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Posts tagged Cheri Bustos
Duckworth, Durbin ask Biden to back biofuels
Other Midwest senators join call to roll back Trump actions on ethanol, climate change
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Ted CoxEthanol Waivers, Illinois Ethanol, Tammy Duckworth, Tammy Baldwin, Dick Durbin, Amy Klobuchar, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Tina Smith, Debbie Stabenow, Renewable Fuel Standard, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Corn Growers, Illinois Soybean Growers, Trump Trade War, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Cheri Bustos
12M idled workers lost health insurance: study
Rep. Underwood leads Illinois congressional delegation in calling for insurers to reinvest pandemic profits
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Economic Policy Institute, Health Insurance, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, U.S. Unemployment, COVID Unemployment, Single Payer, Dick Durbin, Jan Schakowsky, Lauren Underwood, Humana, Cigna, Cheri Bustos, Robin Kelly, Danny Davis, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia
Climate change in the heartland
Rep. Bustos urges rural broadband, improved river transportation, insists farmers play key role
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Ted CoxCheri Bustos, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Climate Change, House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Rural Green Partnership, Mississippi River Locks and Dams, Mississippi River Infrastructure, Rural Broadband, Telehealth, Donald Trump, Trump Tariffs, Amtrak, Amtrak Chicago-Moline, Amtrak Chicago-Quad Cities
Fair tax: Now more than ever
Public education, preschool critical to level social playing field, but require funding, especially in pandemic
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Pritzker Fair Tax, Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Defund the Police, Police Brutality Protests, J.B. Pritzker, Cheri Bustos, Mitch McConnell, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Scott Minerd, Guggenheim Investments, Jay Powell, Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown, Bill Brady, Timothy Schneider, Illinois Republican Party, Illinois Public Schools, Illinois Public Education, Illinois Preschool
State surpasses 1 million COVID-19 tests
Pritzker touts 11 community sites across Illinois for anyone to be tested, as confirmed cases top 125k
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Ted CoxCoronavirus Testing, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, J.B. Pritzker, Cheri Bustos, Jehan Gordon-Booth, Dave Koehler, Peoria Civic Center, Illinois Department of Public Health, Restore Illinois
Ill. first state to borrow from fed relief fund
State will draw $1.2B from Federal Reserve’s COVID-19 Municipal Liquidity Facility
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Ted CoxCoronavirus Relief, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois COVID-19, Alexis Sturm, Federal Reserve, Municipal Liquidity Facility, J.B. Pritzker, Cheri Bustos, Heroes Act, Mitch McConnell
Looking for a HEROES Act
Rep. Bustos, Savanna Mayor Lain cheer coronavirus revival and look to Congress for aid
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Ted CoxChris Lain, Cheri Bustos, Heroes Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois COVID-19, Savanna IL, Mississippi Palisades State Park, Victory Ice Cream, Mitch McConnell, J.B. Pritzker
HEROES Act awaits action
Congressional Dems back $3T COVID-19 relief package as Senate Republicans resist
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Ted CoxHeroes Act, CARES Act, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19 Relief, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Chicago Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Chicago COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Sean Casten, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Cheri Bustos, Mike Quigley, Dick Durbin, Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, Illinois Farmers
Bustos calls for boost to biofuels
As oil prices crash, U.S. rep. says biofuels ‘must not be left in the rearview mirror’
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Cheri Bustos, Sonny Perdue, Illinois Ethanol, Illinois Biofuels, Illinois Farmers, USDA, Dick Durbin, Donald Trump, EPA, Trump Trade War, Oil Prices
Durbin, Bustos rip Trump on ethanol
Senator says new EPA rule is ‘watered down,’ congresswoman calls it ‘complete failure’ for farmers
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Ted CoxCheri Bustos, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Ethanol, Illinois Biofuels, Renewable Fuel Standard, EPA, Donald Trump, Robin Hanna, Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs, Western Illinois University, Illinois Farm Bureau
U.S. House approves new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact
Schakowsky touts drug concessions, Garcia casts only Ill. vote against
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Ted CoxUSMCA, NAFTA, Jan Schakowsky, Cheri Bustos, Richard Guebert Jr., Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Illinois Farm Bureau, Trump Trade War, Robin Kelly, Adam Kinzinger
Who's vulnerable?
Impeachment passes House, with freshman Dems doing what they were elected to do: rein in Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Impeachment, John Shimkus, Sean Casten, Peter Roskam, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight.com, Cheri Bustos, Jeanne Ives, Better Government Association, BGA, Lauren Underwood, Rodney Davis, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Mike Bost, Mitch McConnell
U.S. House passes bill to cut drug prices
Bill would cap Medicare costs, but moves to Senate’s ‘legislative graveyard’
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Ted CoxCheri Bustos, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Drug Prices, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Mitch McConnell, Lower Drug Costs Now Act, Elijah Cummings, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Robin Kelly, Sean Casten, AARP, Rodney Davis, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Work requirement for food stamps draws flak
Pritzker decries Trump plan to kick 140,000 Illinoisans off SNAP benefits as ‘ugliest possible tactics’
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Farmers hog-tied by bad broadband
United Soybean Board study finds ‘slow, unreliable internet is the norm’
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Ted CoxUnited Soybean Board, Illinois Soybean Association, Rural Broadband, Farm Internet, Steve Pitstick, J.B. Pritzker, John Sullivan, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Capital Bill, Cheri Bustos, Green Rural Partnership
Kinzinger backs Trump, but with caveats
Republican congressman pooh-poohs being left out as 2020 state campaign co-chairman
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Adam Kinzinger, Jan Schakowsky, Impeachment Inquiry, Trump Impeachment, Cheri Bustos, Mitch McConnell, $15 Minimum Wage, U.S. Minimum Wage, Prescription Drug Prices
Bustos boosts poll backing impeachment
GOP Congressman Kinzinger blasts Trump tweet as ‘beyond repugnant’
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Impeachment!
Sen. Durbin calls for Trump probe, House Speaker Pelosi launches ‘official impeachment inquiry’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Dick Durbin, Trump Impeachment, Trump Whistleblower, Trump Ukraine, Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelensky, Michael Atkinson, Nancy Pelosi, Dan Lipinski, Cheri Bustos, Justin Amash
Foster joins calls for impeachment probe
Naperville congressman says constituents are concerned Trump is out to ‘enrich himself’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Bill Foster, Trump Impeachment, Lynn Sweet, Lawrence O'Donnell, Deutsche Bank, Robert Mueller, Cheri Bustos, Dan Lipinski, Nancy Pelosi, Trump Doral, Trump Obstruction
Bustos presents Rural Green Partnership
Congresswoman recruits farm communities to take on climate change
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Ted CoxCheri Bustos, Climate Change, Global Warming, Sonny Perdue, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Corn Growers Association, Rural Broadband, Richard Guebert Jr., Rodney Weinzierl, Callie Eideberg, Environmental Defense Fund, Howard Learner, Environmental Law & Policy Center
