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Cheryle Jackson Unveils Senate Race Endorsements, Name Change

Huffington Post | Posted 10.18.2009 | Chicago

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cheryle Jackson unveiled a couple of big endorsements and a name change this week. Jackson, the president of the Chi...

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Rush Uses Campaign Cash To Build His Church

CQ Politics | Jonathan Allen | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

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Over the past five years, Rep. Bobby L. Rush has spent more than a tenth of his campaign's receipts on the church he founded, a tidy tithe totaling $1...

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Car Belonging To U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush's Niece Set On Fire

NBC Chicago | STEVE BRYANT and BJ LUTZ | Posted 09.19.2009 | Chicago

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A car belonging to the niece of Rep. Bobby Rush was torched Tuesday morning in Lansing, Ill. View more news videos at: http://www.nbcchicago.com/vide...

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Congressmen Press Obama On Immigration Reform

AP | Posted 09.03.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Seven members of Illinois' congressional delegation are joining immigrant rights activists in pushing President Barack Obama for immig...

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Unfair Children's Health Disparities: More Reason for Reform

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Disparities, Children's Health Care, Children, Health Care, Bobby Rush, Low Birthweight, Health Care Reform, Rush Amendments, US Infant Mortality, Infant Mortality, Politics News

Right now, we live in a nation where children of color experience significant health disparities that begin before birth and follow them throughout their lives.

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Congressional Panel Holds Burr Oak Cemetery Hearing (VIDEO)

AP | Rupa Shenoy | Posted 08.27.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- A patchwork of inconsistent state laws governing cemeteries allow scandals like one in suburban Chicago, where four people are accused...

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The Clean Energy Bill Story You Haven't Heard

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Bobby Rush, Clean Energy, Green for All, Naacp, Waxman-Markey, Climate Bill, Aces, Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Green News

We're building a growing consensus that low-income communities and communities of color must have a fair stake in a new clean energy economy.

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Bobby Rush Wants Investigation Of University Of Chicago Hospital's Treatment Of Uninsured Poor

AP | Posted 07.05.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush wants a congressional hearing into allegations the University of Chicago Medical Center has refused treatment to ...

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Bobby Rush Seeks Federal Probe Of Tainted Crestwood Drinking Water

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.28.2009 | Chicago

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U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush today urged the Department of Justice to investigate whether Crestwood officials should face criminal and civil charges related t...

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Bobby Rush: A Black Panther In Cuba

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Bobby Rush says he was a little unsure of himself when he first arrived at Fidel Castro's house in Cuba. The retired Communist dictator enthusias...

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My Hopes and Dreams for the People of Cuba

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

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It is my fervent belief that by expanding trade, especially Internet-based technologies in Cuba, greater respect for human rights and the plight of Cuban dissidents will be addressed.

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US Lawmakers In Cuba For Talks With Top Officials

Reuters | Esteban Israel | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

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U.S. lawmakers met with Cuba's foreign minister and laid flowers at a Havana memorial to slain U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King on Saturday...

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Blagojevich Indictment Reaction: Burris, Durbin, Quinn, Rush, GOP Leaders

AP | Posted 05.03.2009 | Chicago

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The reactions of leading Illinois politicians to the Blagojevich indictment, as assembled by the AP: CHICAGO -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says it's a s...

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Dems Grill FTC Head: "What Happened?"

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

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On Tuesday, members of a House subcommittee lamented the weakness of consumer protection from predatory lenders -- be they credit card companies, payd...

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Durbin: Race Factored In Burris Seating

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson and Deanese Williams | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Dick Durbin, who advised Sen. Roland Burris last week to step down from the Senate, acknowledged Sunday that racial considerations were at play i...

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The Silence of the Congressman: Where's Bobby Rush?

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 03.23.2009 | Chicago

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What have we heard from Bobby Rush lately as Burris amends his increasingly unbelievable denial of pay to play?

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What If: Would Obama be Living in the White House Today if . . .

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 03.02.2009 | Chicago

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Here are some of the what-if's that could have had us waking today to a President John McCain or, more likely, a President Hillary Clinton.

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Hanging Tough

Michael Jones | Posted 02.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Bobby Rush, Blagojevich Strategy, Blagojevich Defense, Rod Blagojevich, Roland Burris, Blagojevich Jury, Blagojevich Jury Pool, Blagojevich Impeachment, Chicago News

Blago could care less about being impeached. His strategy is to use the impeachment process to influence the potential jury pool.

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Mr. Burris Goes to Washington (Finally)

Zondra Hughes | Posted 02.14.2009 | Chicago

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The only thing missing from this scandal is sex. (Oh, wait. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is an alum of People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" hall of fame, so there ya' go.)

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Friday Talking Points [60] -- Democratic Assertiveness Training

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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What a week! With Congress back in session, with the excitement of newly-elected members being sworn in (or barred at the door, as the case may be), ...

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Bobby Rush Receives Letter With White Powder, Racial Epithets

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago

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U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush received a letter containing white powder and racial epithets at his South Side office Thursday that prompted a response from the...

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It's Time for the Senate to Hold Its Nose and Seat Burris

Mitchell Bard | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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What is the worst case scenario? Burris runs for re-election in 2010 and loses? If a Democrat loses a U.S. Senate race in Illinois, Roland Burris will be the least of the Democrats' problems.

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Race A 'Diversion' In Burris Issue: Rev. Jesse Jackson

Crain's Chicago Business | Robert Herguth | Posted 02.07.2009 | Chicago

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson says race should not be part of the debate over Roland Burris' appointment to the U.S. Senate seat previously held by President...

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Congressional Black Caucus Vice Chair Contradicts Rush: Obama Seat Not A 'Black Seat'

CNN Political Ticker | Deirdre Walsh | Posted 02.06.2009 | Chicago

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, the new vice chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said Tuesday President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat should not ...

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Burris, Race, Religion, And The Senate

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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"I am now the junior senator from the state of Illinois. . . . Friends, we're going to have to have some powerful prayer. . . . They can't deny what t...

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