Oct
7
On the 8th Anniversary of the Afghanistan invasion, Mark Vargas urges the President to listen to his commanders on the ground.
Category: 2010 Candidates, IL-14, federal | 
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On the 8th Anniversary of the Afghanistan invasion, Mark Vargas urges the President to listen to his commanders on the ground.
As of October 4th, 2009 1,381 coalition members have been killed in Afghanistan. Mark Vargas, former Defense Department official and candidate in the 14th Congressional district asks President Obama not make life and death decisions [...]
Jun
29
IL thanks Rep. Foster for supporting jobs over party politics.
Category: IL-14, U.S. House, federal | Leave a Comment
by Allen Skillicorn
Eight U.S. Congress members from IL voted against the Cap & Trade legislation Friday evening. The controversial legislation, which passed 219-212 votes, was originally written by Representative Waxman (D) to reduce Carbon Dioxide emissions in the United States. Political pressure from alternative energy and environmental lobbies shaped the legislation to tax heavy industry [...]
Jun
27
Cap’n Tax Energy/Global Warming Bill passes the US House
Category: IL-10, IL-11, IL-14, IL-16, IL-18, IL-6, Party Politics, U.S. House, policy, video | Leave a Comment
Here’s a brief update on what happened Friday, from the Wall Street Journal:
Aug
10
IL-14 Congressional Rematch: “Oberweis hits the streets in campaign effort”
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-Oberweis hits the streets in campaign effort, crossposted from Sun-Times News Group
With the election rematch between Democrat Rep. Bill Foster of Geneva and Republican Jim Oberweis of Aurora now less than three months away, a two-pronged strategy against the freshman congressman has begun to emerge.
Oberweis, who lost to Foster by 5,000 votes in March’s special [...]
Aug
2
DCCC (Dem hacks) Sued for Slander, Try to Move Case into Fed. System
Category: IL-14, Kane County | Leave a Comment
-crossposted from Sun-Times News Group
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee petitioned a federal judge Thursday to move a lawsuit filed by Oberweis Dairy out of Kane County and into the federal court system.
According to documents filed in federal court, Oberweis Dairy filed the suit against the DCCC on March 6 in Kane County, claiming the committee [...]
Jul
23
DCCC Expands TV Ad Buys in Illinois
Category: IL-10, IL-11, IL-14, U.S. House, suburbs | Leave a Comment
-crossposted from Chris Cillizza’s The Fix blog on the Washington post (read full here)
Ack, that’s a lot of gross rating points!
District
Incumbent
Early Buy Amt.
Early Buy Pts.
IL-10
Kirk (R)
$1.4 M
2,300
IL-11
Weller (R)-Open
$1.6 M
4,200 (multiple mkts.)
IL-14
Foster (D)
$1.02 M
2,400 (multiple mkts.)
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