The state might take a crippling hit if congress does not act before Friday.
Deep, nationwide cuts are geared to take place March 1. They're the first of a decade-long $1.2 trillon budget cut plan poised to go into effect unless congress can compromise on a defecit-reduction plan. Here’s what Illinois stands to lose, according to the White House:
President Barack Obama's administration answers questions from Patch users after the State of the Union address.
In January, the White House Office of Digital Strategy reached out to Patch to get questions from Patch users. Patch editors nationwide put out calls for questions, and the White House responded with video replies to seven of them. Here are links to articles with those replies: • From Dylan Schrock, a Plainfield native now living in Ann Arbor, MI: "While you seek to punish those responsible for the sub-prime mortgage crisis, will you pursue those in positions in the federal government and federal agencies who had an impact, or will you simply pursue those in private financial sector?" Click here to watch the video. • From Flossmoor, IL, resident Marta Perales: "Can we get more details on how President Obama is going to move forward with …
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Plainfield native Dylan Schrock was one of just six Patch readers from around the country whose question was selected to be answered by the office of the POTUS.
In January, the White House Office of Digital Strategy reached out to Patch to get questions from its users. One of the responses chosen was from Dylan Schrock, a Plainfield native now living in Ann Arbor, MI, who asked President Obama's office, "While you seek to punish those responsible for the sub-prime mortgage crisis, will you pursue those in positions in the federal government and federal agencies who had an impact, or will you simply pursue those in private financial sector?" In the video above, you can see the response from National Economic Council Deputy Director Brian Deese. "The president's approach to the housing crisis and the financial crisis is designed to be comprehensive and to seek out wrongdoing wherever it happened, …
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11:06 am on Thursday, February 16, 2012
Would someone please change the tab heading on the top between GALLERY and MORE to ELECTIONS 2012 (not 2011) ? Just a thought. more ›
The President will address the nation tonight, but tomorrow he'll take questions from a few Patch readers.
Have a question or two for President Barack Obama? Here's your chance. The White House has asked Patch to extend an invitation to our readers to submit questions to the President and his administration. The White House will pick the five best questions from across the country and provide video responses (though it's still a bit unclear if the answers will come from the President himself.) In any case, this is an unprecedented opportunity for Lemont residents to have their voices heard in the highest corridors of power. I suggest we take it. All you have to do is provide the following: You can add them to our comment section or send them directly to amanda@patch.com. Submit your questions to Patch as soon as possible after the speech …
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Robert K
8:45 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
This problem is easily solved....All they need to add to this list is " All Congress members, Senators and the Executive Office pay and benefits are to be withheld until an agreement is reached".......This is a guaranteed solution! more ›