Judy Biggert

House Passes Violence Against Women Act That Leaves Out LGBT, Immigrant Protections

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans on Wednesday passed their bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, despite protests from the White House, m...

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5 Illinois Races National Dems Are Watching

HuffingtonPost.com | Jen Sabella | Posted 03.21.2012

The relatively small number of Illinois Republicans who turned out Tuesday to vote chose Mitt Romney as their GOP presidential nominee. National Democ...

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Illinois Redistricting: Republican Congressmen Sue Over Dems' Map

Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Tim Johnson, Judy Biggert, Redistricting, Mark Kirk, Pat Quinn, 2010 Redistricting, Illinois Redistricting, Illinois Democrats, Dan Lipinski, Chicago, Pat Quinn Redistricting, Illinois, Illinois Congressional Races, Illinois Congressional Redistricting, Mike Quigley, Chicago News

Following the lead of some of the top Republican members of the Illinois General Assembly, who last week filed suit over the state's redrawn House and...

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Some Congressional Hearts Are in the Right Place; But Homeless Kids Will Still Suffer

Pat LaMarche | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Education, Alcee Hastings, Judy Biggert, Geoff Davis, Homelessness, Homeless Children, Hud, National Alliance of HUD Tenants, Diane Nilan, Shaun Donovan, 112 Congress, Ccnv, Mckinney-Vento, Politics News

Recent congressional budget impasses have prompted folks from all across the country to organize in front of the capital's largest homeless shelter.

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Rep. Judy Biggert, Full Body Scans Supporter, Also Invested in Them

Matt Sledge | Posted 05.25.2011

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A few months after investing additional money in an airport body scan manufacturer last year, Chicago-area Congresswoman Judy Biggert voted in favor of the allowing the TSA to use the devices.

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GOP Lawmakers: Elizabeth Warren's Job 'Undermines' Constitution

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the letters Reps. Spencer Bachus and Judy Biggert sent to the Treasury and the Federal Reserve, the GOP lawmakers challenge the legality of Elizabe...

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GOP Targets Consumer Agency, Wants 'Rigorous' Oversight

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dodd-Frank Act, Elizabeth Warren, Judy Biggert, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Financial Reform, Economic Crisis, Cfpb, Business News, Spencer Bachus, Richard Shelby, Business News

In a challenge to the recent financial reform legislation, House Republicans sent letters asking inspectors to exert "rigorous" oversight on the new C...

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Judy Biggert: Michael Steele Should Step Down Over Afghanistan Remarks

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: RNC Chair Michael Steele, Michael Steele Resignation, Michael Steele, Illinois, Biggert Steele, Judy Biggert, Michael Steele Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Video, Chicago News

Rep. Judy Biggert, a Republican congresswoman from suburban Chicago, has called for the resignation of Republican National Committee chair Michael Ste...

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The Women's Deliberation Movement

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 05.25.2011

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In this era, we can no longer afford for deliberation, defined as "leisureliness of movement or action; slowness" to define us as women.

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Kirk Throws Gay Supporters Under The Bus: Votes 'No' On DADT Repeal

Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Kirk's previously good reputation among the gay community has likely been blemished for good. On Thursday, the U.S. House and the Senate Armed Se...

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Illinois GOP Tries To File Suit Against Health Reform, Madigan Says No Way

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don Manzullo, Peter Roskam, Aaron Schock, John Shimkus, Health Reform Bill, Republicans Health Care Repeal, Health Care Reform, President Obama Health Care, Tim Johnson, Health Care Repeal, Health Reform, Illinois Republicans, Lisa Madigan, Judy Biggert, Chicago News

Falling in line with several states, Illinois Republicans have teamed up to try and stop the health care reform bill signed by President Obama on Tues...

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Health Care Reform: How Illinois Representatives Voted

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Donald Manzullo, Peter Roskam, Aaron Schock, Dan Lipinski, John Shimkus, Mark Kirk, Illinois Democrats, Tim Johnson, Healthcare Reform, Illinois Republicans, Health Reform, Judy Biggert, Chicago News

Dan Lipinski was the only Illinois Democrat to vote against health care reform--but he was not the only Illinois representative to vote "no." Republ...

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ShoreBank Bailout: Did Obama Press To Save South Side Bank? Rep. Biggert Asks

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.) joined U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) in a letter to Obama asking for records concerning ShoreBank. The South Side ...

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In NYC Schools, a Little 'Respect for All'

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Education, H.R. 4223, Children, Casel, Brooklyn, Education, Tim Ryan, Schools, Teaching, High School, Hate Crimes, Social and Emotional Learning, Linda Lantieri, New York City, Collaborative for Academic, Respect for All Week, Stress, Christine Quinn, Judy Biggert, Racism, Emotions, Ohio, Joel Klein, Dale Kildee, Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility, Social and Emotional Learning Act of 2009, Academic, Impact News

New York's P.S. 24 became the site for Respect for All's launch week because of it's commitment to teaching social skills and empathy for other's to students.

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Asian Carp Summit: Durbin Asks Congress For $20 Million

Posted 05.25.2011

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With concern mounting about the invasive Asian carp, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin and Representative Judy Biggert led a bipartisan forum on the subjec...

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Derivatives Reform Weakened By Two Little-Noticed Amendments

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two little-noticed amendments inserted Wednesday into legislation seeking to strengthen regulation of derivatives will allow private industry to conti...

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GOP Taking Aim At Suburban Democrats Bean, Foster

Daily Herald | Joseph Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Republican Party, Melissa Bean, Republican Party, Bill Foster, Judy Biggert, House Races, Scott Harper, Kevin McCarthy, Ethan Hastert, Chicago News

National Republicans see hope for a resurgence in President Barack Obama's home state -- and they're coming here this week to help move it along....

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Bachmann, Other GOP 'Mother Bears' Decry Health Care Reform, Long Fast-Food Lines

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why offer more people health insurance, Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) asked at a press conference Friday, if they might lengthen waits for doctors ...

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Chicago Olympics Bid Gets Congressional Thumbs-Up

Los Angeles Times | Richard Simon | Posted 05.25.2011

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The House of Representatives today threw its support behind Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics....

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Climate Change Bill: Republican Kirk Votes In Favor, Democrat Foster Against

Progress Illinois | Posted 05.25.2011

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[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...

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Dems Target 12 Republicans On Stimulus

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

CNN reports that a dozen House Republicans are targeted in a new House Democratic political campaign that criticizes them for opposing the $787 billio...

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More Congressmen Rip Ryan Clemency Push

SouthtownStar | Nathaniel Zimmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congresswoman-elect Debbie Halvorson (D-Crete) and U.S. Reps. Judy Biggert (R-13th) and Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-2nd) said they oppose commuting former Go...

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Congressional Incumbents Hold Huge Money Lead

AP | Dennis Conrad | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON - Members of Illinois' congressional delegation, no matter their party affiliation, head into the final weeks of the election season with h...

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Bailout Votes Could Hurt Congressional Candidates

AP | Dennis Conrad | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON - The nation's economic uncertainty is creating political uncertainty for a few Illinois politicians running for re-election. Congressiona...

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Illinois Representatives Weigh-In On Bailout Votes

AP | Dennis Conrad | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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