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• in Politics
  Enough is Enough - Radical Reform
  Change is need in this country, and it is up to you America.
  by westonmccready / on Oct 7, 2011
• in Politics
  New Tax Rate For The Wealthy: Will It Actually Happen?
  President Obama shoots for the stars with new tax proposal
  by makingsense / on Sep 18, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “house speaker”

 

• NSA director: Programs disrupted dozens of attacks

  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Security Agency vigorously defended once-secret surveillance programs as an effective tool in keeping America safe, telling Congress on Wednesday that the information collected disrupted dozens of terrorist attacks without offering details. Excerpt from: NSA ...
  5 days ago

• Madigan Moves To Gut Cullerton’s Pension Reform Plan

  
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  House Speaker Michael Madigan has taken steps to replace Senate President John Cullertons pension reform plan with his own plan, even though the speakers plan was soundly defeated in the Senate last month.
  5 days ago

• House GOP Leader Accuses Dem Leaders Of ‘Tap Dance’ To Block Pension Reform

  
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  Illinois House Republican Leader Tom Cross said Wednesday that he believes there’s an ulterior motive behind the ongoing pension reform standoff between House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton.
  5 days ago

• Lisa Madigan Still Undecided On Run For Governor

  
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  Illinois Attorney General says she hasnt made her mind up yet about running for the job now held by Pat Quinn, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
  6 days ago

• Russia want Snowden, Offers Asylum Request… NSA Leaker a ‘Traitor’?

  
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  For the past week, the Guardian and Washington Post have been reporting on some extraordinary revelations about previously secret massive NSA surveillance programs that invade the privacy of both Americans and those abroad. On Sunday, the whistleblower and source to the stories about the PRISM surveillance program ...
  6 days ago

• VIDEO Pelosi to Musicians: Quit Your Job and Go On Obamacare… Taxpayers Would Fund Their Health Care Coverage

  
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    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this week that thanks to the new health-care reform law, musicians and other creative types could quit their jobs and focus on developing their talents because taxpayers would fund their health care coverage.
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• Madigan Enlists Nekritz To Negotiate With Cullerton On Pensions

  
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  Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan might not be in touch with Gov. Pat Quinn, but there might be some behind-the-scenes work ahead to resolve the state’s pension reform impasse before a special session of the General Assembly on June 19.
  1 week ago

• Topinka: Cullerton Pension Plan ‘A Pretty Good Compromise’

  
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  Illinois State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka threw her support behind Senate President John Cullerton’s pension plan on Tuesday, calling it the best bet for solving the state’s $100 billion pension crisis.
  1 week ago

• House Republicans: God Told Us to Keep Boehner as Speaker

  
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  Divine intervention saved John Boehner’s speakership, according to a new Washington Post story detailing GOP infighting. You may recall that in the midst of the battle to avert the so-called fiscal cliff this year, House Republicans were weighing whether to oust their leader. Some GOP representatives claim they ...
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• Gay movement not happy with Speaker Madigan

  
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  Theres a meme threat circulating throughout Illinois gay social media circles this morning. Theyre not happy with Speaker Madigan. Many same sex marriage supporters will be gathering at the Capitol, hoping for a vote on the lasts day of the...
  2 weeks ago

• Union Analysis: Senate Pension Reform Plan Saves More Than House Plan

  
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  A study by the We Are One Illinois coalition shows that if half of employees and retirees choose to forgo post-career health insurance as part of Senate President John Cullertons proposal, the states debt to two health insurance programs would be cut in half, by $26 billion.
  2 weeks ago

• State Lawmakers Move Forward With $53B Budget Plan

  
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  The Democrat-controlled Legislature began piecing together a new state budget Tuesday that avoids the steep cuts of recent years and also gave final approval to a historic expansion of Medicaid, as Republicans accused their colleagues across the aisle of having "an insatiable appetite to spend money we dont have."
  2 weeks ago

• Senate Could Vote Today On Concealed Carry Plans

  
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  A showdown was expected in Springfield on Tuesday, as the Illinois Senate prepared to take up two competing plans for allowing residents to carry concealed firearms.
  2 weeks ago

• Federal Reserve Experimenting With US Economy

  
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  (Illustration by Victor Juhasz) Federal Reserve Couldn’t Wait for Washington to Reach a Consensus Last year I listened to two very intelligent people being interviewed on Bill Moyers program. One of the guests was Yves Smith, a brilliant economist with an incredibly keen financial mind. She writes for her own blog ...
  2 weeks ago

• House Passes Concealed Carry Plan Opposed By Senate Leader

  
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  Gun owners could carry concealed weapons in Illinois, the last state in the nation to prohibit it, under legislation that swept through the House Friday with the backing of the powerful Democratic speaker from Chicago, a city torn by violence despite what critics claim are the nations toughest firearms restrictions.
  3 weeks ago

• UPDATE: John Boehner’s Daughter Marries Jamaican-born Dominic Lakhan

  
  EUR This N That | Urban Black News Blog — Authority: 425
  House Speaker John Boehner’s daughter, Lindsay Boehner, 35, and Dominic Lakhan, 38, wed at Sundy House in Delray Beach on Friday, May 10, 2013. In April , we reported the shocking engagement of Republican leader/House Speaker John Boehner’s daughter to Jamaican-born, weed smokin’ Dominic Lakhan. Now everyone ...
  3 weeks ago

• Concealed Carry Bill Moves To House Floor, But Senate Objects

  
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  A concealed-carry gun deal brokered by House Speaker Michael Madigan cleared a House committee Thursday, but its prospects were unclear across the Capitol in the Senate because of the way it would curb existing local gun laws.
  3 weeks ago

• Lang Steps Aside As Gambling Expansion Sponsor Over ‘Perceived Conflict’

  
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  The longtime backer of a push to expand gambling in Illinois has dropped his name from a pending bill over "perceived conflict of interest" with a law firm where hes counsel.
  3 weeks ago

• CHANGE Illinois - Remapping the Same Scams with the Same Grifters

  
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  CHANGE Illinois, a broad coalition wants to help. "We are CEOs and public servants. We are philanthropists and community organizers. We are experienced political reformers and innovators with new ideas. We are a broad coalition of Illinois citizens from all walks of life." CHANGE ILLINOIS I love a ...
  4 weeks ago

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