06/26/2017
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Judicial Watch Asks Trump Administration to End Congressional Obamacare Exemption – Judicial Watch requested the Trump administration stop members of Congress and their staff from unlawfully purchasing, with taxpayer subsidies, health insurance through the District of Columbia’s small business...
Steve Balich Editors Note:Government of the people by the people and for the people is gone in Illinois thanks to the iron fist of Madigan. It may be that Madigan wants to bankrupt the State and the State Pension...
Lawmakers blame poor policy decisions for Illinois' near-worst income growth
By Michael Carroll | Illinois News Network
Jun 23, 2017
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ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
Nearly every state in the union has outpaced the rate of personal income growth in Illinois...
Democrats continue tax hike push; GOP wants meaningful reforms first
By Greg Bishop | Illinois News Network
Jun 22, 2017
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Senate Democrats passed a tax hike bill out of their chamber without GOP votes, but they now...
Making the House Health Bill More Conservative
By Bobby Jindal
President Trump has finally achieved unity and consensus in our nation’s capital. Pundits, Republican and Democrat members of Congress, and the media all seem to agree that everything must stop so...
House Speaker Mike Madigan doesn’t care much for manifestos.
When questioned over the years on his policy positions, Madigan usually resorts to bromides about how he supports the Democratic Party and its fight on behalf of the middle class. (Please...
A Message To The Governor
Our state is in the midst of an unprecedented fiscal crisis. As the budget impasse wears on, legislators are under tremendous pressure to pass a tax hike.
At a time when families are being taxed out...
Nobody Expected the Oil Market to Shift This Way
By Keith Kohl
May, 2017
Years ago, I was laughing at the idea that Russia and Saudi Arabia could work together on an oil production cut.
Now, not only has the cut happened, but...
It’s A Beautiful Day To Stop A Massive Tax Hike
Watch now.http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHnfHngNUT0
In his state address, Rauner calls for compromise. But is that just a euphemism for another "c" word--capitulation? The compromise is a massive tax hike that the Wall Street...
A Conservative believes in personal responsibility, limited government, free markets, individual liberty, traditional American values and a strong national defense. The role of government should be to provide people the freedom necessary to pursue their own goals. Conservative policies...