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Posts tagged "health care reform"

Health care, immigration reform and a day of protest

On Sunday, tens of thousands of people, perhaps more than 100,000 will march on Washington, D.C. for immigration reform. With them will be 120 busloads and 40 vans full of people from Illinois, an estimated 8,000 people traveling to the nation’s capitol to tell President Obama and Congress that we need to pass immigration reform... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
March 20, 2010 at 12:41 pm
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County Commissioners pressure Obama and Congress to pass immigration reform

Will President Obama even mention immigration reform in his speech tonight before Congress and the nation? Members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners are trying to apply some pressure. On Tuesday, the Cook County Board approved a resolution urging Congress to support immigration reform.  It passed 13 to 3. But I wouldn’t expect much... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
January 27, 2010 at 12:14 pm
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Tea party protesters and Joe Wilson are wrong on health care

Have you seen any of the coverage of these so-called tea party rallies? There was a massive march in Washington, D.C. over the weekend. It was organized by the FreedomWorks Foundation led by former House leader Dick Armey. Watching the coverage on CNN this weekend was nothing short of disturbing. One guy carried a gun... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
September 13, 2009 at 4:58 pm
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