edited by: Douglas Welch,
Illinois Editor
by Mark Rhoads
President Obama, who was a mediocre and non-leadership state senator in Springfield, has labored to explain why its OK to throw people in jail if they don't buy health insurance the bureaucrats approve. He often points out that many states require people to buy auto collision insurance if' [...]
WASHINGTON--Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, fresh from winning governorships in Virginia and New Jersey, hits Chicago on Friday for meetings in the Loop with Illinois GOP leadership to map strategy on Illinois contests for governor and Senate and House seats.
Steele will huddle with state Rep. Beth Coulson (R-Glenview), [...]
from the Illinois Republican Party
CHICAGO – The Illinois Republican Party today called on the Illinois Coalition for Immigration and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) to expel the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) from its coalition due to its links to the Hamas terrorist organization and leadership in promoting anti-Israel and anti-Semitic activities [...]
by John F. Di Leo
On the weekend of November 6, 2009, the American people were calling for action from their government. Speaker Pelosi and the Democrat House Leadership had a choice to make -- whether to continue with their planned schedule, or to react appropriately and urgently to the events [...]
by Sam Pierce
I was perusing the new Demotivators catalog this evening and I saw a poster that perfectly represented the atrocity that is our current crop of political porkers. There can be no plausible denial of the obvious fact that many of what are referred to as our "leaders" (or [...]
UPDATE, 8:10a: Here' an email from a House source, sent in the wee hours, that offers an excellent explanation of what's happening:
After a very long day, the House leadership acquiesced to pro-life Democrats led by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) who have demanded a vote on the pro-life Stupak-Pitts amendment. [...]
from Eagle Forum
The House Leadership announced last evening that the floor debate on the health care bill will begin at 9:00am this Saturday morning, November 7th with votes occurring as early as 9am. The 24-hour countdown to the vote begins right now!
Yesterday, while thousands of Americans rallied outside the U.S. [...]
