Dan Rostenkowski

Question Authority: The Boomers Are Coming and They Won't Play Dead

Bernard Starr | Posted 11.29.2011

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Bernard Starr

Politicians beware -- the boomers are coming. Like drill sergeants you may bark your marching orders and expect unchallenged compliance. But this army will march to its own drum beat.

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FBI Plans Release Of Dan Rostenkowski Files

Chicago News Cooperative | DANIEL LIBIT | Posted 05.25.2011

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The requests keep pouring in for the FBI files of the late Congressman Dan Rostenkowski following his death on August 11....

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Dan Rostenkowski Funeral Held Today In Chicago

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Inside the Chicago church where he was baptized and confirmed, former U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski was remembered Tuesday as a guy from ...

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Longtime Congressman Dan Rostenkowski Dies At Age 82

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, the Chicago Democrat who became the leading architect of congressional tax policy in the Reagan era but later went to fe...

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Who (Really) Runs Congress?

Jim Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Jaffe

Those with an interest in understanding the legislative process, a small subset of those attempting to influence its product, should both appreciate Janice Mays and her colleagues and get to know them a bit better.

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The Onion's Timeline Of Illinois Corruption

The Onion | Posted 05.25.2011

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The controversy surrounding Illinois senator Roland Burris is only the latest chapter in a long history of political corruption in the Land of Lincoln...

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Stealing Horses With Blago And Telling

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Henryk A. Kowalczyk

Bill Powell had a chance to tell us about how decent people can be so easily depraved by going into politics. Instead, he ended up selling for cheap the little intimate information about Blago he had.

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Ward Boss' Son Rostenkowski Defends Chicago: We're Not All Corrupt

The Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011

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During my career as a public official, I always tried to steer away from the minority of my colleagues who viewed public service as a potential commer...

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Eric Holder: Obama Attorney General Pick's Chicago Ties

Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric Holder, the Washington attorney and former Clinton Justice Department official who is reportedly Barack Obama's pick for Attorney General, has a ...

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Is It Fair to Call Bill Daley a Lobbyist? Well, Actually, Yes It Is

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carol Felsenthal

In 2005 I published a profile of Bill Daley in Chicago magazine, where I'm a contributing editor. I looked back at my research and at various drafts of the article and here's what I found.

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