Jack Franks’ having criticized the reapportionment process, but voting for the terribly gerrymandered map his Democratic Party leaders concocted for the Illinois General Assembly. The article was entitled, “Jack Franks Wants It Both Ways on … Continue reading
Did you know that each congressional district but two in Illinois have 712,813 people? The other two have 712,812. So, as far as making them of equal size, Illinois Democrats did a superb job. Although the ethnic concentration requirements, which … Continue reading
A press release from all of Illinois Republican Members of Congress: Statement of the Republican U.S. House Members from Illinois on Democrats’ Proposed Redistricting Map The Republican members of the Illinois Congressional delegation today issued the following statement in response … Continue reading
I don’t know how an Illinois State Representative gets listed on Congress.org, but Democrat Jack Franks managed it. It says he is a 7th term Democrat. Well, that’s right, but not in Congress. Here’s what brought the web site to … Continue reading
A group called the Sergeant Shriver National Center on Poverty Law has developed what it calls a “scorecard” on support of government programs to fight poverty. I found out by reading Diane Novak’s article, “Congress’ strong polarization clear in poverty … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog laid down the background for this conclusion of a discussion of what might be characterized as the fringe benefits clash of a Jack Franks’ challenge of Joe Walsh in a congressional race after reapportionment in 2012. … Continue reading
The Chicago Sun-Times focused in on Congressional health insurance on page of its Sunday edition. It wasn’t a locally written article, however, by one by Bill Straub of the Scripps Howard News Service. It seems congressional Democrats, I an attempt … Continue reading
Congressman Joe Walsh got significant national television coverage in a CBS News story about members of the U.S. House who sleep in their offices. His decision was at the beginning and near the end of the two minute, seventeen second … Continue reading
You have now witnessed the largest Republican gains since 1928. There are now more Republican legislators than at any other time since 1928. The info is from here. … Continue reading
Illinois Democrats got the U.S. Congress to name a post office near Wrigley Field. It was named after the late folk singer and Cubs fan Steve Goodman. OK, so he was a really talented song writer. And, he died too … Continue reading
This past Sunday I heard NPR interview Congressman Barney Frank. One of the things discussed was a cooperative effort he and Congressman Ron Paul have to find ways to save money in the Federal budget. What would be done with … Continue reading
Tucked at the bottom of the Associated Press article published in Sunday’s Chicago Tribune entitled, “Concessions made to gain Senate votes,” is a paragraph ready made for State Rep. Jack Franks (D-Marengo). For those of you who don’t remember, Franks … Continue reading