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Posts tagged Lauren Underwood
Sic transit annus horribilis
It was a very dark year, but not without glimmers of hope for the future
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Ted Cox2020 Year in Review, Annus Horribilis, Lorado Taft, Graceland Cemetery, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump Impeachment, Kamala Harris, Lauren Underwood, Jim Oberweis, Sean Casten, Jeanne Ives, Dick Durbin, Illinois Teacher Shortage, IDES, Illinois Insulin, Women's March Chicago, Rod Blagojevich, Michael Madigan, ComEd Bribery, Fair Tax Amendment, Thomas Kilbride, Michael Frerichs, George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, Anna IL, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Recreational Marijuana, Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis Revenue, Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis, Angela Jackson, John Prine, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amy Coney Barrett, Bruno the Bear, U.S. Census, COVID-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19 Vaccine
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
Immigrant groups tout election triumphs
Rep. Villa replaces Oberweis in state Senate; Avelar first former undocumented immigrant to be seated in General Assembly
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Ted CoxICIRR, ICIRR Action, Lawrence Benito, Kim Foxx, Karina Villa, Jim Oberweis, Dagmara Avelar, Black Lives Matter, ICE, Won Joon Kevin Lee, HANA Center, Javier Cruz, Lauren Underwood, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, DACA
Underwood tops Oberweis
Congresswoman wins second term after state senator claimed victory
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Ted Cox2020 Election, Illinois Congressional Delegation, Lauren Underwood, Jim Oberweis, Travis Akin, Rodney Davis, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Sean Casten, Jeanne Ives, John Shimkus, Mary Miller, Erika Weaver
12M idled workers lost health insurance: study
Rep. Underwood leads Illinois congressional delegation in calling for insurers to reinvest pandemic profits
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Economic Policy Institute, Health Insurance, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, U.S. Unemployment, COVID Unemployment, Single Payer, Dick Durbin, Jan Schakowsky, Lauren Underwood, Humana, Cigna, Cheri Bustos, Robin Kelly, Danny Davis, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia
If you don't hear the dog whistle, dogs do
Trib columnist’s anti-Semitism is deliberate and intentional, just like Trump’s racism
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Ted CoxDog Whistles, Anti-Semitism, Donald Trump, John Kass, Steve Chapman, Mike Royko, George Soros, Invisible Hand, Law and Order, Kim Foxx, Aviya Kushner, Chicago Tribune Guild, Matt Martin, Social Justice Warriors, Richard Nixon, George Wallace, Ronald Reagan, War on Drugs, Welfare Queens, Silent Majority, Jane Byrne, Harold Washington, Gary Rivlin, Lori Lightfoot, Lauren Underwood, Sean Casten, Bruce Rauner, Racist Politics, Trump Racist, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
Who's vulnerable?
Impeachment passes House, with freshman Dems doing what they were elected to do: rein in Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Impeachment, John Shimkus, Sean Casten, Peter Roskam, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight.com, Cheri Bustos, Jeanne Ives, Better Government Association, BGA, Lauren Underwood, Rodney Davis, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Mike Bost, Mitch McConnell
The Gini is out of the bottle
It’s time to take advanced metrics and apply them to economic issues that actually matter to working families
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Ted CoxEconomic Statistics, Gini Index, Advanced Metrics, Sabermetrics, Bill James, Corrado Gini, Unemployment Rate, Stock Index, NYSE, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Donald Trump, U.S. Census Bureau, Lauren Underwood, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Danny Davis, U.S. Gini Index, Illinois Gini Index, Allen Sanderson
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
Raja joins Underwood, Schneider on impeachment
Schneider cites ‘relentless stonewalling by the Trump administration’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Sean Casten, Jerry Nadler, Trump Impeachment, Trump Obstruction, Robert Mueller, Justin Amash, Bobby Rush
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
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
Bustos urges U.S. reps. to 'stay local'
Head of powerful Dem campaign committee presses issues over impeachment and ‘making sure we do more town halls than tweets’
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Ted CoxCheri Bustos, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Illinois Health Care, Illinois Infrastructure, Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, City Club of Chicago, Lauren Underwood, Sean Casten, Rural Broadband, William Barr
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
Congressional Dems call for EtO alternatives
Illinois State Medical Society also backs other, safer methods of sterilization
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Ted CoxTammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Dan Lipinski, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, FDA, IEPA, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Illinois State Medical Society
'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
Saving House and homes, but not Republicans
Dan Proft’s stealth campaign touting property-tax opponents won seven races but lost 12, including GOP House floor leader Peter Breen
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Ted CoxMichael Madigan, Dan Proft, Bruce Rauner, Terra Costa Howard, Liberty Principles, Richard Uihlein, Donald Trump, Peter Breen, Randy Hultgren, Lauren Underwood, Peter Roskam, Breitbart, Local Government Information Services
Go vote! It ain't illegal yet
Illinoisans to elect governor, legislators and help determine makeup of Congress
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Peter Roskam, Sean Casten, Rodney Davis, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Randy Hultgren, Lauren Underwood, Mike Bost, Brendan Kelly, Judicial Retention, Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening
Trump spreads lies on stump for Bost, Republicans
President, congressman lie about tax cuts and about opponent Brendan Kelly
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Mike Bost, Brendan Kelly, Randy Hultgren, Rodney Davis, Lauren Underwood, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Illinois Working Families, Health Care, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, Tax Cuts, Trump Lies, Nancy Pelosi, Orrin Hatch, First Amendment, Sierra Club, Sierra Club Beyond Coal, CNN, Muslim Ban
