Dennis Hastert

                   

Blagojevich calls for special session

jg-tc.com
Aug 5, 2008 3 related
        

By DEANNA BELLANDI CHICAGO - Gov. Rod Blagojevich wants lawmakers back at work in Springfield to consider a newly slimmed-down version of his statewide construction program that has stalled because of feuding and disagreements....

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Leadership America is Longing For (LTC Allen West)

freerepublic.com
Aug 4, 2008 1 related
        

Leadership America is Longing ForPhil Orenstein • August 3, 2008 • Uncategorized“Get to know him. Campaign for him. This is the leadership America is dying for,” says political blogger Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs who has been...

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Head Strong: See the moderates run

philly.com
Aug 3, 2008
        

Last week Gov. Rendell told members of the national media that winning Pennsylvania requires a candidate to (a) run up the score in Philadelphia, (b) prevail in Lehigh County, and, most important, (c) win the battle for the...

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The True Nature of Fan and Fred

net-news-global.de
Aug 2, 2008
        

It had good discussion of another aspects of the current mortgage crisis and roles and responsibilities of many players dated back many years ago. It showed the public the inner circle of the secret "Skull and Bones" society...

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Blago's Meeting With Leaders Turns Sour

cbs2chicago.com
Jul 31, 2008 11 related
        

Today Illinois may have lost its chance to get federal billions for crumbling bridges, roads and mass transit. A last-ditch effort by Governor Blagojevich to get legislative leaders to agree collapsed into name-calling and...

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The True Nature of Fan and Fred

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Jul 31, 2008 2 related
        

Thanks to its quasi-public and quasi-private dual status, with implicit but correct assumption of government guarantees, Fan and Fred can borrow from financial markets at super low interest rates and enjoy the spread between...

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Hastert now 'senior adviser' to DC lobbying firm

ibtimes.com
Jul 31, 2008 1 related
        

Dennis Hastert's receptionist still answers his office telephone, "Speaker Hastert." But the former Illinois lawmaker, whose eight-year tenure as Speaker of the House was the longest of any Republican, is on a new career path...

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What Makes Jim Run?

chicagomag.com
Jul 31, 2008
        

Jim Oberweis earned a fortune in business, but in politics he hasn't fared so well—failing in runs for governor, the Senate, and Congress while burning through $7 million of his own money and one 35-year marriage. Now he's...

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Congress: The perils of House-keeping

economist.com
Jul 31, 2008 3 related
        

Will the Democrats be able to hold on, and for how long?CONGRESS'S approval rating, always pretty low, recently hit a truly dismal 9% in one survey: under the leadership of Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, the legislative...

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Katrina's Real Heroes

nysun.com
Jul 31, 2008
        

It is just a month shy of three years since Hurricane Katrina landed on the Louisiana coast, leaving an unprecedented trail of destruction across that state and neighboring Mississippi. Damages total into the hundreds of...

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