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Illinois has many better options than Pritzker’s choice to succeed Durbin

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Illinois has many better options than Pritzker’s choice to succeed Durbin

Illinois has many better options than Pritzker’s choice to succeed Durbin By Ray Hanania Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, who believes he can buy any election, any time for any amount of money, wants to buy the seat of retiring U.S. Senator Dick Durbin. Pritzker has pushed his Lieutenant Governor, Juliana Stratton, to run for the…

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Senator Bernie Sanders to seek re-election to U.S. Senate

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Senator Bernie Sanders to seek re-election to U.S. Senate

Senator Bernie Sanders to seek re-election to U.S. Senate Senator Bernie Sanders announced Monday May 6, 2024  in Vermont that he will seek a fourth term to the U.S. Senate. His time in the Senate, along with his previous 16 years in the House of Representatives, makes him the longest-serving independent Member of Congress in…

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Senator Manchin rejects Build Back Better because of $4.5 trillion cost

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Senator Manchin rejects Build Back Better because of $4.5 trillion cost

Senator Manchin rejects Build Back Better because of massive $4.5 trillion cost The mainstream American news media is tearing into West Virginian Senator Joe Manchin for voting against President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan for America, and ignoring his contentions that the plan adds more than $4.5 trillion more onto the nation’s $29 trillion…

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Sanders, colleagues push for WTO Waiver on barriers blocking Vaccine production around the world

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Sanders, colleagues push for WTO Waiver on barriers blocking Vaccine production around the world

Sanders, colleagues push for WTO Waiver on barriers blocking Vaccine production around the world Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tuesday sent a letter to the Biden Administration pushing for a waiver of international intellectual property (IP) rules at the World Trade Organization (WTO)…

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Duckworth introduces law to crack down on illegal robocalls

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Duckworth introduces law to crack down on illegal robocalls

Duckworth introduces law to crack down on illegal robocalls U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth Thursday (May 2, 2019) introduced legislation that would crackdown on illegal robocalls, which she said have increased by more than 57 percent over the past year. Duckworth is proposing a petition to help get the legislation passed and she is asking members…

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