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Saki Knafo

Labor Group Bankrolls 'Labor-Friendly' GOP Candidates

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 10.01.2012 | Politics
Read More: Indiania, Super Pac, Lunch Pail Republicans, Michael Grimm, David B. Mckinley, Super PACs, Adam Kinzinger, Afl-Cio, Mitt Romney, Republican Labor Group, Labor Unions, International Union of Operating Engineers, IUOE Local 150, Ed Maher, Video, Judy Biggert, Joe Runyan, Illinois, Organized Labor, Joe Walsh, Politics News

A union-funded political action committee has been steering money to Republican candidates in Congressional races in the Midwest and beyond, upending ...

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Defense Chief Restricts Flights Of Stealth Fighter That's Been Choking Pilots

Wired | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 05.16.2012 | Politics
Read More: Pentagon, Nasa, Military, Hypoxia, Stealth Fighter, John Kirby, Adam Kinzinger, George Little, F-22 Raptor, Aviation, Navy, Air Force, Leon Panetta, Politics News

For five years, America’s most expensive fighter jets have been poisoning their pilots and crew. On Tuesday, the Defense Secretary finally stepped i...

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Is The Air Force's F-22 Fighter Jet Making Pilots Sick?

Posted 05.07.2012 | Politics
Read More: Video, Whistleblowers, Military, Jeremy Gordon, Jeffrey Haney, 60 Minutes, Stealth Fighter, Whistleblower Protection, Adam Kinzinger, Josh Wilson, F-22 Raptor, Air Force, Politics News

Two elite Air Force pilots are seeking protection under the federal whistleblower law for revealing safety problems on the F-22 Raptor, and refusing t...

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Jennifer Bendery

Eric Cantor Refuses To Discuss Possible Anti-Semitism Among GOP Colleagues

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.19.2012 | Politics
Read More: Anti-Semitism, House Republican Primary, Republican Primary, Video, Don Manzullo, Adam Kinzinger, Elections 2012, Jewish Republicans, Eric Cantor Jewish, Manzullo Saved, Eric Cantor, Eric Cantor Saved, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on Thursday defended his decision to give money to an anti-incumbent super PAC to help defeat ...

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Jennifer Bendery

Eric Cantor's Donation To Anti-Incumbent Super PAC Causing More Headaches For His Members

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.13.2012 | Politics
Read More: Eric Cantor Primary, Video, Don Manzullo, Randy Hultgren, Kinzinger Manzullo, Adam Kinzinger, Cantor Super Pac, Illinois Primary, Eric Cantor Donation, Eric Cantor Super Pac, Cantor Donation, Eric Cantor, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's (R-Va.) $25,000 donation to an anti-incumbent super PAC has become the gift that keeps on giving. Bu...

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Jennifer Bendery

DAMAGE CONTROL: Eric Cantor Reassuring Members He Won't Try To Get Them Defeated

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.10.2012 | Politics
Read More: Video, Aaron Schock, Don Manzullo, Eric Cantor GOP Primary, Adam Kinzinger, Eric Cantor Campaign Donation, Aaron Schock Kinzinger, Eric Cantor Pac, Eric Cantor, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) has been personally reaching out to GOP lawmakers to reassure them that he has their backs, de...

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Cantor Made Unusual Donation

Roll Call | John Stanton | Posted 04.06.2012 | Politics
Read More: Superpac, Super Pac, Don Manzullo, Cantor, Adam Kinzinger, Campaign for Primary Accountability, Kinzinger, Manzullo, Eric Cantor, Politics News

In the waning days of a bruising primary between Illinois GOP Reps. Adam Kinzinger and Don Manzullo, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor donated $25,000...

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Illinois GOP Voters Choose Freshman Over Veteran

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.21.2012 | Chicago
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CHICAGO — Illinois Republicans emerged Wednesday from a combative primary in which a freshman congressman ousted a 20-year veteran and pledged t...

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LIVE BLOG: Illinois Voters Head To The Polls

Posted 03.20.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Adam Kinzinger, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Illinois Primary, Illinois Polls, Video, Don Manzullo, Newt Gingrich 2012, Illinois Primary 2012, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Il Primary, Ron Paul 2012, Rick Santorum 2012, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newt Gingrich, Tammy Duckworth, Il Primary 2012, Chicago News

As some Illinois voters headed to the polls Tuesday to choose a GOP presidential nominee and determine the fates of some longtime politicians, electio...

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Illinois Primary Decides Fate Of 2 Veteran Congressmen

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.20.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Don Manzullo, Debbie Halvorson, Illinois Primary 2012, 2012 Election, Jesse Jackson Jr., Il Primary, Adam Kinzinger, Elections 2012, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois Primary, Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Polls, Joe Walsh, Il Primary 2012, Chicago News

CHICAGO — U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo, a 10-term Illinois Republican, lost a heated primary battle on Tuesday, as U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson easily won ...

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Primary Election Guide: Key Races To Watch

Posted 03.20.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Illinois Primary Election 2012, Chicago Politics, Debbie Halvorson, Don Manzullo, Illinois Voting, Illinois Primary 2012, Illinois Election, Jesse Jackson Jr., Adam Kinzinger, Dan Lipinski, Illinois Primary, Illinois Politics, Slidepollajax, Tammy Duckworth, Joe Walsh, Chicago News

With the Illinois primary election Tuesday, much attention has focused on the GOP presidential candidates' jockeying for the support of the state's pr...

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Early Voting Ends Thursday As Primary Races Heat Up

Posted 03.15.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Chicago Early Voting, Chicago Politics, Video, Don Manzullo, Illinois Primary 2012, Illinois Election, Adam Kinzinger, Illinois Early Voting, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois Primary, Illinois Politics, Tammy Duckworth, Joe Walsh, Chicago Election, Chicago News

Illinois voters on Thursday face their final opportunity to vote early in advance of the March 20 primary election. As the Associated Press reports...

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Chicago Lawmaker: 'Black People Want Guns'

Posted 11.08.2011 | Chicago
Read More: La Shawn Ford, Illinois Concealed Carry, Annette Nance-Holt, Pat Quinn, Rep. La Shawn Ford, Town Hall, Rahm Emanuel, Austin, Adam Kinzinger, Concealed Carry, Gun Control, Chicago Impact, Video, Chicago News

Although Illinois' concealed carry bill was defeated in the House in May, a West Side democratic state legislator has suggested after a heated town ha...

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Jordan Howard

The 2012 Redistricting Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 09.07.2011 | Politics
Read More: Redistricting 2012, Redistricting, Tim Johnson, Larry Kissell, California, Heath Shuler, Voting Rights Act, Adam Kinzinger, Elections 2012, 112th Congress, Illinois, Mike Mcintyre, North Carolina, Brad Miller, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The 2012 elections are more than 15 months away, but the fight for control of Congress is under way in state capitols around the countr...

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Playing Only Defense?

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 08.14.2011 | Politics
Read More: Politics, Economy, Barack Obama, Obama Radio Broadcast, Gop Jobs, Adam Kinzinger, Adam Kinzinger Economy, Jobs, Job Creation Program, Obama Weekly Address, Job Creation, Obama Job Creation, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

One may argue if Obama puts together a major job drive, the GOP would block it. However, then the president could stop playing only defense and go on the offense, making clear who has a major job-creation program and who is sabotaging it.

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WATCH: Obama Talks Economic Recovery In Wake Of Grim Poll Numbers On Key Issue

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.11.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday sought the public's patience with a slowing economy and said training workers for manufacturing jobs...

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GOP: Illinois Redistricting Process 'Rotten To The Core'

Posted 07.31.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Redistricting, Gerrymandering, Randy Hultgren, Illinois Republicans, Illinois Redistricting, Illinois Democrats, Illinois Congressional Maps, Adam Kinzinger, Joe Walsh, Chicago News

The Democrat-controlled Illinois Senate approved a new congressional map Tuesday that could erase gains made by Republicans. Following a partisan 34-2...

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Will Guzzardi

Democrats See Big Gains In Proposed Congressional Maps

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Guzzardi | Posted 07.27.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Redistricting, Illinois Redistricting 2010, Randy Hultgren, 2010 Redistricting, Illinois Republicans, Illinois Redistricting, Adam Kinzinger, Chicago, Illinois, Joe Walsh, Robert Dold, Bobby Schilling, Chicago News

Not only did the Republicans take a majority in the U.S. House in last November's elections, but they also claimed majorities in a historic number of ...

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Amanda Terkel

GOP Congressman Afraid To Openly Criticize Afghanistan War

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.16.2011 | Politics
Read More: Sean Duffy, Bill Shuster, Afghanistan, John Kerry, Grover Norquist Afghanistan, Adam Kinzinger, Chris Murphy Afghanistan, Jon Runyan, Afghanistan Withdrawal, Max Cleland, Grover Norquist, Chris Murphy, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- While criticism of the war in Afghanistan has slowly been building since Osama bin Laden's death in Pakistan, some Republicans are still...

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Michael McAuliff

GOP Releases Scary Medicare Ad After Republicans Decry 'MediScare' Tactics

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.12.2011 | Politics
Read More: Nrcc, Medicare 2012, Adam Kinzinger, Bob Dold, Elections 2012, Mediscare, National Republican Congressional Committee, 2012, Robert Dold, Medicare Campaign, Video, 2012 Election, Health Care Rationing, Rationing, 112th Congress, Medicare, Medicare Reform, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The 87-member Republican freshman congressional class of 2010 may be among the most consequential crops of new legislators ever, but the...

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House GOP Freshmen To Obama: Stop Playing Politics With Medicare

Roll Call | Jessica Brady | Posted 07.11.2011 | Politics
Read More: Debt Ceiling, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, John Boehner, House GOP, Adam Kinzinger, Joe Biden, Eric Cantor, House Republicans, Paul Ryan Budget, House Gop Freshmen, House Republican Freshmen, Big Oil, Debt Limit, Dccc, Gop, Paul Ryan Medicare, Medicare, Jesse Ferguson, Paul Ryan, Republicans, Politics News

House GOP freshmen sought to defend their stance on Medicare reform Wednesday as Democrats continue hammering them on the politically tough issue....

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Who's The Hottest Freshman In Congress?

The Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Congress, Marco Rubio, Cedric Richmond, Kristi Noem, Adam Kinzinger, Jamie Herrera, Hottest Congressmen, Ben Quayle, Sean Duffy, Aaron Schock, Slidepollajax, Hottest Congressional Freshman, Hansen Clarke, Hottest Congress Freshman, Who's the Hottest Freshman in Congress?, Style News

Update: The winner has been announced, and it's Representative Kristi Noem (R-SD). Previously: Now that the new representatives and senators of ...

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2 Sarah Palin-Endorsed Tea Partiers Given Plum House Positions

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: House Transition Team, House of Representatives, Tea Party Transition Team, Elections 2010, Adam Kinzinger, Republican Transition Team, Tim Scott, Tea Party, Politics News

WASHINGTON — To help lead the GOP's transition to power in the House, Republicans on Monday tapped two newly elected congressmen who drew tea pa...

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Kinzinger Beats Halvorson In 11th District

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Debbie Halvorson, Illinois House Races, Kinzinger Wins, Adam Kinzinger, Kinzinger Congress, Chicago, Illinois, Illinois Congressional Elections, Adam Kinzinger Wins, Illinois Election Results, Chicago News

Debbie Halvorson's loss tonight to Republican challenger Adam Kinzinger in Illinois's 11th Congressional District is a perfect microcosm of the Democr...

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What's On Your Candidate's iPod?

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Illinois Politicians, Debbie Halvorson, Adam Kinzinger, Mark Kirk, Chicago, Slidepollajax, Illinois, Politicians Ipods, Judy Baar Topinka, Chicago News

These days, it's not enough to know where your candidate stands on the issues. You want to get to know the candidate as a person -- everything from hi...

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