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Jan. 30, 2020
Bipartisan Bill to Repair and Update American Bridges and Create Jobs Introduced in House
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
Jan. 29, 2020
Letter to President Donald Trump - Wyden, Merkley Demand Trump Publicly Commit To Protecting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Jan. 29, 2020
Letter to Mick Mulvaney, Director of the OMB, Chad Wold, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and Karl Schultz, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard - Stabenow, Peters Lead Bipartisan Effort Urging Trump Administration to Include New Great Lakes Icebreaker in Upcoming Budget Proposal
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 27, 2020
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Brown Leads Senate Democrats in Demanding Trump Retract Comments, Publicly Commit To Protecting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Jan. 24, 2020
Letter to Russ Vought, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Andrew Wheller, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Portman, Stabenow, Bipartisan Colleagues Request $320 Million for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in President's FY 2021 Budget Request
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 22, 2020
Duckworth, Durbin Announce $1.2 Million for Stem Education on Chicago's South Side
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Jan. 22, 2020
Duckworth, Durbin Announce $1 Million to Modernize Illinois's Infrastructure
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
Jan. 16, 2020
Following Requests from Murray, Wyden, Durbin: IRS, Treasury Expand Tax Relief for Defrauded Student Loan Borrowers
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 15, 2020
Tweet - "The IRS just announced that students receiving federal closed school and borrower defense discharges, or those resulting from settlements will no longer have to worry about it being taxed as income."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 8, 2020
Bipartisan Tech-Neutral Tax Credit to Incentivize New Clean Energy Sources, Combat Climate Change Introduced in House
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
Jan. 8, 2020
Schweikert Joins Bipartisan Tech-Neutral Tax Credit to Incentivize New Clean Energy Sources
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
Jan. 7, 2020
Underwood Secures Biodiesel Tax Credit for Illinois Farmers and Small Businessowners
Rep. Lauren Underwood
Dec. 27, 2019
Underwood Secures Funding for Local Priorities
Rep. Lauren Underwood
Dec. 20, 2019
Tweet - "Glad to see the House pass @RepSchneider's bill to repeal the harmful cap on SALT deductions that has subjected families in Illinois to burdensome double-taxation. Now it's time for the Senate to do the same."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 20, 2019
Tweet - "Today I'm joining @SenWhitehouse, @SenBlumenthal, @SenSanders, & @SenWarren in writing Treasury Sec. Mnuchin to express our concern over the troubling trends within the IRS's Criminal Investigation Division's Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2019. You can read our letter here:"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 20, 2019
Casten Votes to Restore State and Local Tax Deduction
Rep. Sean Casten
Dec. 20, 2019
Congress Passes Bipartisan Spending Bills With Illinois Priorities Secured By Durbin
Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 20, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury - Durbin, Senators Call On Mnuchin To Strengthen IRS Criminal Division
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 19, 2019
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Votes to Lower Federal Tax Burden on Illinois Homeowners
Rep. Robin Kelly
Dec. 19, 2019
Durbin Statement On Bipartisan Government Funding Bills
Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 19, 2019
Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act
Rep. Sean Casten
Dec. 19, 2019
Foster Votes to Provide Relief for Illinois Taxpayers through Bipartisan SALT Legislation
Rep. Bill Foster
Dec. 19, 2019
Underwood's Legislation to Reduce Taxes for Middle Class Families Passes House
Rep. Lauren Underwood
Dec. 19, 2019
Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act
Rep. Brad Schneider
Dec. 19, 2019
Tweet - "My statement on the Senate passing the bipartisan 2020 government funding bills today:"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 17, 2019
Quigley Statement on Passage of FY20 Government Funding Package
Rep. Mike Quigley
Dec. 17, 2019
Foster Statement on Vote in Favor of Appropriations Agreement
Rep. Bill Foster
Dec. 17, 2019
Congressman García's Statement on Government Funding Packages
Rep. Chuy Garcia
Dec. 17, 2019
Statement on Federal Government Spending Bills
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Dec. 17, 2019
Casten Votes to Fund the Government
Rep. Sean Casten
Dec. 17, 2019
Tweet - "There's absolutely no good reason to deny the 67,000+ military widows across the U.S. from receiving their full Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs survivor benefits. Glad to see @SenDougJones get this bill across the finish line. #WidowsTaxAxed"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 16, 2019
Peters, Stabenow Bipartisan Bill to Establish Great Lakes Fisheries Program Authorization Included in Government Funding Bill
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 16, 2019
Tweet - "More evidence that the Trump tax scam was designed to help America's largest corporations pad their pockets. Allowing corporations to avoid paying their fair share in taxes doesn't help working families who are struggling to make ends meet."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Representative Malinowski Leads Letter Urging Vote to Restore SALT Deduction
Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
Dec. 12, 2019
Congressman García's Statement on the National Defense Authorization Act
Rep. Chuy Garcia
Dec. 11, 2019
DelBene, LaHood Bill to Empower Small Business Receives Strong Industry Support
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
Dec. 11, 2019
Schneider Statement on Mark-Up of Legislation to Eliminate Salt Deduction Cap
Rep. Brad Schneider
Dec. 11, 2019
Tax Reduction for Middle Class Families Bolstered by Legislation From Underwood Overcomes Hurdle, Passes House Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Lauren Underwood
Dec. 11, 2019
Tweet - "It's hard to believe that it has been two years since Republicans in Congress gave out more than $1 trillion in tax cuts to billionaires and corporations, leaving middle class families behind without a second thought."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Feinstein, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge IRS to Reverse Decision Protecting Dark Money
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 6, 2019
Letter to the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives - Rep. Porter Leads Bipartisan Effort to Prevent Tax Increases on Families Deducting Medical Expenses
Rep. Lauren Underwood, ...
Nov. 21, 2019
Tweet - "My statement on the Senate's passage of the Continuing Resolution that will fund the federal government through December 20, 2019:"
Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 21, 2019
Durbin Statement On Senate Passage Of Continuing Resolution
Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 20, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the United States Senate, Hon. Charles E. Schumer, Minority Leader of the United States Senate, Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee, Hon. John Kennedy, Chairman on the Financial Services Subcommittee, Hon. Christopher A. Coons, Ranking Member of Financial Services Subcommittee - Feinstein, Peters, Colleagues Request Fair Labor Protections for Federal Employees in FY 2020 Appropriations Bills
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Nov. 19, 2019
Schneider Introduces Clean Energy Bill to Support Converting Waste Heat to Electricity
Rep. Brad Schneider
Nov. 18, 2019
Letter to the Hon. John Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services, the Hon. Mike Quigley, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services, the Hon. Christopher Coons, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and the Hon. Tom Graves, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government - Udall, Heinrich Urge Increase in Funding for Election Security Grants to Protect New Mexico Elections
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Nov. 18, 2019
Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Nita Lowey, Chair of the Appropriations Committee - Congressman Joe Neguse Leads Letter Requesting Full LWCF Funding in FY2020 Budget
Rep. Sean Casten, ...
Nov. 15, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Republican Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives - Sarbanes Fights to Protect Federal Funding for Maryland Transportation and Infrastructure Projects
Rep. Lauren Underwood, ...
Nov. 14, 2019
Rep. LaHood Announces $200,000 Grant Award for WIU Rural Cooperative Development
Rep. Darin LaHood
Nov. 14, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Hon. Kay Granger, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations - Duckworth, Collins Push for Federal Assistance for Communities Struggling With Stranded Nuclear Waste
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
Date
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Jan. 30, 2020
Bipartisan Bill to Repair and Update American Bridges and Create Jobs Introduced in House
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
Jan. 29, 2020
Letter to President Donald Trump - Wyden, Merkley Demand Trump Publicly Commit To Protecting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Jan. 29, 2020
Letter to Mick Mulvaney, Director of the OMB, Chad Wold, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and Karl Schultz, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard - Stabenow, Peters Lead Bipartisan Effort Urging Trump Administration to Include New Great Lakes Icebreaker in Upcoming Budget Proposal
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 27, 2020
Letter to President Donald J. Trump - Brown Leads Senate Democrats in Demanding Trump Retract Comments, Publicly Commit To Protecting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Jan. 24, 2020
Letter to Russ Vought, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Andrew Wheller, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Portman, Stabenow, Bipartisan Colleagues Request $320 Million for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in President's FY 2021 Budget Request
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 22, 2020
Duckworth, Durbin Announce $1.2 Million for Stem Education on Chicago's South Side
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Jan. 22, 2020
Duckworth, Durbin Announce $1 Million to Modernize Illinois's Infrastructure
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
Jan. 16, 2020
Following Requests from Murray, Wyden, Durbin: IRS, Treasury Expand Tax Relief for Defrauded Student Loan Borrowers
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 15, 2020
Tweet - "The IRS just announced that students receiving federal closed school and borrower defense discharges, or those resulting from settlements will no longer have to worry about it being taxed as income."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 8, 2020
Bipartisan Tech-Neutral Tax Credit to Incentivize New Clean Energy Sources, Combat Climate Change Introduced in House
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
Jan. 8, 2020
Schweikert Joins Bipartisan Tech-Neutral Tax Credit to Incentivize New Clean Energy Sources
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
Jan. 7, 2020
Underwood Secures Biodiesel Tax Credit for Illinois Farmers and Small Businessowners
Rep.Lauren Underwood
Dec. 27, 2019
Underwood Secures Funding for Local Priorities
Rep.Lauren Underwood
Dec. 20, 2019
Tweet - "Glad to see the House pass @RepSchneider's bill to repeal the harmful cap on SALT deductions that has subjected families in Illinois to burdensome double-taxation. Now it's time for the Senate to do the same."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 20, 2019
Tweet - "Today I'm joining @SenWhitehouse, @SenBlumenthal, @SenSanders, & @SenWarren in writing Treasury Sec. Mnuchin to express our concern over the troubling trends within the IRS's Criminal Investigation Division's Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2019. You can read our letter here:"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 20, 2019
Casten Votes to Restore State and Local Tax Deduction
Rep.Sean Casten
Dec. 20, 2019
Congress Passes Bipartisan Spending Bills With Illinois Priorities Secured By Durbin
Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 20, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury - Durbin, Senators Call On Mnuchin To Strengthen IRS Criminal Division
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 19, 2019
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Votes to Lower Federal Tax Burden on Illinois Homeowners
Rep.Robin Kelly
Dec. 19, 2019
Durbin Statement On Bipartisan Government Funding Bills
Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 19, 2019
Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act
Rep.Sean Casten
Dec. 19, 2019
Foster Votes to Provide Relief for Illinois Taxpayers through Bipartisan SALT Legislation
Rep.Bill Foster
Dec. 19, 2019
Underwood's Legislation to Reduce Taxes for Middle Class Families Passes House
Rep.Lauren Underwood
Dec. 19, 2019
Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act
Rep.Brad Schneider
Dec. 19, 2019
Tweet - "My statement on the Senate passing the bipartisan 2020 government funding bills today:"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 17, 2019
Quigley Statement on Passage of FY20 Government Funding Package
Rep.Mike Quigley
Dec. 17, 2019
Foster Statement on Vote in Favor of Appropriations Agreement
Rep.Bill Foster
Dec. 17, 2019
Congressman García's Statement on Government Funding Packages
Rep.Chuy Garcia
Dec. 17, 2019
Statement on Federal Government Spending Bills
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
Dec. 17, 2019
Casten Votes to Fund the Government
Rep.Sean Casten
Dec. 17, 2019
Tweet - "There's absolutely no good reason to deny the 67,000+ military widows across the U.S. from receiving their full Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs survivor benefits. Glad to see @SenDougJones get this bill across the finish line. #WidowsTaxAxed"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 16, 2019
Peters, Stabenow Bipartisan Bill to Establish Great Lakes Fisheries Program Authorization Included in Government Funding Bill
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Dec. 16, 2019
Tweet - "More evidence that the Trump tax scam was designed to help America's largest corporations pad their pockets. Allowing corporations to avoid paying their fair share in taxes doesn't help working families who are struggling to make ends meet."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 13, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Representative Malinowski Leads Letter Urging Vote to Restore SALT Deduction
Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
Dec. 12, 2019
Congressman García's Statement on the National Defense Authorization Act
Rep.Chuy Garcia
Dec. 11, 2019
DelBene, LaHood Bill to Empower Small Business Receives Strong Industry Support
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
Dec. 11, 2019
Schneider Statement on Mark-Up of Legislation to Eliminate Salt Deduction Cap
Rep.Brad Schneider
Dec. 11, 2019
Tax Reduction for Middle Class Families Bolstered by Legislation From Underwood Overcomes Hurdle, Passes House Ways and Means Committee
Rep.Lauren Underwood
Dec. 11, 2019
Tweet - "It's hard to believe that it has been two years since Republicans in Congress gave out more than $1 trillion in tax cuts to billionaires and corporations, leaving middle class families behind without a second thought."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 9, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Feinstein, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge IRS to Reverse Decision Protecting Dark Money
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Dec. 6, 2019
Letter to the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives - Rep. Porter Leads Bipartisan Effort to Prevent Tax Increases on Families Deducting Medical Expenses
Rep.Lauren Underwood, ...
Nov. 21, 2019
Tweet - "My statement on the Senate's passage of the Continuing Resolution that will fund the federal government through December 20, 2019:"
Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 21, 2019
Durbin Statement On Senate Passage Of Continuing Resolution
Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 20, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the United States Senate, Hon. Charles E. Schumer, Minority Leader of the United States Senate, Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee, Hon. John Kennedy, Chairman on the Financial Services Subcommittee, Hon. Christopher A. Coons, Ranking Member of Financial Services Subcommittee - Feinstein, Peters, Colleagues Request Fair Labor Protections for Federal Employees in FY 2020 Appropriations Bills
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Nov. 19, 2019
Schneider Introduces Clean Energy Bill to Support Converting Waste Heat to Electricity
Rep.Brad Schneider
Nov. 18, 2019
Letter to the Hon. John Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services, the Hon. Mike Quigley, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services, the Hon. Christopher Coons, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and the Hon. Tom Graves, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government - Udall, Heinrich Urge Increase in Funding for Election Security Grants to Protect New Mexico Elections
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
Nov. 18, 2019
Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Nita Lowey, Chair of the Appropriations Committee - Congressman Joe Neguse Leads Letter Requesting Full LWCF Funding in FY2020 Budget
Rep.Sean Casten, ...
Nov. 15, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Republican Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives - Sarbanes Fights to Protect Federal Funding for Maryland Transportation and Infrastructure Projects
Rep.Lauren Underwood, ...
Nov. 14, 2019
Rep. LaHood Announces $200,000 Grant Award for WIU Rural Cooperative Development
Rep.Darin LaHood
Nov. 14, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Hon. Kay Granger, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations - Duckworth, Collins Push for Federal Assistance for Communities Struggling With Stranded Nuclear Waste
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
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