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Posts tagged Tammy Duckworth
Betrayed farmers lobby EPA for ethanol
IFB VP decries ‘classic bait and switch,’ says, ‘The rules have changed and now rural America is losing’
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Ted CoxIllinois Farm Bureau, EPA, Ethanol Waivers, Illinois Ethanol, Donald Trump, Renewable Fuel Standard, Brian Duncan, Sonny Perdue, USDA, Tammy Duckworth, Rodney Davis, Adam Nielsen
Duckworth, Kinzinger tear at Turkey
Republican congressman questions NATO ally; Democratic senator calls on Trump ‘to fix this crisis that he created’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Adam Kinzinger, Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Syria Withdrawal, ISIS, Islamic State, Kurds, Bashar al-Assad, Vladimir Putin, Ali Khamenei, David Cicilline, Lindsey Graham
Raja warns of rapid Trump impeachment
Congress may have to halt ‘an ongoing scheme which involves compromising our national security’
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Cook County, immigrant group sue Trump
‘Public charge’ rule would increase costs of health care, say Preckwinkle, Foxx
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Toni Preckwinkle, Kim Foxx, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, ICIRR, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Obamacare, Carrie Chapman, Legal Council for Health Justice, Kate Walz
Lobbying farmers searching for a 'win'
Leaders to Washington group gets little good news in D.C. on trade, ethanol waivers
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Adam Kinzinger, Leaders to Washington, Illinois Farm Bureau, Trump Trade War, Illinois Ethanol, Ethanol Waivers, Tammy Duckworth, Nancy Pelosi, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Corn, Dan Basse, Julie Newhouse, Sonny Perdue, Robert Benson, Matthew Herberling
Duckworth bolsters Hennepin ethanol plant
Like irate farmers, senator takes issue with waivers granted to large refineries as ‘a free pass to friends’ of President Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Tammy Duckworth, Marquis Energy, Illinois Biofuels, Illinois Ethanol, Sonny Perdue, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Corn Growers, Illinois Soybean Growers
Paraeducators seek recognition with teachers
Elgin’s Tina Pizzitola decries ‘ignorance of who we are and what we do’
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Ted CoxParaeducators, Illinois Teachers, Illinois Education Association, National Education Association, Tina Pizzitola, Sara Moeller, Elgin U-46 School District, Paulette Rogers Gumbus, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Mitch McConnell
Firebrand Walsh challenges Trump
Controversial former congressman calls president ‘unfit’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Joe Walsh, 2020 Presidential Election, Tea Party, Tammy Duckworth, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, Anthony Scaramucci, Bill Weld, Mark Sanford, 2020 Republican Primaries
AG Raoul files suit against Trump immigration change
Duckworth, Garcia join in criticizing ‘heartless’ new rules
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Kwame Raoul, Tammy Duckworth, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, U.S. Immigration, Department of Homeland Security, "Public Charge" Rule, Emma Lazurus, Statue of Liberty, Urban Institute, Ken Cuccinelli, National Public Radio
Pritzker, Pelosi put emphasis on values
U.S. House speaker commits to working ‘for the people’ at annual Dems’ rally
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Democratic County Chairs' Association, Abraham Lincoln, Mitch McConnell, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Kristina Zahorik, 2020 Presidential Election
Duckworth: Lake County slighted on EtO
Senator says low-income ‘communities of color’ bear brunt of carcinogenic pollution
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Ted CoxStop EtO, Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Tammy Duckworth, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Clean Power Lake County, Sierra Clubs Woods & Wetlands Group, Faith in Place, Tea Tanaka, EPA, Dick Durbin, Donald Trump, Barack Obama
Duckworth touts infrastructure, education for nat'l security
‘It’s not either/or, it’s both/and,’ says senator
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Ted CoxU.S. National Security, U.S. Infrastructure, U.S. Education, U.S. Health Care, City Club of Chicago, Tammy Duckworth, Donald Trump, American Society of Civil Engineers, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Gun Control, G.I. Bill
Salary history out in hiring process
Pritzker signs bill into law expected to address pay inequity between sexes
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Equal Pay, U.S. Sex Pay Gap, Pay Inequity, U.S. Soccer Federation, U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, Anna Moeller, Cristina Castro, Wendy Pollack, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin
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
Women's soccer supporters back call for equal pay
‘They’re the best in the world, but the next step is to pay them like it’
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Ted CoxU.S. Women's National Soccer Team, U.S. Soccer Federation, U.S. Sex Pay Gap, Susan Hildebrand, Maria Tchijov, MoveOn, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Greta Lindall, Skinner North Classical School, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Cherita Ellens, Women Employed
Duckworth, Durbin salute women's soccer team, back equal pay
Protest set next week outside U.S. Soccer Federation in Chicago
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Ted CoxTammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Emily Sonnett, Christen Press, U.S. Soccer Federation, Equal Pay, Women's World Cup, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders, MoveOn
Duckworth, Garcia commit to immigrants
Senator calls Trump border policies ‘inhumane’ and ‘systematically cruel’
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Bustos, Duckworth, Durbin seal deal on Amtrak
Feds extend deadline on $177M grant for service between Quad Cities, Chicago
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Ted CoxAmtrak, Quad City Rocket, Amtrak Chicago-Quad Cities, Amtrak Chicago-Moline, Federal Railroad Administration, IDOT, Iowa Interstate Railroad, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Cheri Bustos, Ronald Batory, Barack Obama, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Capital Bill, Illinois Infrastructure
Duckworth gets U.S. commitments on Amtrak
Trump administration endorses better on-time performance, Chicago-Quad Cities line
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Ted CoxTammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Amtrak, Amtrak Chicago-Quad Cities, Amtrak Saluki Line, Federal Railroad Administration, Ronald Batory, IDOT, Iowa Interstate Railroad, Barack Obama, Bruce Rauner, Cheri Bustos, J.B. Pritzker
Farm flooding ripples across economy
Seeds, silos, semi drivers also see losses as farmers throw up hands
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Ted CoxIllinois Corn, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Soybean Growers, Donald Trump, USDA, USDA Crop Progress, Illinois Farm Bureau, Lynn Rohrscheib, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, J.B. Pritzker, FEMA
