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A windfall for airports could mean a loss to Illinois municipalities as legislators determine the fate of millions of dollars in jet fuel taxes. At issue is how the General Assembly will divvy up about $20 million a year in aviation fuel taxes and how the jackpot can be used.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, a Democratic party leader on efforts to overhaul the nation's immigration laws, announced Tuesday he won't seek re-election next year after 13 terms. "This is my time to move on," the congressman said at a Chicago news conference.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), one of the most vocal immigration reform advocates in the House, reportedly won't run for reelection. Three Democratic sources told Politico that Gutierrez plans to announce Tuesday that he's pulling his nominating petitions for the seat.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Confronting Puerto Rico's devastation nearly two weeks after Hurricane Maria, President Donald Trump highlighted the island's relatively low death toll compared with "a real catastrophe like Katrina" as he opened a tour of the island Tuesday by focusing on the best of the reviews he and his administration are getting for the ... (more)
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson, was arrested in New York Tuesday afternoon on a charge of civil disobedience while leading a protest against President Trump's immigration policies with two other members of Congress. The Associated Press reported Grijalva was arrested, along with Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y. and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., after they and the protesters sat in the middle of Fifth Avenue, in front of Trump Tower, and refused to move.
U.S. Reps Raul Grijalva, of Arizona; Luis Gutierrez, of Illinois; and Adriano Espaillat, of New York, were among a small group of demonstrators who sat down in the street on Fifth Avenue Tuesday afternoon and refused to move. President Donald Trump delivered an address at the United Nations earlier Tuesday.
Democratic lawmakers shut out of governance for much of this year now find themselves at the center of high-stakes negotiations with President Donald Trump that could achieve a prize they have sought for nearly a decade: permanent legal status for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants. For a small but vocal contingent of Democrats, these talks are fraught with peril, largely because of their total distrust of a man who began his presidential campaign two years ago describing Mexican immigrants as rapists.
So Paul Ryan's pal, Gutierrez, has a plan ! In an emotional press conference with progressive and immigrant activists, Rep. Luis Gutierrez said Democratic House leaders have told him they will support stopping the government to protect 800,000 people whose status has been in limbo since the Trump administration announced it will suspend Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in six months.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez lashed out at White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly for his role in ending protections for children brought to the U.S. illegally.
U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez addresses delegates during the second session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 5, 2012. Rep. Luis Gutierrez was arrested outside the White House on Tuesday during a rally demonstrating support for the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Amnesty-loving Rep. Luis Gutierrez delivered a fiery speech Saturday at Chicago's Lincoln United Methodist Church where he promised that Democrats would "eliminate" President Trump after they reclaim the majority. The Lincoln United Methodist Church is a sanctuary church and according to Gutierrez's website , he "spoke to a packed house about the need to defend DACA and other forms of legal immigration status that are under attack from Republicans and Donald Trump."
Rep. Luis Gutierrez denounced President Donald Trump on Saturday as a "major criminal" who must be peacefully "eliminated" and brought to his knees after Democrats take back the House of Representatives and begin the impeachment process. Fuming and furious at the thought that Trump could end former President Barack Obama's executive amnesties and impact 1.2 million who did not have "papers," Gutierrez tore into Trump at Chicago's Lincoln United Methodist Church, vowing to "resist" Trump non-violently with "everything possible."
President Donald Trump's top immigration official warned Hispanic members of Congress Wednesday that more than a million people living in the United States under a special protected status could soon be placed in line for deportation. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus that the fate of deferred action program known as DACA - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - will likely be determined by the courts, perhaps as soon as September, and that attorneys he's consulted with do not think the program is legally sustainable.
Brianna Keilar brought up Speaker Paul Ryan 's "he's new to this" defense of the president, and David Urban --who worked on Trump's campaign--dismissed that and said the big question here is why Comey wasn't more forthright if he thought what Trump was saying was inappropriate. Congressman Luis Gutierrez said the fact that Trump asked others to leave the room shows he knew what he was doing, and when Urban pushed back he said, "I know a con artist when I see one."
U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez has ended a sit-in at a federal immigration office in Chicago where about a dozen activists demanded no future raids and reconsideration on a deportation case. Gutierrez and others stayed several hours beyond Monday's scheduled meeting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez is leading a sit-in at a federal immigration office in Chicago, saying he and other activists won't leave until demands are met. Among other things, the Illinois Democrat is asking immigration officials not to conduct raids and reverse a years-old deportation decision on a Mexican immigrant in the country without legal permission.
Recently, the Chicago City Council named a street in honor of Oscar Lopez-Rivera , the founder of the notorious terrorist group FALN. In President Obama's waning days in office, he commuted his sentence .
Supporters hold up a sign during a press conference to welcome home Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera on the day he returned to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Rivera unexpectedly returned to the island on Thursday to serve the remainder of a sentence commuted by outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama, according to the San Juan mayor's office.
At least 31 Democratic members of Congress have announced they will skip Donald Trump's Friday inauguration. While some made their decision in previous weeks, several more have now come forward, citing the president-elect's perceived insult of Rep. John Lewis as the final straw.