Climate Change Bill: Republican Kirk Votes In Favor, Democrat Foster Against
[W]hen it came to the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, the real wild cards among the Illinois congressional delegation were Democrat Bill Foster and...
[W]hen it came to the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, the real wild cards among the Illinois congressional delegation were Democrat Bill Foster and...
AP | Posted 06.08.2009 | Chicago
GENEVA, Ill. (AP) -- Former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert's son, Ethan Hastert, has announced he'll run for his father's Chicago-area...
Associated Press | Jo Napolitano | Posted 03.23.2009 | Chicago
Sen. Richard Durbin and Congressman Bill Foster are touting $48 million in funding for two Illinois lab projects. The Illinois Democrats say the mone...
AP/IRN | Posted 11.26.2008 | Chicago
Almost 200 tickets are up for grabs through U.S. Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) for those who live in the 14th congressional district. There's been a hig...
Associated Press | Posted 11.05.2008 | Chicago
Democratic Congressman Bill Foster will keep the formerly GOP seat he won earlier this year in a special election. Foster beat Republican businessman...
AP | Dennis Conrad | Posted 10.14.2008 | Chicago
WASHINGTON - The nation's economic uncertainty is creating political uncertainty for a few Illinois politicians running for re-election. Congressiona...
AP | Dennis Conrad | Posted 10.03.2008 | Chicago
WASHINGTON - Unlike every other House member, Rep. Jerry Weller will never be blamed for voting the wrong way on the rejected $700 billion bailout bil...
Chip Collis | Posted 05.14.2008 | Home
Miss. Republicans in a GOP stronghold district ran hard against Obama-- and lost. Similarly meaningful losses came in La., Ill. and Ind. More than any scary blackness, Obama symbolizes change.
Robert Creamer | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
Hillary's victory in the heart of her demographic base did nothing to change the fact that the party's nominee will be Barack Obama.
Paul Abrams | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama -- not Hillary Clinton -- actively, with TV ads, supported Bill Foster's attempt to win Dennis Hastert's seat in the House. He won a seemingly unwinnable seat, in a very Republican district.
Robert Creamer | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics
Not only is Obama the most electable Democratic candidate for president this fall, he's also the candidate that will help elect more Democrats to the House and Senate.
The Politico | John Bresnahan and Josh Kraushaar | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics
For National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Cole (Okla.), every week seems to bring a new set of problems. On Saturday night, things ...
Huffington Post | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics
Yesterday, little-known Democrat Bill Foster scored a major upset and won the congressional seat held for 20 years by former House Speaker Dennis Hast...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 03.08.2008 | Politics
The AP is reporting that the GOP has lost the House seat vacated by Dennis Hastert: Democrat Bill Foster has snatched former House Speaker Dennis Has...
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Al Franken's been anointed as Minnesota's junior senator, but how did the...
SYDNEY — Residents of a rural Australian town hoping to protect the earth and their wallets...
"What's for dinner?" A lot of us ask that question right...
Progress Illinois | Posted 06.27.2009 | Chicago