| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Thursday August 15, 2024 ( 5 items ) |
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Duckworth Touts $500,000 in Federal Funding She Secured for New Women's Business Center in Peoria
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release:
[PEORIA, IL] U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today celebrated the opening of the new Women's Business Center in Peoria, made possible in part by funding she helped secure. Earlier this year, Duckworth secured $500,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) funds for the WBDC to support entrepreneurial training for child care providers throughout Northern Illinois and boost the number of affordabl
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Duckworth Welcomes 194 Newly-Naturalized Citizens in Springfield
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release:
[SPRINGFIELD, IL] U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. District of Central Illinois Judge Colleen Lawless today to welcome nearly 200 residents from 49 different countries for the first time as United States citizens in the U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois Naturalization Ceremony. In her remarks t
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Durbin Presses Defense Secretary Austin On Decision To Revoke Guilty Plea Deal For Accused September 11th Plotters
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release:
Durbin to Sec. Austin: "I am troubled by your decision to revoke the guilty pleas that, in the reasoned judgement of the prosecutors of the case, were in the best path forward to finality and justice."
SPRINGFIELD U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, pressed U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin today on his decision to revoke a long-sought guilty ple
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On the 116th Anniversary, Duckworth, Durbin, Budzinski Applaud Biden-Harris Administration on Establishing the 1908 Springfield Race Riot National Monument
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release:
[SPRINGFIELD, IL] U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) today applauded the Biden-Harris Administration's announcement it will designate the uncovered site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot as a national monument to be managed by the U.S. National Park Service. This designation ensures the historic site will be prese
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Durbin Presses Defense Secretary Austin On Decision To Revoke Guilty Plea Deal For Accused September 11th Plotters
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release:
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Durbin to Sec. Austin: "I am troubled by your decision to revoke the guilty pleas that, in the reasoned judgement of the prosecutors of the case, were in the best path forward to finality and justice."
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SPRINGFIELD - U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, pressed U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Aus
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