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Dem Rep: LaHood "Slapped Down By Know-Nothings" In White House On Mileage Tax

ABC | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and something of a firebrand, took issue with comments ma...

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Mileage Tax Plan Nixed By Obama

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday rejected his transportation secretary's suggestion that the administration consider taxing motoris...

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Mileage Tax Considered By Obama Transportation Secretary LaHood

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday rejected his transportation secretary's suggestion that the administration consider taxing motoris...

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GOP Cabinet Member LaHood Disappointed By Stimulus Votes, Takes Some Blame

New York Times | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

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The failure of President Obama to win any votes from House Republicans did not go unnoticed by one former House Republican, Ray LaHood, now secretary ...

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Republican Cabinet Secretary LaHood Can't Get Support For Stimulus (VIDEO)

Politico | Posted 03.11.2009 | Politics

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President Obama has been using his Republican Transportation Secretary, former congressman Ray LaHood, to help build GOP support. But LaHood says it h...

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The Traffic of Pay-to-Play Politics

Monica Youn | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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The Bush Administration's DOT succeeded in knocking a sizeable hole in Illinois' ban on pay-to-play deals that the state Senate had attempted to pass in the wake of the Blagojevich scandal.

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Obama's Emissions Standards Supported By Auto Executives

Politico | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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Auto-industry officials were surprisingly receptive to President Obama's announcement about tightening emission standards, saying the steps he announc...

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Obama Transportation Secretary Pick LaHood Is An Unapologetic 'Earmarker': WaPo

Washington Post | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

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The former Republican congressman chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to direct billions in federal highway spending has been an unapologetic advoc...

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LaHood To GOP: We Should Stand Behind Obama

Politico | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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What a difference a cabinet appointment makes. Former Illinois Republican Rep. Ray LaHood, now the Transportation Secretary-designate, is urging the ...

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Former Gov. George Ryan's Wife Pleads With Bush For Clemency

Chicago Tribune | Gary Marx and James Janega | Posted 01.20.2009 | Chicago

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As part of the battle to secure clemency for her husband, the wife of former Gov. George Ryan penned a short note to President George W. Bush that U.S...

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Can P3s Boost the Stimulus?

Michael Likosky | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

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The foundation of our economic stimulus is a public- private-partnership. What should this partnership look like? How should benefits and burdens, risks and rewards be distributed?

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Obama Labor Secretary, Transportation Secretary Announcements

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

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CHICAGO — Completing his Cabinet a month before taking office, President-elect Barack Obama named officials to oversee transportation, labor, tr...

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Ray LaHood at Transportation, What is Obama Thinking?

Josh Nelson | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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A Republican with a consistently bad record on environmental issues has just been nominated to run the Department of Transportation.

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LaHood Continues Tradition Of Stuffing 'Across The Aisle' Pick At Transportation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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Hey, everyone! Remember Norm Mineta? Probably not, actually. But when George W. Bush needed to honor a promise to find a home in his Cabinet for a ...

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Ray LaHood: Obama's Transportation Secretary

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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The Chicago Tribune, along with other news organizations, reports: Peoria Republican congressman Ray LaHood has been asked to be Transportation Secr...

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Sources: Obama taps GOP lawmaker, senior regulator

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama intends to name former Securities and Exchange Commissioner Mary Schapiro to head the much-criticized age...

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Arab Americans Have Substantial Presence in Tuesday's Elections

Ray Hanania | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

When Americans across the country flock to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 4, Arab Americans will be standing with them side-by-side in line to vote.

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Congressional Incumbents Hold Huge Money Lead

AP | Dennis Conrad | Posted 11.17.2008 | Chicago

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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A New Low: McCain Camp Condones Violent Threats Against Obama

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

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John McCain's campaign is defending these kinds of outbursts, saying those like Barack Obama who are bothered "just doesn't understand regular people."

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McCain Faces Backlash Over Rabid Crowds

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

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John McCain was booed by his own supporters during a rally on Friday after he described Barack Obama as a "decent person and a person that you do not ...

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Republican Congressman Criticizes Palin Rallies

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

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Veteran Republican Congressman Ray LaHood criticized his party's vice presidential nominee Friday, saying that Sarah Palin's vitriolic campaign rallie...

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Illinois Reps Vote For Bailout 13-6

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz and Paul Merrion | Posted 11.03.2008 | Chicago

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Collectively holding its nose but voting yes anyhow, the House of Representatives has taken final action on a revised $700-billion financial bailout p...

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Local GOP Reps Blasted For Bailout Votes

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago

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Five Illinois Republicans who helped defeat the Bush administration's financial rescue bill are under pressure by the National Assn. of Manufacturers ...

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Bailout Break Down: How Illinois Voted

Posted 10.30.2008 | Chicago

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"The surprise failure of the bailout bill yielded a rare totally mixed roll call from the 19-member Illinois House delegation, with the results mirror...

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House Votes To Overturn Offshore Drilling Ban, Increase Renewables Support

Grist | Kate Sheppard | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green

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After a day-long debate over energy legislation, the House passed the Democrats' "Comprehensive American Energy Security & Consumer Protection Act," a...

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