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Congressional Dems tout clean energy
Report says doing nothing on climate change over next 50 years would cost 227,000 lives in Illinois alone
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Ted CoxClimate Change, Global Warming, Clean Energy, Sean Casten, Jan Schakowsky, Paris Climate Agreement, Howard Learner, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Bill Foster, Robin Kelly, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Mitch McConnell
Dems take pot shots at GOP COVID relief
Durbin decries abortion restrictions, Garcia says fighter jets ‘don’t help families pay their bills,’ Duckworth lobbies for HEROES Act
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Ted CoxHeroes Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Foster, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Robert Reich
Police protests exploited by looters
Chicago locks down Loop, Aurora joins in overnight curfew; Pritzker clashes on call with Trump
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Ted CoxLori Lightfoot, J.B. Pritzker, George Floyd, Police Protests, Protest Looting, Donald Trump, Bill Foster, David Brown, Juliana Stratton, Kim Foxx, Colleen Connell, ACLU of Illinois, Chicago Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19
League of Women Voters marks century at its birthplace
Group endorses ERA drive, delivers belated celebration of Ida B. Wells
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Ted CoxLeague of Women Voters of Illinois, League of Women Voters, Ida B. Wells, Kwame Raoul, Bill Foster, Toni Preckwinkle, Robin Kelly, Sean Casten, Allyson Haut, Carrie Chapman Catt, Equal Rights Amendment, Juliana Stratton, Tammy Duckworth, 2020 U.S. Census, Michelle Duster
To 500 and beyond: End-of-summer review
Farmers said, ‘Enough,’ the drumbeat for impeachment pounded, bills were signed into law, and Scabby the Rat faced off against Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, J.B. Pritzker, Scabby the Rat, Vose's Korndogs, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Farmers, USDA, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Capital Bill, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Minimum Teacher Salary, Illinois Education Funding, Paraeducators, Ameya Pawar, Universal Basic Income, Jan Schakowsky, Sean Casten, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Bill Foster, Bill Brady, Better Government Association, BGA, EPA
Foster joins calls for impeachment probe
Naperville congressman says constituents are concerned Trump is out to ‘enrich himself’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Bill Foster, Trump Impeachment, Lynn Sweet, Lawrence O'Donnell, Deutsche Bank, Robert Mueller, Cheri Bustos, Dan Lipinski, Nancy Pelosi, Trump Doral, Trump Obstruction
League of Women Voters demands equal pay
Laurel Bellows, in keynote speech, says, ‘We are at the point when we must fight’
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Ted CoxLeague of Women Voters., League of Women Voters of Illinois, Audra Wilson, Laurel Bellows, American Bar Association, Pay Inequity, Equal Pay, U.S. Sex Pay Gap, U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, U.S. Women's Olympic Hockey Team, Lauren Underwood, Jan Schakowsky, J.B. Pritzker, Bill Foster, David Welter, Barb Yong, Equal Pay Day Chicago
Congressional Dems renew call for revised EtO standards
Letter to EPA head says agency is ‘taking too long’
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Ted CoxEthylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, EPA, Andrew Wheeler, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Sean Casten, Bill Foster, Brad Schneider, Dan Lipinski, IEPA, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Durkin
Dems ask EPA to inspect Lake County EtO firms
Members of Congress call for testing at Medline, Vantage
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Ted CoxEPA, IEPA, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Stop EtO, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Andrew Wheeler, Cathy Stepp, Donald Trump, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Lauren Underwood, Sean Casten, Bill Foster, Brad Schneider, Dan Lipinski
Congressional Dems demand Lake County EtO tests
Sens. Duckworth, Durbin, five reps. call for federal action as the EPA stands idly by
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Ted CoxEPA, IEPA, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Lauren Underwood, Sean Casten, Bill Foster, Brad Schneider, Dan Lipinski, EtO Emissions, Stop EtO, Stop Sterigenics, Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Lisa Madigan
Duckworth leads calls for release of 'complete' Mueller report
Reps. Garcia, Foster join attack on Atty. Gen. Barr’s ‘shameless spin’
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Ted CoxTammy Duckworth, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Bill Foster, Mike Quigley, Mike Bost, Rodney Davis, Darin LaHood, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Mueller Probe, Mueller Report, Donald Trump
Hold EPA accountable for EtO, say congressional Dems
Durbin, Duckworth, Schneider, Foster lead bicameral effort to tell Trump EPA to ‘stop sitting on its hands’
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Ted CoxSterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Brad Schneider, Bill Foster, Sean Casten, Dan Lipinski, EPA, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals
Congressional Dems meet with Sterigenics heads
But Sterigenics made few if any concessions on ethylene oxide, according to Sen. Durbin
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Ted CoxDick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Michael Petras, Phil MacNabb, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Sotera Health, Ethylene Oxide, Bill Foster, Brad Schneider, Sean Casten, Dan Lipinski, EPA, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Neringa Zymancius
'End shutdown, furlough Trump': New video!
Members of Congress lead rally with government workers idled or going without pay during shutdown
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Jan Schakowsky, Danny Davis, Sean Casten, Robin Kelly, Bill Foster, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Don Villar, Chicago Federation of Labor, Michael Mikulka, EPA, USDA, Florence Cannon, Pete Rosa, Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, Lauren Underwood
Ill. reps. display surprising support for Trump
But that might be changing, as two of the president’s strongest backers lost in the midterms
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Peter Roskam, Randy Hultgren, Rodney Davis, Mike Bost, Mike Quigley, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Sean Casten, Lauren Underwood, Adam Kinzinger, John Shimkus, Darin LaHood, Brad Schneider, Danny Davis, Bobby Rush, Robin Kelly, Luis Gutierrez, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Bill Foster, Jan Schakowsky, Cheri Bustos, FiveThirtyEight.com, Nate Silver, Trump Support, Trump Congress
Congressional Dems demand new EtO limits
Sens. Durbin, Duckworth lead sponsors of bill calling for lower legal standards on ethylene oxide
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Bruce Rauner, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Brad Schneider, Bill Foster, Dan Lipinski, Andrew Wheeler, EPA, IEPA, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals
Congressional Democrats press EPA on EtO
Durbin, Duckworth, Foster, Schneider meet EPA head, demand action on ethylene oxide cancer scare
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Bill Foster, Brad Schneider, Andrew Wheeler, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, EPA, IEPA
Senators seek EPA probe on Sterigenics
Durbin, Duckworth, Congressman Foster ask inspector general to investigate apparent cover-up
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