Saturday, January 26, 2013
Congressman Bill Foster, who represents the new 11th District, voted for the proposal and said the nation needs a "long-term solution to address the national debt."
Rep. Bill Foster, who represents the new 11th U.S. Congressional District, released the following statement on his vote to support the Republican proposal to raise the debt ceiling for the next three months. “We need a long term solution to address the national debt, not more short term fixes as House Republicans presented today, however, I voted for the temporary debt limit suspension because protecting the full faith and credit of the United States government is our most important obligation. “Defaulting on U.S. debt payments would trigger a massive increase in U.S. borrowing costs, tarnishing our credit and greatly increasing the national debt.” As part of the package, Foster also voted to protect benefits for veterans and seniors …
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
11th District residents who need assistance can visit mobile office in Joliet through Friday.
U.S. Rep. Bill Foster has announced his staff will continue mobile office service at a new location at the Will County Center for Economic Development at 116 N. Chicago St. in Joliet. The mobile office will run through Friday and will be open to any 11th District resident needing assistance. This is the second temporary office location that Congressman Foster has opened in the district. Permanent office locations in Aurora and Joliet will be announced soon. “Our staff is ready and eager to serve our constituents,” said Foster. “I look forward to hearing from 11th District residents about the challenges they face and their ideas for improving our district, our state and our country.” Foster can be contacted by mail at his Washington office …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
How Will County voted for county board seats, county positions and state and national races.
Circuit Clerk: Incumbent and Democrat Pam McGuire was re-elected, taking in 139,036 votes. Her opponent, Republican Marlene Carlson received 101,947 votes. Recorder of Deeds: It was a close race all night for this county position. Republican challenger Laurie McPhillips held the position before current Recorder Karen A. Stukel. Stukel, a Democrat, was re-elected with 125,140 votes. McPhillips earned 114,912 votes. Auditor: This one was also close. Incumbent and Democrat Duffy Blackburn was narrowly re-elected over Republican challenger Mark Batinick. Blackburn had 120,684 votes; Batinick received 113,414 votes. Coroner: In one of the most commanding leads of a county seat, incumbent and Democrat Patrick K. O'Neil led Republican …
Monday, March 12, 2012
On Monday, the State Board of Elections ruled that Kane County Clerk Jack Cunningham did not have enough valid signatures to remain on the ballot in the 11th Congressional District. A final court decision is expected this week.
The State Board of Elections on Monday ruled against Kane County Clerk Jack Cunningham’s bid to remain on the ballot in the 11th Congressional District. Cunningham is hoping to face off against Rep. Judy Biggert in the newly-drawn 11th, but he’s spent more time defending his candidacy than campaigning in the past few months. The State Board initially removed Cunningham from the ballot in January, citing the mistyped address of a petition circulator on 31 sheets of signatures. Cunningham took that decision to court, and won – a circuit court judge reinstated him on the ballot in February. But Biggert’s campaign appealed that decision, and brought another charge: that two of Cunningham’s petition circulators were not present as required when…
Judith M Baker
11:24 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
You are insensitive and stupid. Women were thinking, period. You obviously are not, except perhaps that your candidate lost. In this day and age,when many women are raising children by themselves and two people salary households are often necessary to provide for the family, contraception is of prime importance. Ir is of prime importance. I had to take pills to get pregnant and am not pro … more ›