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Sic transit annus horribilis
It was a very dark year, but not without glimmers of hope for the future
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Ted Cox2020 Year in Review, Annus Horribilis, Lorado Taft, Graceland Cemetery, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump Impeachment, Kamala Harris, Lauren Underwood, Jim Oberweis, Sean Casten, Jeanne Ives, Dick Durbin, Illinois Teacher Shortage, IDES, Illinois Insulin, Women's March Chicago, Rod Blagojevich, Michael Madigan, ComEd Bribery, Fair Tax Amendment, Thomas Kilbride, Michael Frerichs, George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, Anna IL, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Recreational Marijuana, Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis Revenue, Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis, Angela Jackson, John Prine, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amy Coney Barrett, Bruno the Bear, U.S. Census, COVID-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19 Vaccine
Congressional Dems tout clean energy
Report says doing nothing on climate change over next 50 years would cost 227,000 lives in Illinois alone
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Ted CoxClimate Change, Global Warming, Clean Energy, Sean Casten, Jan Schakowsky, Paris Climate Agreement, Howard Learner, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Bill Foster, Robin Kelly, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Mitch McConnell
Underwood tops Oberweis
Congresswoman wins second term after state senator claimed victory
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Ted Cox2020 Election, Illinois Congressional Delegation, Lauren Underwood, Jim Oberweis, Travis Akin, Rodney Davis, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Sean Casten, Jeanne Ives, John Shimkus, Mary Miller, Erika Weaver
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
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
Climate change is an air-pollution issue
Better air quality could save 4.5M U.S. lives over next 50 years, congressional committee finds
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Ted CoxClimate Change, Global Warming, Air Pollution, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Drew Shindell, Robin Kelly, Sean Casten, Michael Greenstone, Fine Particulate Matter, Affordable Clean Energy Plan, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Environmental Justice
If you don't hear the dog whistle, dogs do
Trib columnist’s anti-Semitism is deliberate and intentional, just like Trump’s racism
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Ted CoxDog Whistles, Anti-Semitism, Donald Trump, John Kass, Steve Chapman, Mike Royko, George Soros, Invisible Hand, Law and Order, Kim Foxx, Aviya Kushner, Chicago Tribune Guild, Matt Martin, Social Justice Warriors, Richard Nixon, George Wallace, Ronald Reagan, War on Drugs, Welfare Queens, Silent Majority, Jane Byrne, Harold Washington, Gary Rivlin, Lori Lightfoot, Lauren Underwood, Sean Casten, Bruce Rauner, Racist Politics, Trump Racist, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
House committee releases comprehensive plan to solve climate crisis
Rep. Casten calls it ‘a roadmap to turn this ship around’
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Ted CoxClimate Change, Global Warming, Nancy Pelosi, Kathy Castor, Sean Casten, House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Montreal Protocol, Kyoto Protocol, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Al Gore
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
League of Women Voters marks century at its birthplace
Group endorses ERA drive, delivers belated celebration of Ida B. Wells
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Ted CoxLeague of Women Voters of Illinois, League of Women Voters, Ida B. Wells, Kwame Raoul, Bill Foster, Toni Preckwinkle, Robin Kelly, Sean Casten, Allyson Haut, Carrie Chapman Catt, Equal Rights Amendment, Juliana Stratton, Tammy Duckworth, 2020 U.S. Census, Michelle Duster
Casten, Argonne scientist draw SOTU spotlight to climate change
Manhattan Project vet Gruen insists, ‘We can still reverse it’
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Ted CoxSean Casten, Dieter Martin Gruen, State of the Union, Climate Change, Donald Trump, Manhattan Project, Argonne National Laboratory, Nazi Germany, Hyman Rickover, Solar Energy, Elizabeth Warren
Casten calls for energy commission to consider climate change
Congressman seeks to undermine free ride for fossil fuels
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Ted CoxClimate Change, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gases, Sean Casten, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Donald Trump, Fossil Fuels, FERC, Ann Williams, David Kolata, Citizens Utility Board, Joe Kennedy III
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
Casten reports on Madrid climate conference
‘We were treated with great respect, with great gratitude for being there,’ says Downers Grove congressman
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Ted CoxSean Casten, Climate Change, Madrid Climate Conference, COP25, Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, Madeleine Albright, Claire Perry O'Neill, Antonio Guterres, Paris Agreement, World Meteorological Organization, University of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker
Casten pins down EPA on science
New EPA ‘transparency’ rules would actually block scientific data, critics say
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Casten calls for 'shared sense of truth' on impeachment
Packed house at town hall favors Trump probe
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Lightfoot blasts Sen. Cruz on gun control
Chicago mayor blames violence on guns ‘from states dominated by coward Republicans like you’
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Ted CoxGun Control, Chicago Gun Violence, U.S. Gun Control, Illinois Gun Control, Illinois Gun Laws, Lori Lightfoot, Ted Cruz, Sean Casten, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, Greg Abbott
To 500 and beyond: End-of-summer review
Farmers said, ‘Enough,’ the drumbeat for impeachment pounded, bills were signed into law, and Scabby the Rat faced off against Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, J.B. Pritzker, Scabby the Rat, Vose's Korndogs, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Farmers, USDA, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Capital Bill, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Minimum Teacher Salary, Illinois Education Funding, Paraeducators, Ameya Pawar, Universal Basic Income, Jan Schakowsky, Sean Casten, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Bill Foster, Bill Brady, Better Government Association, BGA, EPA
Raja joins Underwood, Schneider on impeachment
Schneider cites ‘relentless stonewalling by the Trump administration’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Sean Casten, Jerry Nadler, Trump Impeachment, Trump Obstruction, Robert Mueller, Justin Amash, Bobby Rush
