respublica (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Illinois 19th District Congressman John Shimkus will have a primary opponent next year. Michael Firsching of Moro, a vetrinarian in Edwardsville, has filed petitions to run against Shimkus. The democratic candidate for that seat is Tim Bagwell of Olney who...
Hummers & Cigarettes (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A Tea Party is being planned for the Saturday after Thanksgiving -- Nov. 28th. Celebrate the Season and Send Washington a Message This is the first MAJOR TEA PARTY in St. Louis since . . . Tax Day Tea Party. And we need you. In return, we'll crank up the volume of YOUR VOICE so Claire McCaskill, Russ Carnahan, Kit Bond, Lacy Clay, John Shimkus, Aaron Schock, Jerry Costello, Todd Akin, Blaine Luetkemeyer,...
Kicking Ass (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The Call 'Em Out series continues this week -- and this time we’re calling out the House GOP . All but one Republican member of the House voted against health insurance reform last Saturday. During the 12-hours preceding the vote, GOP members stood at the podium spouting lie after lie in a last ditch effort to kill reform. Watch our video showing all of the outrageous lies from the House debate...
illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Washington, DC...Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-19) voted against Speaker Pelosi's 2,000 page, $1 trillion government take-over of health care late Saturday, November 7. In his floor speech Shimkus surmised, "The goal of this legislation has been clear from the beginning....
Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
There are almost 2,000 pages to a Comprehensive Health Care Reform Bill introduced on the House floor by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. If you dont want to read the document, and your a fan of Republican Congressman John Shimkus, he is reading it for you. He says he’s doing that so his constituents can “have a life, like go to church or a sausage supper.” “Constituents are really demanding...
The Swamp (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
by Mark Silva This is what passes for drama in Washington: Rep. John Shimkus, the Illinois Republican who walked out toward the end of the president's address to a joint session of Congress yet still won an invitation to play basketball at the White House , is reading the Democrats' House health-care bill. In public. This is the bill whose main attribute, as FOX News Channel's Chris Wallace noted...
SocraticGadfly (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Utah’s senior senator, perhaps the Senate’s No. 1 backer of alt-medical “treatment,” snuck a deal in Senate HELP Committee’s national healthcare bill to pay for Christian Science prayer treatments and such . It doesn’t mention the church by name, but the rider forbids discrimination against “spiritual medicine.” Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), whose district...
kevin drum (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
From the Los Angeles Times , here's the latest on the healthcare front: Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill would require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatments as medical expenses. The provision was inserted by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R- Utah) with the support of Democratic Sens. John F. Kerry...
Philosophe Forum (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
All the February 2010 Primary filings are in. Tim Bagwell, PhD, (D-Olney) stated almost two months ago that wanted to be the Democratic candidate a second time. He will have to wait until February to discover his Republican opponent. Thankfully, Rep. John Shimkus (IL-19) has company on the ballot in the Primary. Michael Firsching, DVM, of Moro, had decided to file as a Republican candidate for Congress....
Madison County Record (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
To the editor: It has come to my attention that there was an article printed a few days ago alleging that Congressman Jerry Costello introduced a bill in the United States Congress concerning cap on insurance rates in the flood plain and, furthermore, that this bill was linked to the so-called "Star Bond" development pending now in the Illinois General Assembly. As someone who has been involved...
illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
from Congressman Shimkus' office Washington, DC...Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-19) issued the following statement after the House Democratic leadership unveiled its nearly-2000 page health care legislation in Washington Thursday: "I support health insurance reforms that would make health care more...
Blonde sagacity (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
In case you missed it, HuffPo is blaming the fact that an all-time low number of Americans now believe that Global Warming is man-made on a group of 18 people. They seem to overlook the simple truth that there is too much evidence to the contrary...like, oh, the globe has been on a cooling trend for the past 11 years... According to HuffPo, the 18 MMGW Deniers are: Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Steve Doocy,...
Madison County Record (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Alton, Godfrey and Wood River Republicans will hold a fund-raiser from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25 at the Rolling Hills Golf Course in Godfrey. Congressman John Shimkus (R-19) will be the featured speaker. State Sens. Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard, who are vying for governor in the Illinois Republican primary, will also be on hand. Tickets are $25 per person. Light refreshments will be served. Admission...
illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Washington, DC...Everyone from bicyclists to historians will benefit from U.S. Department of Transportation grants for several projects in his district, Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-19) has announced. "The funding for these projects will promote tourism, especially, as well as provide...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
From the President's daily schedule... In the evening, the President will play basketball with Cabinet Secretaries and Members of Congress on the White House basketball court. Expected attendees include: Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Shaun Donovan Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Representative Mike Arcuri...
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