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The Illinois tollway has hired a number of politically connected Republicans to work at the agency in important positions. While that is troubling to some government watchdogs who say they're concerned about favoritism, tollway officials say the agency is staffed with well-qualfied professionals.
Then-U.S. Sen.-elect. Tammy Duckworth greets commuters outside the Millennium Park Metra Station in Chicago on Nov. 9, 2016, the day after she defeated Republican Mark Kirk.
Born in Centralia, Illinois in 1937, Burris attended Southern Illinois University and then got a law degree from Howard. Burris was a successful man, as his ridiculously braggart grave suggests.
A long time ago, in a galaxy not all that far away, the opposition party in Congress killed a White House-hatched health care plan. The president was Bill Clinton, although the complex blueprint was midwifed by first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, as she liked to be called.
Sen. John McCain's treatment for brain cancer could keep him out of Washington for weeks, perhaps months, and yet it's unlikely anyone will challenge his extended leave. Congress has a long tradition in which no one questions ailing lawmakers taking time to recover.
Vice President Joe Biden has sworn in Tammy Duckworth as Illinois' new U.S. senator at a ceremony in Washington. Duckworth's press secretary, Sean Savett, says U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois escorted Duckworth to the Tuesday afternoon ceremony.
At 12:01 today, a few dozen men and women will become former congressmen and former senators. If you know how Washington works, you know that "former lawmaker" can safely be translated as "lobbyist."
With Illinois Senator Dick Durbin calling for a National Intelligence Estimate on the subject, most - but not all - members of the Wabash Valley Congressional delegation support investigations by Congress and the Obama Administration into possible Russian intervention in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Durbin is among nine Democratic senators who this week called on James Clapper, director of national intelligence, to provide an authoritative assessment of the collective judgment of the nation's 16 intelligence agencies into allegations Russia intervened in the election, possibly to assist Donald Trump, and publication of an unclassified summary of key judgments by Jan. 20, 2017.
Vestnik Kavkaza Nov 24 2016 Can Trump help to liberate Karabakh? Nov 24 - 4:30 pm The election of Donald Trump may assist Azerbaijan in the de-occupation of the Nagorno-Karabakh, the former Director of Governmental Relations and Public Affairs for the American Jewish Committee, based in Los Angeles, political observer Jason Katz, wrote in his article 'Trump and Armenia's Occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh', published in The American Thinker. The author recalled that during the election, Armenian-American organizations waged a spiteful campaign against Trump, with continuous online attacks and the copious spread of misinformation.
In this June 9, 2014, file photo, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk R-Ill., speaks in his office in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune has endorsed Democrat Tammy Duckworth D-Ill.
As fall brings cooler temperatures to Central Illinois, one of the things to keep in mind is natural gas safety. Democrats are counting on U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth to defeat Illinois Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk as the party looks to reclaim the majority in the chamber.
With the world mesmerized by the United States' presidential race this year, the race for control of the US House of Representatives and Senate has been largely overlooked. But the outcome of the congressional elections could make or break the next president's agenda.
Republican lawmakers already leery of the Iran nuclear deal railed at new US Treasury Department guidelines indicating foreign companies will not be sanctioned for doing business with Iranian entities. The updated guidelines , which were published last Friday, allow for business dealings inside Iran so long as the US financial system and Americans are not involved.
Republicans are bracing for a rough time keeping control of the Senate, and a new Roll Call assessment of the races shows they have reason to worry. They evaluated the challengers and offered a new list Tuesday.
Connecticut's top Republican female office holder says she's re-evaluating her support of Donald Trump after hearing Trump's lewd banter about a television host in a bombshell video that has many in the GOP ducking for cover. House Minority Leader Themis Klarides , R-Derby, told Hearst Connecticut Media Saturday that she was repulsed by Trump's crude remarks about entertainment newscaster Nancy O'Dell in 2005.
Immediately after a scandal-inducing video of Donald Trump and a Hollywood reporter hit the web Friday night, Illinois U.S. Senator Mark Kirk called on Trump to step down from his position as the Republican Party's presidential nominee. Kirk has consistently condemned the Trump candidacy and has threatened to write-in military officials from General David Petreaus to former Secretary of State Collin Powell rather than vote for Trump.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk were just some of the Republicans who called on Donald Trump to give up the nomination after viewing video footage showing the Republican nominee joking of his ability to sexually grope women without repercussion. But their statements were requests, not commandments.
Republicans swiftly condemned Donald Trump after the revelations of crude comments he made about women, captured in a 2005 tape and made public Friday. Here is some of the reaction: "No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner.
After a 2005 video of Donald Trump making salacious comments about women surfaced on Friday, some prominent Republicans are calling on their nominee to drop out of the race. In August, the right-leaning Wall Street Journal editorial board published a scathing op-ed calling on Trump to mature his campaign style or hand the nomination to his running mate, Mike Pence.