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Party Hack Behind IL GOP Money Transfer Scheme Gets Nod for Congress

Doug Ibendahl | Posted 05.22.2012

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Rodney Davis was chosen Saturday to replace retiring Congressman Tim Johnson on the ballot this November.

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GOP Chooses Ballot Replacement For Retiring Rep

AP | Posted 05.20.2012

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Republican leaders have chosen a November ballot replacement for longtime Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson after he abru...

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Will the Illinois GOP Confirm There's a War on Women?

Doug Ibendahl | Posted 05.09.2012

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If the County Chairmen ignore the pressure they are surely getting from the usual suspects and failed establishment players, the Illinois GOP may soon have a great story to tell for a change.

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Former Miss America One Step Closer To U.S. House Nomination

Posted 05.09.2012

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A former Miss America's U.S. House bid gained traction this week as the Ivy League-educated former beauty queen was named as one of four finalists for...

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PHOTOS: Former Miss America Might Run For Office

Posted 04.24.2012

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When veteran Illinois U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson dropped his re-election bid earlier this month, a slew of area politicians and businessmen threw their hat...

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Right-Wing Republicans Gorge Themselves at the Public Trough, While Telling the Rest of Us to Suck It Up

Pearl Korn | Posted 04.10.2012

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We must become a much more politically engaged and informed population and take responsibility for ensuring that those we elect to represent us in Congress are held accountable, but also support them when they do the right thing.

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Official: Veteran GOP Congressman To Retire

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 04.05.2012

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Veteran Illinois U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson intends to drop his bid for a seventh term and retire, a Republican official said Wednesday....

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How Michael Moore Can Help Bring Real Political Change to America

Pearl Korn | Posted 03.11.2012

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Our nation deserves a better government, Michael Moore, and you are one of the few people with the ability to actually help make that happen.

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House Passes First Crowdfunding Legislation

Jeff Steele | Posted 02.08.2012

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The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed its first significant crowdfunding legislation, in the form of H.R. 2930, the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act....

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Why Does the Democratic Party Continue to Work Against the 99%?

Pearl Korn | Posted 01.28.2012

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Who are these people that we've sent to Washington to represent us? Do they live in this country? Do they see the same news reports, pass the same shuttered businesses, hear the same desperate stories from their friends and family? One has to wonder.

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A Campaign for Congress Worthy of Our Attention

Pearl Korn | Posted 10.15.2011

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It has often been said that politics is not a spectator sport. There is no greater truth, especially these days. Yet we progressives do see glimmers of hope surfacing here and there, including in exciting places like Wisconsin.

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Illinois Redistricting: Republican Congressmen Sue Over Dems' Map

Posted 09.26.2011

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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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GOP Sues Over Dem-Drawn Illinois Map

Posted 09.19.2011

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Two of the Illinois General Assembly's most powerful Republican legislators filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday that claims the state's newly drawn cong...

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The 2012 Redistricting Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 09.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The 2012 elections are more than 15 months away, but the fight for control of Congress is under way in state capitols around the countr...

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Obama Announces Pick For FDIC Chairman

AP | By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 08.10.2011

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Friday that he will nominate Martin J. Gruenberg to become chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ...

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Labor Union Threatens To Support Progressive Challenger To Key Democrat Over CEO Pay

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 08.10.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The nation's largest labor union federation on Friday threatened to challenge the powerful chairman of the Senate Banking Committee in t...

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House Lawmakers Draft Legislation To Defund Libya Operations

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress are discussing several mechanisms to cut off funding for U.S. military operations in Libya, arguing that since Presi...

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Native American Candidate's Marathon South Dakota Run

Stephanie Woodard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Campaigning in the South Dakota legislature's District 28 is an extreme sport -- the political X Games of 2010. The vast expanse encompasses much of t...

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Oglala Sioux Win Voting Rights -- For Now

Stephanie Woodard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Opponents of holding a full-scale election on the Oglala Sioux Tribe's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation this fall held on as long as possible during a recent confrontation with hopeful voters.

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Study Finds Big Gaps In Rules For Foreign Travel Disclosure

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congressional reports on foreign travel are essentially useless for determining where Members went, how much was spent and who traveled with the lawma...

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Congressman Calls Constituents About 100 Times A Day

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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"I'm not a telemarketer," the friendly voice says into his cellphone. "I'm your United States congressman." Click....

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Top Senate Banking Dem Released From Hospital, 'On The Mend'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota has been released from a hospital after gallbladder surgery earlier in the week. John...

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Top Senate Banking Dem Recovering From Gallbladder Surgery

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson will remain in a Sioux Falls, S.D., hospital a few more days but is expected to make a full recovery f...

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Top Senate Banking Dem Hospitalized

AP | CHET BROKAW | Posted 05.25.2011

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PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson was in a Sioux Falls hospital on Monday after being admitted with a fever that might have been caus...

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A Great Progressive Candidate For Congress - Dr. David Gill In His Own Words

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tim Johnson, Congress, Poverty, Health & Human Services, 2010 Elections, Progressives, Health Care Reform, Term Limits, Illinois, Health Insurance, Health Care, Elections 2010, Politics News

In my last post (which you can read by clicking on this LINK) I wrote about and supported Dr. David Gill for Congress in the 15th Congressional Distri...

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