Association Discusses Key Provisions of Legislation, Continues Push for Progress on Health Care Reform ST. CHARLES, Ill., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the U.S. House of Representatives passing the landmark Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. ...
Dear Rep. Foster As a registered voter in the 14th district, I wish to express my extreme disappointment in you for voting in favor of the health care reform bill on November 7. -You claim to be a pro-business Democrat. -You stated that the bill had provisions that you did not support. -Your office claimed that you spent 43 hours reading and analyzing the legislation. Therefore, your vote for this...
If you've been following the Blue America PAC at all, you may already be aware that we've decided that we won't be endorsing any candidates for the House in 2010 unless they are genuinely enthusiastic about passing John Larson's Fair Elections Now Act ( HR 1826 ). We're not asking for some unenforceable pledge; we want nothing less than heartfelt enthusiasm. Right now Larson has 117 co-sponsors from...
As you probably know, a group that I have dubbed The Infamous 53 , recently sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposing freedom for all Americans to travel to Cuba. Transcripts of the letter were available on the Internet. What was not ready available was the actual names of the 53. An alert reader of Cuba Journal sent to me a PDF file link with the text and the signatures and the names of the 53....
Democrat U.S. Rep. Bill Foster likes to project himself as some average man. A poor scientist who can understand the struggles of the middle class. Unfortunately, it's a lie. According to Opensecrets.org, Foster is the richest congressman in Illinois, and...
I asked for his assessment of the threat to Illinois by placing Gitmo detainees at Thomson. He said folks should just ask for the same information on the Gitmo detainees as is available to him and the other members of the House Intelligence Committee. Everyone can make their own threat assessments. Hoekstra thinks when the average American knows what he and the committee knows, we'll all want to keep...
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Bank regulators could require financial institutions to hold hybrid debt securities that would convert into large minority common equtiy stakes if the firms become troubled, according to an amendment that was approved Wednesday. "This is a privately funded bailout insurance," said Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill. "This offers a first line of defense. It will reduce...
Bill Foster (D-Batavia) was elected to the district previously represented by former House Speaker Dennis Hastert. I'm hoping the GOP can win back the seat next year. As does the Illinois Republican Party, which issued this press release: CHICAGO – Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady today called on Congressman Bill Foster to end his silence on Governor Quinn and Senator Durbin's plan...
She's still a wimp for not holding any town hall meetings this summer, but Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Barrington) this afternoon became the first member of the Illinois Democratic delegation to oppose the relocation of Guantanamo Bay terrorists to Thomson, Illinois. From yet another Illinois Republican Party press release: In a crushing blow to Governor Pat Quinn and Senator Dick Durbin's plan to move Gitmo...
ST. PETERSBURG -- Mayor-elect Bill Foster will join a group of newly elected mayors at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics for a three-day leadership training seminar starting Wednesday. Topics include the economic crisis, transitioning from the campaign to City Hall,...
That's Jonathan Farnick on the right Melissa Bean never joined the Blue Dog caucus; she's too smart for painting that kind of a target on his back. But her record in Congress has been just as bad-- and in some cases worse-- than most Blue Dogs. The Democratic darling of the Chamber of Commerce, Bean is a quintessential corporate Dem, representing IL-08, suburbs northwest of Chicago, including Schaumburg,...
While everybody waits for the Congressional Budget Office to weigh in with a cost estimate for all or part of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's "blended" health care reform bill, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' chief actuary, Richard S. Foster, has stolen the spotlight. In a memo released Friday on the House-passed bill, Foster said it was "unrealistic" to assume...
With a homeless population that probably makes Mumbai seem hospitable, the last thing downtown St. Petersburg needed was a low-grade, white-trash bikini club opening across the street from Williams Park. But there is a certain irony in the fact that this club, with a stripper pole that's not even attached to the ceiling and dancers that make the strippers in Pinellas Park look like Victoria's Secret...
1. I have to take umbrage with this line from Stephen Nohlgren's (faulty) analysis of why Kornell won: "For starters, the Kornell camp worried about last-minute smears by Rouson or her supporters, Lapinski said." Angela Rouson was never going to go negative against Steve Kornell because he was gay, simply because she doesn't believe being gay is a negative. As for her supporters, of which...
His press release , U.S. Rep. Phil Hare, D-Ill., issued a statement that balanced the need for economic development in the area with safety concerns. “As the federal government and the state of Illinois considers expanding the role of Thomson Correctional Facility, they must first and foremost guarantee the safety and security of those who live in the surrounding area,” he said. “The...
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