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July 12, 2017
Bustos, LaHood Successfully Advocate for Peoria Agriculture Lab Appropriations Funding
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
July 7, 2017
Hearing of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee - Opening Statement of Rep.Quigley, Markup on 2018 Financial Services & General Government Appropriations Bill
Rep. Mike Quigley
July 7, 2017
Durbin Statement On Illinois Passing Budget For The First Time In Three Years
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 5, 2017
Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $3 Million In Federal Funding For Firefighter Resources
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 5, 2017
Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $14 Million In Federal Funding For HIV Treatment In Chicago
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 29, 2017
Hearing of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Mike Quigley, Markup on Appropriations Bill
Rep. Mike Quigley
June 27, 2017
Durbin Calls On Republicans To Drop Repeal, Join Democrats In Improving Health Care
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 26, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, the Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Defense Spending and Trump's Misguided Southern Border Wall
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 22, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader, the Hon. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member - No Poison Pill Riders on FY2-18 Appropriations Bills
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
June 22, 2017
Letter to Chairman Cochran, Ranking Member Leahy, Chairman Boozman and Ranking Member Tester - Decrease Funding for President Trump's Deportation Force
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 21, 2017
Hearing of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee of the House Financial Service Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Mike Quigley, Hearing on the Questioning of Mick Mulvaney Regarding Trump's Budget Proposal
Rep. Mike Quigley
June 21, 2017
Letter to Governor Rauner, President Cullerton, Leader Radogno, Speaker Madigan, and Leader Durkin - Many Words on a Very Important Topic
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 19, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Urging the President to Scrap Plans to Close Peoria Ag Lab
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
June 15, 2017
Curbelo, Davis Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Permanently Extend Tax Preparation Services for Low-Income Americans
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
June 14, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services and Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Cms Announces Complex Rehab Technology Change in Response to Congressional Letter
Rep. Mike Bost, ...
June 13, 2017
Lawson Introduces Bill to Extend the Life of Social Security
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
June 12, 2017
Hearing of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Quigley, Hearing on Department of Treasury 2018 Budget Request
Rep. Mike Quigley
June 12, 2017
Curbelo, Davis Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Help Needy Americans Find Work
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
June 9, 2017
Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Proposed International Affairs Programs Cuts
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 7, 2017
Duckworth Speaks At Rally Against Trump's Devastating Cuts to Medicaid
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Ken Calvert, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agences and the Hon. Betty McCollum, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Funding for US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
June 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy - Asking for More Information on the Number of Jobs Eliminated at Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi Accelerator Laboratory if the Trump Administration's Budget were Enacted
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 5, 2017
Letter to Chairman Frelinghuysen, Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member Lowey, and Ranking Member Bishop - Funding for the USDA Agricultural Research Service Building and Facilities
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 1, 2017
Duckworth, Durbin Announce Over $15 Million in Federal Funding for Illinois AmeriCorps Programs
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 1, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Greg Walden, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee - Request for Hearing on Trump Budget
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 1, 2017
Raja Leads Career And Technical Education Summit With Local Leaders As House Prepares To Vote On Thompson-Krishnamoorthi Act
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
May 30, 2017
Letter to Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Ranking Member Patty Murray - Restore Medicare Program Eliminated in Trump's Budget
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 30, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Chairman Frelinghuysen, Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member Lowey, and Ranking Member Bishop - Many Words on a Very Important Topic
Rep. Darin LaHood, ...
May 30, 2017
Letter to President Donald Trump - Concerns over Cuts to Rural Development
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 30, 2017
Schakowsky visits facilities threatened by the Trump Budget
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
May 24, 2017
Lipinski, Quigley, Durbin, and Duckworth Announce $20 Million in Federal Funding for Metra for Safety Technology
Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
May 23, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy - Calling for Restoration of Full ARPA-E Grant Funding by Department of Energy
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
May 23, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Roy Blunt, Chairman of the L-HHS-ED Subcommittee on Appropriations, the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Continue Funding for Federal Impact Aid Program
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 23, 2017
Durbin Statement On President Trump's Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 23, 2017
Schakowsky Statement on President Trump's FY18 budget proposal
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
May 23, 2017
Statement on President Trump's Budget Request
Rep. Brad Schneider
May 23, 2017
Foster Statement on President Trump's FY2018 Budget Request
Rep. Bill Foster
May 23, 2017
Quigley Statement on the Trump Budget
Rep. Mike Quigley
May 23, 2017
This budget can be summed up in one word: awful
Rep. Robin Kelly
May 22, 2017
Schakowsky statement on President Trump's budget of broken promises
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
May 19, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Douglas Lamont, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army and to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Include Funding for McCook Resevoir in 2017 Army Corp Work Plan
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 18, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science, and the Hon. Jeanne Shaheen, Vice Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science - Investment in Community Policing
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 17, 2017
Letter to Chairman Shelby and Ranking Member Shaheen - Do Not Hurt Workforce by Cutting NASA Education Funding
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 17, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Roy Blunt and Patty Murray, Chairman and Ranking Member of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, and the Honorable Thad Cochran and Patrick Leahy, Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee - Increase Funding to Combat Opioid Epidemic
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 16, 2017
Letter to President Donald Trump - Drop Damaging Proposed Cuts, Workforce Reductions at HHS
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 16, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the office of Managament and Budget - Urging Administration to Maintain Anti-Drug-Funding
Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
May 16, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy - We Expect No Less Than Full Compliance With The Law
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 15, 2017
Kelly, Chabot Introduce Legislation to Protect Girls' Access to Education
Rep. Robin Kelly
May 15, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and Tom Udall, Chairman and Ranking Member of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies - Support for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and Forest Legacy Program
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 11, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, the Hon. Alexander Acosta, and the Hon. Wilbur Ross, Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor, and Commerce, Respectively - Calling on Trump Administration to Protect Worker and Retiree Pensions
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
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July 12, 2017
Bustos, LaHood Successfully Advocate for Peoria Agriculture Lab Appropriations Funding
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
July 7, 2017
Hearing of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee - Opening Statement of Rep.Quigley, Markup on 2018 Financial Services & General Government Appropriations Bill
Rep.Mike Quigley
July 7, 2017
Durbin Statement On Illinois Passing Budget For The First Time In Three Years
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 5, 2017
Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $3 Million In Federal Funding For Firefighter Resources
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 5, 2017
Durbin, Duckworth Announce More Than $14 Million In Federal Funding For HIV Treatment In Chicago
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 29, 2017
Hearing of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Mike Quigley, Markup on Appropriations Bill
Rep.Mike Quigley
June 27, 2017
Durbin Calls On Republicans To Drop Repeal, Join Democrats In Improving Health Care
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 26, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, the Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Defense Spending and Trump's Misguided Southern Border Wall
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 22, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader, the Hon. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, the Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member - No Poison Pill Riders on FY2-18 Appropriations Bills
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
June 22, 2017
Letter to Chairman Cochran, Ranking Member Leahy, Chairman Boozman and Ranking Member Tester - Decrease Funding for President Trump's Deportation Force
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 21, 2017
Hearing of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee of the House Financial Service Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Mike Quigley, Hearing on the Questioning of Mick Mulvaney Regarding Trump's Budget Proposal
Rep.Mike Quigley
June 21, 2017
Letter to Governor Rauner, President Cullerton, Leader Radogno, Speaker Madigan, and Leader Durkin - Many Words on a Very Important Topic
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 19, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Urging the President to Scrap Plans to Close Peoria Ag Lab
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
June 15, 2017
Curbelo, Davis Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Permanently Extend Tax Preparation Services for Low-Income Americans
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
June 14, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services and Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Cms Announces Complex Rehab Technology Change in Response to Congressional Letter
Rep.Mike Bost, ...
June 13, 2017
Lawson Introduces Bill to Extend the Life of Social Security
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
June 12, 2017
Hearing of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Quigley, Hearing on Department of Treasury 2018 Budget Request
Rep.Mike Quigley
June 12, 2017
Curbelo, Davis Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Help Needy Americans Find Work
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
June 9, 2017
Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Proposed International Affairs Programs Cuts
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 7, 2017
Duckworth Speaks At Rally Against Trump's Devastating Cuts to Medicaid
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Ken Calvert, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agences and the Hon. Betty McCollum, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Funding for US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
June 6, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy - Asking for More Information on the Number of Jobs Eliminated at Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi Accelerator Laboratory if the Trump Administration's Budget were Enacted
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 5, 2017
Letter to Chairman Frelinghuysen, Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member Lowey, and Ranking Member Bishop - Funding for the USDA Agricultural Research Service Building and Facilities
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 1, 2017
Duckworth, Durbin Announce Over $15 Million in Federal Funding for Illinois AmeriCorps Programs
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 1, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Greg Walden, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee - Request for Hearing on Trump Budget
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 1, 2017
Raja Leads Career And Technical Education Summit With Local Leaders As House Prepares To Vote On Thompson-Krishnamoorthi Act
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi
May 30, 2017
Letter to Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Ranking Member Patty Murray - Restore Medicare Program Eliminated in Trump's Budget
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 30, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Chairman Frelinghuysen, Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member Lowey, and Ranking Member Bishop - Many Words on a Very Important Topic
Rep.Darin LaHood, ...
May 30, 2017
Letter to President Donald Trump - Concerns over Cuts to Rural Development
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 30, 2017
Schakowsky visits facilities threatened by the Trump Budget
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
May 24, 2017
Lipinski, Quigley, Durbin, and Duckworth Announce $20 Million in Federal Funding for Metra for Safety Technology
Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
May 23, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy - Calling for Restoration of Full ARPA-E Grant Funding by Department of Energy
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
May 23, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Roy Blunt, Chairman of the L-HHS-ED Subcommittee on Appropriations, the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Continue Funding for Federal Impact Aid Program
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 23, 2017
Durbin Statement On President Trump's Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 23, 2017
Schakowsky Statement on President Trump's FY18 budget proposal
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
May 23, 2017
Statement on President Trump's Budget Request
Rep.Brad Schneider
May 23, 2017
Foster Statement on President Trump's FY2018 Budget Request
Rep.Bill Foster
May 23, 2017
Quigley Statement on the Trump Budget
Rep.Mike Quigley
May 23, 2017
This budget can be summed up in one word: awful
Rep.Robin Kelly
May 22, 2017
Schakowsky statement on President Trump's budget of broken promises
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
May 19, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Douglas Lamont, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army and to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Include Funding for McCook Resevoir in 2017 Army Corp Work Plan
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 18, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science, and the Hon. Jeanne Shaheen, Vice Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science - Investment in Community Policing
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 17, 2017
Letter to Chairman Shelby and Ranking Member Shaheen - Do Not Hurt Workforce by Cutting NASA Education Funding
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 17, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Roy Blunt and Patty Murray, Chairman and Ranking Member of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, and the Honorable Thad Cochran and Patrick Leahy, Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee - Increase Funding to Combat Opioid Epidemic
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 16, 2017
Letter to President Donald Trump - Drop Damaging Proposed Cuts, Workforce Reductions at HHS
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 16, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the office of Managament and Budget - Urging Administration to Maintain Anti-Drug-Funding
Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
May 16, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy - We Expect No Less Than Full Compliance With The Law
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 15, 2017
Kelly, Chabot Introduce Legislation to Protect Girls' Access to Education
Rep.Robin Kelly
May 15, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and Tom Udall, Chairman and Ranking Member of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies - Support for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and Forest Legacy Program
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 11, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, the Hon. Alexander Acosta, and the Hon. Wilbur Ross, Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor, and Commerce, Respectively - Calling on Trump Administration to Protect Worker and Retiree Pensions
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
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