Category: Congress
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We Apologize – For Not Recognizing this Date…
September 9th was World EV Day and we missed it. I just can’t believe that when the entire world was focused on this monumental day – which ranks in significance with June 6th, 9/11, and Indigenous People’s Day – Breakthrough Ideas failed to mention it. On another note, it was China Week in Congress.
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Scoring Votes in Congress
This commentary highlights some of the Congressional legislation that has received attention in the last two years. and the NFIB Scorecard as we are reminded that business matters in America.
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Quick Hit – Illinois Democrat Congresswoman Now Lobbyist for Gotion in both Washington D.C. and Springfield
It is traitorous, in my opinion, to be lobbying for a company that is effectively controlled by Chinese communists and whose president is a Chinese communist. China is our number one adversary. But since when has Bustos cared about our military and economic security?
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Gotion Update: Senate sends another letter of concern over security about Gotion.
US Senator Marco Rubio and other Congressmen including Illinois Congressman Mike Bost sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen over security concerns with Gotion.
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Senator John Fetterman Goes Vogue
Due to Fetterman’s sartorial peccadilloes, Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has released senators—and only senators—from the Senate floor dress code. Henceforth, senators—and only senators—may wear whatever their self-indulgent little hearts desire.
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Durbin and Giannoulias Embarrass Illinois at U.S. Senate ‘Book-Banning’ Hearing
This week the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing about “book bans and censorship” led by tricky Dick Durbin.
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Citizenship is Not a Spectator Sport
I was in South Dakota this last week and spoke at the Clay County Republican Lincoln Day dinner. The keynote speaker was fellow Illinoisan Adam Andrzejewski from OpentheBooks.com. Everyone should hear about the work Adam is doing.
