soporific \sop-uh-RIF-ik; soh-puh-\, adjective: 1. Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep. 2. Of, relating to, or characterized by sleepiness or lethargy. noun: 1. A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic. Soporific is from French soporifique, from Latin sopor, "a heavy sleep" + -ficus, "-fic," from facere, "to make." automagically...
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No one in the Illinois delegation broke party ranks ... VOTE 1 CD -- Bobby Rush -- Yes 2 CD -- Jesse Jackson Jr -- Yes 3 CD -- Dan Lipinski -- Yes 4 CD -- Luis Gutierrez -- Yes...
Repeating the errors from the S&L crisis ... Last Friday, the Chicago Tribune reported: Regulators seize FBOP banks The Park National shutdown occurred after several Illinois congressmen, including Reps. Bobby Rush and Danny Davis and Sen. Roland Burris, called the FDIC asking it to delay closing the bank for at least a week , said Marilyn Katz, a bank spokeswoman. emphasis added Tonight from the...
by Dan Graziano Filed under: Vikings , NFL Police Blotter , NFL Analysis NFL commissioner Roger Goodell testified before a congressional subcommittee Tuesday, asking U.S. lawmakers for legislative help in the league's ongoing effort to suspend Minnesota Vikings defensive tackles Kevin and Pat Williams for a positive drug test. But at the end of a three-hour hearing, the chairman of the subcommittee...
The final tally was 344 in favor to 36 opposed (22 "present"). Among the nays were three Republicans: Charles Boustany (LA), Geoff Davis (KY), and Ron Paul (TX), with two more GOPers voting present (Walter Jones (NC) and John Duncan (TN)). All the folks who have represented me in Congress (Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), John Kline (R-MN), and Bobby Rush (D-IL) voted aye (full roll call here )....
Nov. 3: Rep. Bobby Rush, the chair of House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, decides against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell request for a Congressional intervention to amend federal labor laws on drug testing and anti-doping policies. (Other)
"Wisdom removes hate," said U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush, noting that U.S. citizens have been denied the truth about today's Cuba. The representative spoke on Capitol Hill where he, along with the Center for Democracy in the Americas, hosted a panel this Wednesday to discuss the appropriateness of Cuba being included on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST).
While we wait for the FDIC ... it could get real busy ... From the Chicago Tribune: U.S. set to seize FBOP, congressmen say (ht Josh) Federal regulators are expected to seize Friday night the banks owned by Oak Park-based FBOP Corp., the troubled owner of Park National Bank of Chicago and eight other U.S. banks, people familiar with the situation say. A takeover would occur even after several U.S....
WASHINGTON — For Democrats determined to get a health care bill, Sen. Roland Burris is like the house guest who couldn't be refused, won't soon be leaving and poses a plausible threat of ruining holiday dinner. Suddenly, he can no longer be ignored. The Illinois Democrat, appointed by disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, says he'll only vote for a bill to provide health care to millions more...
According to my records, Rod Blagojevich never received a Chutzpah of the Week award; but there is no doubt that, in a context that includes his trying to resolve the standoff between labor and management at Republic Windows and Doors by going after Bank of America as the root of the problem, his subsequent arrest , and what appears to have been a calculated decision to play the fool in the face of...
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