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Posts tagged Jesus "Chuy" Garcia
Bernie renews call for $15 minimum wage
Rep. Garcia leads co-sponors in Illinois delegation; Sen. Sanders sees possible parliamentary passage
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Ted CoxBernie Sanders, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, U.S. Minimum Wage, Raise the Wage Act, COVID-19 Relief, Mitch McConnell, Kamala Harris, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Minimum Wage
IEA joins Climate Jobs Illinois
Illinois Education Association throws weight behind Carbon Free Schools initiative
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Ted CoxIEA, Illinois Education Association, Climate Jobs Illinois, Carbon Free Schools, Kathi Griffin, Nikki Budzinski, Climate Change, Solar Energy, Illinois Solar Energy, J.B. Pritzker, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Sue Rezin
Rep. Mah: Springfield partisan divide exaggerated, but not on taxes
Fair Tax failure could lead to tax hike combined with new exemptions
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Ted CoxTheresa Mah, Illinois Political Divide, Urban vs. Rural, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois House Progressive Caucus, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Southern Illinois University, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, COVID-19 Relief, Coronavirus Relief, Earned Income Tax Credit, Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community, Tammy Duckworth, Pat Quinn, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Illinois Farm Bureau, Adopt-a-Legislator
Duckworth, Durbin denounce Trump court pick
Obamacare threatened by Amy Coney Barrett — on top of Senate GOP hypocrisy
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Amy Coney Barrett, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court, John Roberts, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell, Antonin Scalia, John McCain, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Illinois Action, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Jennifer Welch
Unions, pols rally online for Fair Tax Amendment
‘We can vote for the change we want to see in Illinois,’ says Lt. Gov. Stratton, warning against statewide tax increase
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Ted CoxJehan Gordon-Booth, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Juliana Stratton, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Daniel Biss, J.B. Pritzker, Bob Reiter, Chicago Federation of Labor, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Tim Drea, Illinois AFL-CIO, Barack Obama, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Unions ally to form Climate Jobs Illinois
Pritzker backs coalition to connect workers with clean energy
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Ted CoxClimate Jobs Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, Sue Rezin, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Clean Energy Jobs, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition, Dave Koehler, Tim Drea, Illinois AFL-CIO, Chicago Federation of Labor, Bob Reiter, Chicago & Cook County Building & Construction Trades Council, Ralph Affrunti, Bob Howard, Bob Thompson, Rivian, Christine Blair, Ann Williams
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
Activists seek end to subminimum wage for tipped workers
One Fair Wage asks a single minimum wage
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Ted CoxU.S. Minimum Wage, Illinois Minimum Wage, Subminimum Wage, Tipped Workers, Illinois Working Families, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Nataki Rhodes, Byron Sigcho-Lopez, Theresa Mah, Alma Anaya
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
Neither snow, nor rain, nor 'gangster' Trump...
House Dems declare they’ll ‘prevent the president from playing Al Capone with our Postal Service’
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Ted CoxUSPS, Al Capone, Mike Quigley, Donald Trump, Danny Davis, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Louis DeJoy, Jan Schakowsky, Keith Richardson, American Postal Workers Union, Sean Casten, Brad Schneider, Delivering for America Act, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Mack Julion, National Association of Letter Carriers, Tammy Duckworth, Kwame Raoul
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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House progressives call on Fed to loosen purse strings for state loans
Reps. Schakowsky, Garcia join in letter seeking COVID relief
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Ted CoxCoronavirus Relief, COVID-19 Relief, Jan Schakowsky, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, J.B. Pritzker, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Charles Evans, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, The Squad
Dems take pot shots at GOP COVID relief
Durbin decries abortion restrictions, Garcia says fighter jets ‘don’t help families pay their bills,’ Duckworth lobbies for HEROES Act
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Ted CoxHeroes Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Foster, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Robert Reich
Congressman to Trump on troops: Don't even think about it
Sens. Duckworth, Durbin introduce bill to block deployment
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Ted CoxJesus "Chuy" Garcia, Donald Trump, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Lori Lightfoot, Portland Protests, Portland Moms, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration, Illinois Immigrants, Chicago Immigrants, Chicago Sanctuary City, DACA, ICE
Quigley cuts funds for ICE 'Citizens Academy'
Garcia, Schakowsky call ‘vigilante’ program training citizens to arrest undocumented immigrants a boondoggle
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Congressional Dems seek to add food stamps to farmers' markets
Reps. Kelly, Garcia, Rush back Sens. Duckworth, Durbin
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Ted CoxFood Stamps, SNAP Benefits, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Robin Kelly, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Bobby Rush, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, USDA, Illinois Environmental Council, Farmers Market Coalition
Rep. Garcia, Sen. Warren move to extend eviction moratorium
Bill would protect all renters through next March
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Ted CoxJesus "Chuy" Garcia, Elizabeth Warren, Barbara Lee, Protecting Renters From Evictions and Fees Act, CARES Act, Heroes Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, COVID-19 Economic Collapse, J.B. Pritzker, Jan Schakowsky, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Robert Reich, Diane Yentel, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Shamus Roller, National Housing Law Project, Mitch McConnell
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
Rep. Garcia calls public-charge rule a 'wealth tax'
New restriction takes effect as immigrant groups gird for Border Patrol deployment to sanctuary cities
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Ted CoxJesus "Chuy" Garcia, Trump Public Charge Rule, Lawrence Benito, Nathaniel Booker, Celina Villanueva, Border Patrol, PASO West Suburban Action Project, 2020 U.S. Census, 2020 Presidential Election, ICIRR, Mony Ruiz-Velasco
