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		<title>Illinois Can’t Afford Pritzker’s Energy Experiment</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/01/illinois-cant-afford-pritzkers-energy-experiment/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>Illinoisans are about to feel another hit to their wallets—this time in the name of “clean” energy.</p>
<p><strong>Gov. JB Pritzker</strong> and his Democratic supermajorities have pursued the unrealistic goal of 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045 with little regard for cost or reliability. What lawmakers failed to disclose when they passed Illinois’ original clean-energy law is now painfully hitting home with no relief in sight. <strong>These foolish policies will cost taxpayers billions.</strong>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/01/illinois-cant-afford-pritzkers-energy-experiment/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bad Climate Policy Fuels Skyrocketing Electric Bills</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/08/bad-climate-policy-fuels-skyrocketing-electric-bills/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by <a href="https://illinoisfamily.org/author/?id=60222">Rev. Calvin Lindstrom</a> </em></p>
<p>In his excellent history of the 20th century, <em>Modern Times</em>, <strong>Paul Johnson</strong> quotes one of Stalin&#8217;s economists: <span style="background-color: #ffff99;">&#8220;Our task is not to study economics but to change it. We are bound by no laws.&#8221;</span> I believe this describes the general tenor of the Democratic regime that rules Chicago and Illinois. They are people who believe that they can transcend the order and laws God has established, hence their support for abortion, the mutilation of children, and a host of other evils.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/08/bad-climate-policy-fuels-skyrocketing-electric-bills/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>JB Pritzker Gets Grilled Over Foolish Sanctuary Policies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Written by David E. Smith</span></em></p>
<p><span class="citation-7 citation-end-7"> On Thursday, June 12th, during a <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee</a> hearing titled &#8220;A Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors,&#8221; Governor <strong>JB Pritzker</strong> was confronted about </span><span class="citation-6 citation-end-6">Illinois&#8217; sanctuary policies and their perceived impact on public safety and state resources.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">U.S. Representatives <strong>Mary Miller</strong> (R-Quincy) and <strong>Darin LaHood</strong> (R-Peoria) grilled Illinois Governor JB Pritzker </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">on the devastating consequences of his sanctuary policies and his failure to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.  </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Miller highlighted the tragic murders committed by illegal aliens in Illinois who should never have been allowed into America, emphasizing that these policies are putting American lives at risk:</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; background-color: #ffff99;">Illegal aliens in our state have overwhelmed local communities, causing untold pain and suffering, while costing Illinois taxpayers billions.</span></p></blockquote>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/06/jb-pritzker-gets-grilled-over-foolish-sanctuary-policies/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Illinois Freedom Caucus: &#8220;Cut the Waste &#038; Bloat&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 12:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>Illinois lawmakers are actively shaping the state’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget as the May 31st legislative deadline approaches. Governor <strong>JB Pritzker</strong> has proposed a budget of $55.45 billion &#8211; an increase of $2.35 billion over last year, but final numbers are still under negotiation.</p>
<p>On May 13, 2025, Republican members of the Illinois House of Representatives held a press conference, urging substantial budget reductions. They claimed over $1 billion in wasteful spending, fraud, and abuse could be eliminated to save citizens from new or increased tax proposals.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/05/illinois-freedom-caucus-cut-the-waste-bloat-in-budget/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A House Divided Cannot Stand</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2025 10:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>

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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #ff6600;"><strong>First,</strong> <strong>A little history</strong></span></p>
<p>Republican legislators have <span class="svelte-1sntxl4">been in the minority in the Illinois House of Representatives </span><span class="qa-highlight"><span class="svelte-1sntxl4">since 1982, except for a brief period of Republican control from 1995 to 1997</span></span><span class="svelte-1sntxl4">.</span>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/02/a-house-divided-cannot-stand/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Illinois Tax and Spend Budget for FY 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
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<p><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-a023e6 r-rjixqe"><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">In the wee hours of the morning, Democrats — who control the Illinois House of Representatives — approved a <a href="https://ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0251sam001.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$53.1 billion budget</a> for the 2025 fiscal year. The 3,374 page budget, plus supplemental spending bills, had already been approved by Democrats — who control the Illinois Senate — on Sunday evening. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-a023e6 r-rjixqe"><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">The budget includes a significant increase in spending &#8212; $400 million more than what Governor<strong> J.B. Pritzker</strong> had initially proposed.</span></span></p></div>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/05/illinois-tax-and-spend-budget-for-fy-2025/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Aiding Our Enemy</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/10/aiding-our-adversary-ccp-gets-8b-illinois-taxdollars/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 11:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><b style="color: #ff6600;">Illinois Tax Credits for a CCP-</b><span style="color: #ff6600;"><b>Company</b></span><b style="color: #ff6600;">?</b></span></p>
<p>Significant opposition is growing over the Gotion electric vehicle battery plant now under consideration for Manteno, Illinois. On October 2, over 400 people attended a press conference and public comment session at the village board meeting to express their concerns about the project.</p>
<p>An hour before that meeting, the <a href="https://illinoisfreedomcaucus.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illinois Freedom Caucus</a> held a press conference demanding answers to some of the concerns Manteno residents have with a Chinese company building a battery plant in their community.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/10/aiding-our-adversary-ccp-gets-8b-illinois-taxdollars/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Non-Citizens Will Have the Power to Arrest Legal American Citizens in Illinois?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Nancy Hayes</em></p>
<p>At a recent <strong>Three Headed Eagle Alliance</strong> event called “Pints and Politics,” <strong>Dan Caulkins</strong> (R-Decatur), a member of the Illinois Freedom Caucus stated: <em>“No non-citizen American should ever be in a position to arrest an American citizen in America.”</em></p>
<p><a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-2023-06-23-at-12.28.24-PM.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-23907 aligncenter" src="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-2023-06-23-at-12.28.24-PM.png" alt="" width="692" height="515" srcset="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-2023-06-23-at-12.28.24-PM.png 930w, https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-2023-06-23-at-12.28.24-PM-300x223.png 300w, https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-2023-06-23-at-12.28.24-PM-768x571.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px" /></a></p>
<p>This seems like an obvious statement, but Caulkins was responding to the recent passing of <strong>HB 3751</strong>, which amends the Illinois Municipal Code by adding the following:</p>
<blockquote><p>An individual who is <strong>not a citizen but is legally authorized to work in the U.S.</strong></p></blockquote>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/06/non-citizens-will-have-the-power-to-arrest-legal-american-citizens-in-illinois/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ranked-Choice Voting – Missing the Point on Needed Reform in Illinois</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/03/ranked-choice-voting-missing-the-point-on-needed-reform-in-illinois/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa Sonnenburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2023 10:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Nancy Hayes</em></p>
<p>History tends to repeat itself. This is certainly true of “Ranked Choice Voting” in Illinois.</p>
<p>You may remember a junior state senator in Illinois by the name of <strong>Barack Obama</strong>. In 2001, then-Senator Obama introduced a bill that would have put on the ballot a Constitutional Amendment to elect the Illinois House of Representatives by “fair voting” in 3-seat districts elected by voters given cumulative voting rights.</p>
<p>Then, in 2002, Obama introduced a bill that would have required that partisan primaries for congressional office be conducted by “instant runoff voting” or IRV, also known as ranked-choice voting.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/03/ranked-choice-voting-missing-the-point-on-needed-reform-in-illinois/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Still Fighting the Good Fight vs. Amendment 1</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/03/amendment-1-patriots-still-fighting-the-good-fight/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Nancy Hayes</em></p>
<p>On November 8<sup>th</sup> of last year, Illinoisans went to the polls and voted on Amendment 1. This constitutional amendment passed on an official vote from Illinois citizens with a total of 2,212,999 yeses to 1,555,929 nos.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>What is Amendment 1?</strong></span></p>
<p>Amendment 1 is a proposed constitutional amendment that adds a new “constitutional right” for <strong>government</strong> <strong>workers</strong> to organize and collectively bargain. According to <a href="https://wirepoints.org/amendment1/">Wirepoints</a>, Amendment 1 “cemented public sector union powers into the State Constitution.”&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/03/amendment-1-patriots-still-fighting-the-good-fight/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pro-Christmas, Pro-Family and Unashamed</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 20:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>For as long as I can remember, Family PAC&#8217;s <strong>Paul Caprio</strong> has strongly urged conservative candidates to send Christmas cards to primary voters in their districts. At first I thought this wasn&#8217;t the best use of campaign resources and not a very policy-centric way to communicate to would-be voters. Yet, as I considered the up-side of a pro-Christmas, pro-family mailer, I became convinced of its genius. In fact, I now believe that my initial response severely underestimated it&#8217;s importance.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/12/pro-christmas-pro-family-and-unashamed/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mary Miller is Correct</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/06/mary-miller-is-correct/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2021 15:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Christine Misner and David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>Why are left-wing Democrats lying about Mary Miller?</p>
<p>Because she stands for <strong>your values</strong>!</p>
<p>U.S. Representative <strong>Mary Miller</strong> is serving her first term in Congress, representing <a href="https://www.congress.gov/member/mary-miller/M001211" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illinois&#8217; 15th District</a> in Washington, D.C. Her husband, <strong>Chris Miller</strong>, is a state representative who has served in the Illinois General Assembly since 2019. They are a hardworking Christian couple who have raised seven children, operate a family ranch and farm, and are well-respected leaders in their local church and community.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/06/mary-miller-is-correct/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Let the Cancel Culture Take Down State Representative Chris Miller</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/03/dont-let-the-cancel-culture-take-down-state-representative-chris-miller/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 23:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chris and Mary Miller are perhaps the most conservative elected Republican lawmakers in the state of Illinois. Inevitably, this makes them prime targets of the Left&#8217;s hate-and-smear machine.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Chris Miller</strong> is a state representative serving the 110th District at the Capitol in Springfield since 2019. His wife <strong>Mary Miller</strong> is a freshman Congresswoman serving the 15th District at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. They are a hardworking Christian couple who have raised seven children, operate a family ranch and farm, and are well-respected leaders in their local church and community.</span>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/03/dont-let-the-cancel-culture-take-down-state-representative-chris-miller/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Representative Mary Miller Defends Husband, Cautions Conservative Christians</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2021 10:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written By <a href="https://illinoisfamily.org/author/?id=53561">Christine Misner</a></em></p>
<p>U.S. Representative <strong>Mary Miller</strong> (R-Effingham) is defending her husband, Illinois State Representative <strong>Chris Miller</strong> (R-Oakland), from claims by &#8220;progressive&#8221; caucus Illinois Democrats that he violated his oath of office by attending the January 6 rally held by former President <strong>Donald J. Trump</strong> in Washington, DC. She claimed his critics are targeting conservative Christians.</p>
<p>The Millers are Christians who attend Oakland Christian Church in Oakland, Illinois, where she teaches Sunday school and Vacation Bible School.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/03/u-s-representative-mary-miller-defends-husband-cautions-conservative-christians/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Taxpayer Freedom Caucus Formed by Illinois GOP House Members</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2020 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>Republicans may be in the super-minority in the Illinois General Assembly, but that isn&#8217;t stopping 20 Republican State House members from forming the &#8220;Illinois Taxpayer Freedom Caucus&#8221; to focus on structural and ethical reforms our state desperately needs.</p>
<p>Members include State Representatives <strong>John Cabello</strong> (Machesney Park), <strong>Joe Sosnowski</strong> (Rockford), <strong>Blaine Wilhour</strong> (Effingham), <strong>Dan Caulkins</strong> (Decatur), <strong>Brad Halbrook</strong> (Shelbyville), <strong>Chris Miller</strong> (Oakland), <strong>Allen Skillicorn</strong> (Crystal Lake), <strong>Darren Bailey</strong> (Xenia), <strong>Andrew Chesney</strong> (Freeport), <strong>David McSweeney</strong> (Barrington Hills), <strong>Amy Grant</strong> (Wheaton), <strong>Terri Bryant</strong> (Murphysboro), <strong>Randy Freese</strong> (Quincy), <strong>Dave Severin</strong> (Benton), <strong>Tom Morrison</strong> (Palatine), <strong>Tom Weber</strong> (Lake Villa), <strong>Patrick Windhorst</strong> (Metropolis), <strong>Dan Swanson</strong> (Alpha), <strong>Charlie Meier</strong> (Okawville), and <strong>Tony McCombie</strong> (Savanna).&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/05/taxpayer-freedom-caucus-formed-by-illinois-gop-house-members/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Illinoisans Protest Governor Pritzker&#8217;s Tyrannical Orders</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 09:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Austin Scott Davies</em></p>
<p>On Saturday, over a thousand Illinois citizens came together at the State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, to declare their God-given rights in the face of oppression by Governor <strong>J.B. Pritzker</strong> and his administration. Since Pritzker declared every county in Illinois a disaster on March 9, 2020, he has issued executive orders that far exceed his authority and trample on the rights of Illinois citizens. Thousands of businesses and churches have been shuttered and thousands of livelihoods have been needlessly destroyed with no regard for constitutional constraints on government overreach.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/05/illinoisans-protest-governor-pritzkers-tyrannical-orders/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Draining the Swamp Begins Here at Home</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 10:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by James Blair</em></p>
<p>The 1912 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois Volume 2 describes Sangamon County, home of Springfield as the “&#8230;low swamp lands in Sangamon County, and the green coated stagnant ponds that stood from year to year, filling the atmosphere with so much malaria that almost every man, woman, and child in the county were more or less afflicted with chills and fever&#8230;”  Here in 2020 the physical swamp is gone, but a bureaucratic swamp remains stifling the growth of Illinois.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/01/draining-the-swamp-begins-here-at-home-2/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Abby Johnson Speaking in Effingham and Carmi!</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/07/support-three-new-state-reps-who-support-life-abby-johnson-speaking-in-effingham-and-carmi/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Tamara Jackson</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Support Three New State Reps Who Support Life!</strong></span></em></p>
<p>Thanks to a super-majority of left-wing lawmakers, Illinois “boasts” some of the most egregious abortion laws in our nation.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, May 28th, the Illinois House voted <a href="http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/101/house/10100SB0025_05282019_002000T.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">64-50</a> to pass <a href="https://www.aclu-il.org/en/legislation/hb-2495-illinois-reproductive-health-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SB 25</a> — an abhorrent bill creating a fundamental &#8220;right&#8221; to abortion throughout all 9 months of pregnancy. Three days later, the Illinois State Senate voted <a href="http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/101/senate/10100SB0025ham001_05312019_113000C.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">34-20</a> to pass it as well. This past Wednesday, Gov.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/07/support-three-new-state-reps-who-support-life-abby-johnson-speaking-in-effingham-and-carmi/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SPOTLIGHT: Madigan Has No Opposition Party in Springfield</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/07/11900/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2019 09:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Benjamin Smith</em></p>
<p>David Smith welcomes State Representative <strong>Darren Bailey</strong> (R-Louivlle) to this edition of the IFA Spotlight podcast as they <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-150/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">continue their conversation</a> on political corruption in Illinois. In case you missed the memo: Illinois is Michael Madigan’s playground and he just lets us PAY in it. Standing in stark contrast to Speaker Madigan and his minions, Rep. Bailey is a first-term, stalwart Christian statesman who represents the 109th district who <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BaileyforIllinois/videos/360281534680297/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">just announced</a> that he plans to run for the 55th State Senate District in 2020 to replace the retiring Republican incumbent.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/07/11900/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>&#8220;Madigan Has No Opposition Party in Springfield&#8221; (Illinois Family Spotlight #154)</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/madigan-has-no-opposition-party-in-springfield-illinois-family-spotlight-154/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin D. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>State Representative Darren Bailey joins David Smith on this episode to break down the corrupt system Illinois is known for; it&#8217;s worse than you think. Darren Bailey is a stalwart Christian statesman representing the 109th district.</p>
<p>They also discuss what could possibly be next for the leftists in Springfield, the importance of principled men and women running for public office and where they could begin, the possibility of booting Chicago out of Illinois, and an upcoming <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/effingham-fight-for-life-w-abby-johnson-tickets-62650288700" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">event</a> you do not want to miss.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/madigan-has-no-opposition-party-in-springfield-illinois-family-spotlight-154/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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