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Posts in category "Senate"

Democrats Violate Equal Pay for Women, Lilly Ledbetter Betrayed

-By Warner Todd Huston As one of his first official acts, President Barack Obama made a great show of his deep concern for the idea of equal pay for women by signing the Lilly Ledbetter Act, a bill that was supposed to solve that inequity. Sadly, it appears that Obama and his Democrats are only... Read more »
By publiusforum,
May 25, 2012 at 10:36 am
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Media Ignores Warren Plagiarizing, Went Nuts Over Claims of Scott Brown's

-By Warner Todd Huston Michael Patrick Leahy detailed yet another twist to Elizabeth “Faux-Cahontis” Warren’s tale of fake American Indian claims. Apparently in 1984 Warren supplied several “old family recipes” to the “Pow Wow Chow cookbook,” edited by her cousin. Turns out these “family recipes” where just lifted from various cookbooks and newspaper articles of... Read more »
By publiusforum,
May 19, 2012 at 10:11 am
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Schilling Calls on Senate to 'Lead by Example'

From the campaign to reelect Bobby Schilling (Illinois 17th District)… Senate once again fails to pass budget or propose alternative EAST MOLINE, Ill.—With a unanimous 99-0 rejection of President Obama’s budget proposal, the U.S. Senate has now extended their streak of fiscal inaction to 1,114 days. Frustrated by the Senate’s refusal to lead, U.S. Rep... Read more »
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May 18, 2012 at 4:00 am
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Foolish Naivete: Sen. Coburn 'Believes' Obama Will Become Entitlement Reformer in 2nd Term

-By Warner Todd Huston Republican Senator Tom Coburn has just completed his transformation into a laughing stock. In an interview with the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein, Coburn claimed that he fully believes that President Obama will become an “entitlement reformer” in his second term. At the end of Klein’s first part of the interview he... Read more »
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May 17, 2012 at 12:08 pm
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Why is the New England Historic Genealogical Society Lying Abut Warren's Amer. Indian Claims?

-By Warner Todd Huston As each day rolls on in this investigation of the claims made by Massachusetts Democrat Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren that she has Native American heritage in her background we are finding fewer and fewer reasons to believe her. Sadly, she is dragging down once well-respected groups with her unprovable claims and... Read more »
By publiusforum,
May 15, 2012 at 11:30 am
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Put Illinois Taxpayers First: Pass Pension Reform

From Americans For Prosperity-Illinois… Illinois politicians raised taxes last year by 67%, yet we still have the worst-funded pension system in the nation, with over $85 billion in unfunded liabilities. This problem exists because politicians in Springfield skipped pension payments, while also granting to their government union allies overly generous and unsustainable pension benefits that... Read more »
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May 15, 2012 at 5:00 am
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VIDEO: Senator Mark Kirk on His Rehabilitation 'Walking Program'

-By Warner Todd Huston Kirk really sounds good for having had a stroke only 15 weeks ago. I am so relieved to see him doing so well and in such seeming mental competence. He made a very interesting video about his status… He has a long way to go, of course, but he seems willing... Read more »
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May 8, 2012 at 2:25 pm
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Sen. Jacobs Votes NO On Pension Reform!

From the Albracht for Senate campaign… For too long the Democrat controlled Senate has used pension “sweeteners” to woo state government employees. The bait and switch policy of underfunding pensions while distracting the government union’s attention by providing additional compensation has now come home with a vengeance. Both sides of the aisle realize that there... Read more »
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May 8, 2012 at 5:00 am
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Here’s What Happened at the Last State GOP Convention

-By Doug Ibendahl As the old saying goes, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. State law requires the established political parties to each have a state convention once every four years. We Republicans wouldn’t be having one this year in Illinois if the law didn’t require it. When State GOP... Read more »
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May 8, 2012 at 4:00 am
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Republican Senate Candidate John Bambenek Comments on Pension Reform Vote

From the campaign of John Bambenek for State Senate (52nd District)… Frerichs Votes “No” on State Constitutional Amendment CHAMPAIGN, IL (May 3, 2012) —Republican candidate for State Senate, John Bambenek, today commented on the State Senate’s vote today on House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 49. The resolution, which requires a three fifths vote to pass... Read more »
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May 4, 2012 at 7:00 am
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