New Prosperity Foundation, a so-called Super Political Action Committee spent $25,000 on an ad against Rep. Judy Biggert's (R-13) likely general election opponent.
While most of Illinois was taking in the 14-year prison sentence of disgraced former governor Rod Blagojevich, hundreds of other state residents were at the nation's capitol yesterday calling on legislators to stop favoring corporations and start working for the benefit of the people who elected them into office.
Residents in the 13th congressional district called on U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert to stop supporting cuts and start working on ways to bring more jobs to the area.
Last night, Illinois legislators joined their counterparts in the House to vote on the debt ceiling deal, which calls for cutting at least $2.1 trillion in spending over the next decade. The bill passed the House 269 to 161 and Illinois House members voted in a split fashion.
Meanwhile, Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk took to Fox yesterday to blame unfunded wars for the nation's current debt crisis -- except for the ones he supported.
The House GOP's official budget document leans overwhelmingly on slashing programs used by lower-income Americans, shifts Medicare to a voucher program, and cuts taxes for the country's wealthiest. Illinois' Republican Congressional delegation is on board. Mostly.
U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert's campaign has released the results for an internal poll conducted earlier this week. According to the campaign, the 13th district incumbent has a strong lead of 61 percent to
28 percent over Democratic challenger Scott Harper. The polling was done by
Republican pollsters Linda DiVall and Randall Gutermuth.
According to an internal poll conducted in late June by Global Stategy
Group on behalf of Democratic 13th district challenger Scott Harper,
only 43 percent of voters surveyed approve of 13th Congressional
District incumbent Judy Biggert's job performance in office.When those polled
heard more about the candidate's records, the memo shows that Harper
leads Biggert 47-39 percent. No head-to-head polling was provided by
the campaign.
In the past month, several financial institutions have committed to providing $150 million in assistance to Chicago's struggling ShoreBank and the Federal Reserve is considering whether to offer up additional bailout funds. This spurred Republicans to call for an investigation into whether the Obama administration pressured Wall Street to assist ShoreBank -- a charge they flatly deny. In late May, Illinois GOP Rep. Judy Biggert sent a letter
to the White House requesting all "e-mails, phone logs, and meeting
records" pertaining to the deal. When they
refused to cooperate, she wrote an amendment
to the financial reform bill, currently being refined in the
House-Senate conference committee, that would require the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to issue a report
on "the influence of political pressure" in this case.
While weakened slightly during negotiations yesterday, the amendment eventually passed
by a voice vote. But that wasn't before Democrats -- including Reps. Luis Guiterrez and Mel Watt -- ripped her to shreds for
politicizing the financial reform legislation when no law enforcement
officials have raised questions about the ShoreBank deal. Watch
some excerpts (the full video is available here):
While most of Illinois was taking in the 14-year prison sentence of disgraced former governor Rod Blagojevich, hundreds of other state residents were at the nation's capitol yesterday 
Last night, Illinois legislators joined their counterparts in the House to vote on the debt ceiling deal, which calls for cutting at least $2.1 trillion in spending over the next decade. The bill passed the House 269 to 161 and Illinois House members voted in a split fashion.
