November 2left Illinois with a major shift in representation and five new US Congressmen with which to get acquainted. As we prepare to welcome Congressman Dold, Congressman Hultgren,...
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Well, they played a good game. But with the Congressional turnover that’s taking place in Washington over the next few weeks, there’s little hope that the most elitist leaning environmentalist...
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Legislation that will extend the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit at 45 cents through 2011 and re-instate estate taxes for two years by imposing a 35 percent rate on estates worth more than $5...
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You probably haven’t heard the news, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency just reversed one of its decisions made about 25 years ago. In this case, saccharin, the low-calorie sweetener...
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Although there is currently no Senate vote on Obama’s tax package scheduled, experts predict that the measure will be taken up tomorrow morning, paving the way for a debate in the House to begin...
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A couple of days ago we posed a question – “Is VEETC a ‘go’ in the lame duck session of Congress?” It appears that we are even closer than we were a couple of days ago. Politico reported on...
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