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24 Oct 2014, 6:50 am by Jim Sedor
Yet the party’s congressional leaders show little sign of doing so, blocking an immigration overhaul and criticizing President Barack Obama for his plan to defer deportation for undocumented migrants. [read post]
19 Oct 2014, 5:13 am by Florian Mueller
" In reality, Barack Obama would have been happy to become president for an annual salary of $1 (he was making millions from book royalties anyway). [read post]
17 Oct 2014, 6:16 am by Jim Sedor
Goodman and Ravel were both appointed at the same time by President Barack Obama in 2013, and they have forged a bipartisan alliance to help the commission function better. [read post]
18 Aug 2014, 8:09 am by Ruby Powers
Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Democrat, said the timing of executive action on immigration was up to Obama. [read post]
14 Mar 2014, 6:11 am by Jim Sedor
., have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from relatives for President Barack Obama and more than a dozen members of Congress. [read post]
28 Jan 2014, 8:24 am by Tammy Binford
President Barack Obama plans to announce during his State of the Union Address an executive order that will raise the minimum wage federal contractors must pay to $10.10 an hour. [read post]
17 Jan 2014, 9:50 am by Ruby Powers
” President Barack Obama recently explained that ”[he is] absolutely confident that if that [Senate] bill was on the floor of the House, it would pass. [read post]
15 Jan 2014, 1:54 pm by WIMS
David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to President Barack Obama regarding the Administration's failure to fully implement the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008, which was sponsored by then-Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill). [read post]
12 Nov 2013, 4:20 pm by LindaMBeale
In Part I, I outlined some of the many ways in which the U.S. provides favorable treatment to religious institutions and/or their representatives, including income exclusions from the federal income tax for ministers that are unavailable to any other occupation. [read post]
17 Aug 2013, 4:57 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Last year Mr Perry ran to unseat Mr Holder’s boss, Barack Obama. [read post]
7 Jun 2013, 9:25 am by Stanley Radtke
The party-line vote of 224-201 was aimed at blocking implementation of President Barack Obama's 2012 election-year order to stop deportations of many so-called DREAM Act individuals. [read post]
2 Apr 2013, 9:30 am by azatty
She recounted her interview with a young senator from Illinois after he delivered a major Democratic Convention speech. [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 10:59 am by Jacob Sapochnick
Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat and an author of a bipartisan Senate framework unveiled this week, said the business community could play “a critical role” in building support for the effort, particularly among Republicans. [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 7:08 am by royblack
It is his gift for oratory, combining style and substance, that turned a little known state senator from Illinois into a star. [read post]
18 Jan 2013, 1:08 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
 I remember meeting him when he was an Illinois state senator, lobbying him when he was a U.S. [read post]
15 Jan 2013, 8:44 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
 I remember meeting him when he was an Illinois state senator, lobbying him when he was a U.S. [read post]
3 Dec 2012, 10:13 am by arester
Original source:  http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2012/12/durbin_kirk_sent_four_names_to.html From the Chicago Sun-Times: Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk are sending four names to President Barack Obama on Monday to replace Patrick Fitzgerald as the U.S. attorney in Chicago. [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 4:06 pm by David Kravets
Hayden also noted that Obama, as an Illinois senator in 2008, eventually voted to legalize President Bush’s once-secret warrantless spying program adopted in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. [read post]