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Kinzinger voted for, with Trump before turning
Republicans suddenly scurry away from president in his last weeks in office
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Adam Kinzinger, U.S. Capitol Assault, Nikki Haley, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Trump Impeachment, Paris Climate Agreement, Heroes Act, Voting Rights Act, Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight.com, Nancy Pelosi, Kevin McCarthy, Mary Miller, Mike Bost, Jamal Khashoggi
Lightfoot: COVID compromise 'unacceptable'
Chicago mayor blasts ‘heartless’ McConnell in pursuit of relief for cities, states
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Lori Lightfoot, Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden, Heroes Act, CARES Act, Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, J.B. Pritzker, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Paycheck Protection Program
It's no time to go low
Sen. Durbin holds out hope for aid to state and local gov’ts, but compromise relief bill is just a stopgap
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Dick Durbin, Mitch McConnell, Heroes Act, CARES Act, Federal Reserve, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Rand Paul
Job advocates call for ambitious COVID relief
Coalition of workforce, community groups seeks cash stimulus, unemployment extension, expansion of food stamps
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Mari Castaldi, Chicago Jobs Council, Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition, Chicago Community Loan Fund, Chicago Mayor's Office for People With Disabilities, Economic Security for Illinois, Heartland Alliance, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Women Employed, YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, CARES Act, Heroes Act, J.B. Pritzker, Restaurants Act, Illinois Working Families, Food Stamps, SNAP Benefits
Is Restaurants Act on menu for COVID relief?
‘It’s a bloodbath, and it’s getting worse’ as restaurants, bars across country face a dreadful winter in pandemic
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Ted CoxRestaurants Act, Rick Bayless, Casey Cora, Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, Xoco, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Heroes Act, Paycheck Protection Program, Earl Blumenauer, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Mike Quigley, National Restaurant Association, Independent Restaurant Coalition, Chicago Independent Venues League, CIVL, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Unemployment, Eugene Scalia
Poverty, hunger on the rise
Study blames end of $1,200 stimulus payments, extra $600 for unemployment in COVID relief
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, U.S. Poverty, U.S. Hunger, U.S. Census Bureau, Bruce Meyer, University of Chicago, James Sullivan, University of Notre Dame, Jeehoon Han, Zhejiang University, CARES Act, Heroes Act, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Pandemic Unemployment, Joe Biden, Jeremy Everett, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty
Biden calls for HEROES Act
Major, comprehensive COVID relief package endorsed by president-elect
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Ted CoxJoe Biden, Donald Trump, Heroes Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kamala Harris, Mitch McConnell
COVID 'stimulus' less than stimulating
Survey finds most of $1,200 payments went into savings and to pay down debt
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, CARES Act, National Bureau of Economic Research, Heroes Act, Donald Trump, Amy Coney Barrett, COVID Unemployment
Pritzker holds out hope for COVID relief
Drug-addled Trump throws negotiations with Congress into ‘disarray,’ says governor
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, J.B. Pritzker, Donald Trump, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Mitch McConnell, Amy Coney Barrett, Paycheck Protection Program, Heroes Act, CARES Act, Steve Mnuchin, Dexamethasone, Nancy Pelosi, Ron DeSantis, Red Wedding, Game of Thrones
Casten, Ives, Redpath clash on climate change, COVID relief
In online debate, incumbent congressman ties Ives to Trump
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Ted Cox6th Congressional District, League of Women Voters of Illinois, Sean Casten, Jeanne Ives, Bill Redpath, Climate Change, Global Warming, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19 Relief, CARES Act, Heroes Act, Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ, Donald Trump, John Lewis, Kim Foxx, Ronald Reagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Pritzker keeps youth football on sidelines
Guv blames GOP for failure to aid states, cities in pandemic, appeals to congressional delegation
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois High School Association, Illinois High School Football, Big Ten Conference, Ngozi Ezike, Michael Lin, Heroes Act
Economists cite need for state, local COVID relief
Police, fire, teachers are not only essential workers, they bolster economy and spur recovery
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Ted CoxCARES Act, Heroes Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Economic Policy Institute, Heather Long, Mitch McConnell, Bernie Sanders, Dick Durbin, Glenn Hubbard, Josh Bivens, Jason Furman, Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics
Economic recovery depends on COVID recovery
Without federal coronavirus relief, gov’t austerity layoffs could ‘drag down the economy’ in a ‘vicious cycle’
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, University of Illinois at Chicago, Daniel La Spata, David Merriman, Michael Pagano, UIC CUPPA, CARES Act, Heroes Act, Amanda Kass, Mitch McConnell, Municipal Liquidity Facility
States 'dependent' on Congress relief: Pritzker
Guv calls free aid to corporations ‘illogical,’ Durbin pledges Senate action
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Ted CoxIllinois COVID-19 Response Fund, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Dick Durbin, Federal Reserve, Heroes Act, Chicago Community Trust, Penny Pritzker
Where will cities, states find COVID relief?
The federal government is the only source of economic aid, so why is the Federal Reserve charging penalties for critical funding?
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot, J.B. Pritzker, Laurence Msall, Civic Federation, Heroes Act, CARES Act, Federal Reserve, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Amanda Kass, Martin Luther King, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Another million file for unemployment
Illinois claims rise slightly as Pritzker moves to accept extra $300-a-week offer from feds
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois COVID-19, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, J.B. Pritzker, Donald Trump, Heroes Act, Gus Faucher
Countercyclical aid: Common sense
RTA, CTA, Metra, Pace plead for COVID-19 relief, illustrating the need of state and local governments in an economic crisis
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, RTA, CTA, Metra, Pace, Countercyclical Aid, CARES Act, Heroes Act, Donald Trump, Federal Reserve, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Jerrold Nadler, Andrew Yang, Mitch McConnell
Durbin, Garcia defend Postal Service
Garcia pledges action, charging, ‘Donald Trump is tampering with the post office’
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Tweet storm sets out to bolster mass transit
Rep. Garcia leads calls for $32B in pandemic relief funding for public transportation
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State launches pandemic help for renters
Aid for homeowners to follow; Pritzker, Castro push for additional federal relief
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Unemployment, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Unemployment, Illinois Affordable Housing, Illinois Housing, Emergency Rental Assistance Program, Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program, Heroes Act, Cristina Castro, Kristin Faust, Illinois Housing Development Authority
