ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION RECEIVES COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS, LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
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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CONGRESS IS A CHANGIN, WHAT’S AN ELITE ENVIRONMENTALIST TO DO?
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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OBAMA SIGNS TAX PACKAGE INTO LAW!
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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EPA REVERSES ITS DECISION ON ANOTHER PRODUCT
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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TAX PACKAGE LIKELY TO MOVE TO HOUSE TOMORROW
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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THE ANSWER IS “YES”
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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