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by Adam Doster
3:59pm
Thu Sep 3, 2009
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Health Care Round-Up: Foster's Town Hall, Pressuring Lipinski, WTTW's Roundtable

Dan Lipinski

Some members of Senate Finance Committee may be looking to pare down the size of the upper chamber's health care package and the White House is deliberating
if they would accept such a deal. Back home, lawmakers are staking out
their positions as well. Here's the latest in ...

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by Progress Illinois
10:25am
Mon Aug 10, 2009
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Health Care Roundup: Citizen Action Pressures Bean, Durbin "Open" To Alternatives

Dick Durbin

Here's the latest Illinois-centric health care news: Citizen Action Targets Bean, Halvorson, Foster In today's edition of Crain's, Paul Merrion writes that, when it comes to health care reform, suburban Reps. Melissa Bean, Debbie Halvorson, and Bill Foster are all &...

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by Adam Doster
4:30pm
Wed Aug 5, 2009
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Health Care Round-Up: Schock Misleads, Bean And Foster Still Undecided

Melissa Bean

As the national battle over health care reform enters a crucial
stage and lawmakers make their case to voters during the August recess,
we're going to be regularly tracking the latest health care news across
Illinois. Here's our first update:

Schock's Misleading ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
12:57pm
Tue Jul 14, 2009

Woodstock Institute's Call To Action

Consumer protection

Determined to curtail the financial industry's stranglehold on American consumers, Sen. Dick Durbin began pressing months ago
for the creation of an independent agency that would protect consumers
from predatory practices. Reining in the banks' extraordinary political
...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:59am
Mon Jul 13, 2009
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Foster Endorses Strong Public Option

Bill Foster

As we've noted before, Democrats will have to stay united if they
want to pass health care reform in Washington this year. (After all,
Republicans aren't so keen
on the approach favored by the president and congressional leaders.)
And any meaningful reform should include ...

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by Josh Kalven
6:28pm
Thu Apr 2, 2009

Obama Budget Passes: Halvorson Votes Aye, Foster Nay (UPDATED)

Debbie Halvorson

While we were concerned earlier in the day that Rep. Debbie Halvorson might oppose President Obama's budget proposal because of a provision scaling back exorbitant farm subsidies, the House vote just took place and the Southland Democrat supported it.  Democratic Rep. Bill ...

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by Adam Doster
11:46am
Thu Apr 2, 2009

Remembering Hastert's Prairie Parkway

Dennis Hastert

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood met with the Illinois
congressional delegation yesterday to talk about the state's stimulus
take. As we noted in the Early Bird, the big news is that contractor
bids are coming in lower than projected, meaning the state's federal money ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:28am
Wed Oct 29, 2008

Foster Highlights Oberweis' "Negative Attacks"

IL-14

As Capitol Fax noted yesterday, 14th District GOP congressional candidate has started running a negative TV ad against Rep. Bill Foster, hitting him for supporting the Wall Street bailout package.  Yesterday, Foster hit back with a spot that briefly highlights the new "...

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by Josh Kalven
10:01am
Wed Oct 22, 2008

Two New Congressional Ads

Bill Foster

Two Democratic congressional campaigns have new television ads out this week.  First, here's a spot from 18th District candidate Colleen Callahan hitting Republican opponent Aaron Schock over "Notarygate":

As we noted in the Early Bird, the ...