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		<title>Prayer and Faithfullness in a Time of Turmoil</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/01/prayer-and-faithful-citizenship-in-a-time-of-political-violence-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>Christian conservatives across the nation clearly see what the biased media refuses to report: leftists are intentionally escalating tensions in Minnesota, with some openly advocating violence, and even armed confrontation, against federal agents. Antifa thugs have gone so far as to call for a “guerrilla war.”</p>
<p>Irresponsible politicians like Governor <strong>JB Pritzker</strong><span class="svelte-x57wqa">, </span><span class="svelte-x57wqa">U.S. Senator </span><strong class="svelte-x57wqa"><span class="svelte-x57wqa">Tammy Duckworth </span></strong><span class="svelte-x57wqa">and </span><span class="svelte-x57wqa">Chicago Mayor </span><strong class="svelte-x57wqa"><span class="svelte-x57wqa">Brandon Johnson </span></strong><span class="svelte-x57wqa">are in lockstep agreement with their counterparts in Minnesota Governor <strong class="svelte-x57wqa">Tim Walz</strong>,</span><span class="svelte-x57wqa"> U.S.</span>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/01/prayer-and-faithful-citizenship-in-a-time-of-political-violence-2026/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Gov. JB Pritzker: &#8220;There is no Emergency in Chicago&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>After a weekend of bloodshed—34 shot in Chicago, including a 5-year-old boy killed in his own home—Governor JB Pritzker, flanked by Mayor Brandon Johnson and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, had the audacity <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-governor-jb-pritkzer-speech-news-conference-full-text-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to declare</a> with straight faces:</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">“There is no emergency in Chicago that calls for armed military intervention.”</span></p></blockquote>
<p>For anyone who lives, works, or grew up in Chicago, the denial is staggering. Over the weekend alone, five people were killed, including the young child in Kenwood and a woman slain in a West Side mass shooting that left five others wounded.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/08/gov-jb-pritzker-there-is-no-emergency-in-chicago/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Durbin and Duckworth Are Okay With Men in Women’s Sports</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 11:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>

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<p>In January, the U.S.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/03/durbin-and-duckworth-are-okay-with-men-in-womens-sports/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>&#8220;Botched Care&#8221; at Planned Parenthood</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p><em>The New York Times</em> recently published a revealing article, titled “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/us/planned-parenthood-clinics.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Botched Care and Tired Staff: Planned Parenthood in Crisis</a>.” In her article, a<a>uthor <strong>Katie Benner </strong></a>details a litany of alarming problems at Planned Parenthood clinics across the U.S. The report asserts that many clinics face a high level of staff turnover that is fueled by substandard pay and poor working conditions.</p>
<p>Drawing from clinic documents, legal filings, and interviews with over 50 current and former executives, consultants, and medical staff, the article highlights a pattern of financial strain, understaffing, and inadequate training that has compromised patient care.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/02/botched-care-at-planned-parenthood/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>IVF is Not Pro-Life</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/02/ivf-is-not-pro-life/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa Sonnenburg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg</em></p>
<p>On February 18, <strong>President Donald J. Trump</strong> signed an executive order that expands access to In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF).</p>
<p>According to the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-expands-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization-ivf/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a>,</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">“The Order recognizes the importance of family formation and that our Nation’s public policy must make it easier for loving and longing mothers and fathers to have children.”</span></p></blockquote>
<p>The executive order goes on to cite the dangerously low fertility rate America is currently facing, as well as the difficulty many families are having as they try to have children.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/02/ivf-is-not-pro-life/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Laken Riley Act: How Did They Vote?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 11:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p data-sourcepos="1:1-1:119">The Laken Riley Act, introduced by U.S Senator <strong>Katie Boyd</strong> (R-AL) in the Senate (<a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/s5/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">S.5</a>) and U.S. Representative <strong>Mike Collins</strong> (R-GA) in the House (<a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr29/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">H.R. 29</a>), aims to increase immigration enforcement. Once signed into law, it will mandate the detention of illegal immigrants charged with or convicted of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. It also allows states to sue the federal government for decisions or alleged failures related to immigration enforcement that result in harm to the state or its residents.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/01/the-laken-riley-act-how-did-they-vote/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>UPDATEDx3 with Ratings Changes and More Super PAC Spending</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/10/fec/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 02:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<h1><strong>House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and President Biden Visited Chicagoland, Vice President Harris hits Chicagoland Sunday for GOTV</strong></h1>
<p><em>Written by John Lopez</em></p>
<p><strong>UPDATEDx3 with President Biden and House Republican Leader McCarthy come &#38; gone; final super PAC spending and <em>Cook Political Report w/ Amy Walter</em> ratings changes, including IL-06 &#38; IL-14 from &#8220;Likely Democrat&#8221; to &#8220;Leans Democrat,&#8221; upgraded in Republicans favor; and results with House majority super PAC independent expenditures for broadcast TV opposing the Republican nominees. </strong>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/10/fec/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Illinois Elections</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/05/illinois-elections/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 11:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Pastor Calvin Lindstrom</em></p>
<p>On June 28, 2022, Illinois will hold primary elections. One hundred and thirty-three days later is the general election on November 8, 2022. Through Illinois Family Action, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting many excellent candidates who are running for state and federal offices. Lord willing some of these excellent candidates will win and take office.</p>
<p>The two most significant elections are the race for Governor and U.S. Senate. Do conservative, God-fearing candidates have any chance of defeating two abortion-loving candidates – <strong>JB Pritzker</strong> and <strong>Tammy Duckworth</strong>?&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/05/illinois-elections/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Help Kathy Salvi Mount a Challenge to Tammy Duckworth in U.S. Senate Race</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/03/salvi/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 12:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Salvi]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by John Lopez</em></p>

<p><em>Illinois Review</em> <a href="https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/02/salvi-likely-to-make-bid-for-us-senate-in-2022.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Monday, February 28, former congressional candidate <strong>Kathy Salvi</strong> of unincorporated Fremont Township in Lake County, is circulating petitions to run for U.S. Senate in 2022. </p>
<p><a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Salvi-Petition.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click HERE</a> to download Salvi&#8217;s nomination petition. Collect as many signatures as you can in the next few days and mail them to her no later than Monday, March 7th. Petitions do not have to have every line filled and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">every signature will help</span>!&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/03/salvi/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Senate Dems Want to Eliminate the Filibuster</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/01/u-s-senate-dems-want-to-eliminate-the-filibuster/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2022 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Schumer]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith</em></p>
<p>U.S. Senate Majority Leader <strong>Chuck Schumer</strong> (D-NY) promised that if Republicans filibuster a voting rights bill supported by the entire U.S. Senate Democratic caucus, as they are expected to, he’ll schedule a vote on changes to the rules by January 17.  <a href="https://www.vox.com/2022/1/8/22866956/chuck-schumer-filibuster-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See report</a>.</p>
<p>On August 24, 2021, Democrat lawmakers in the U.S. House voted <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/117-2021/h260" target="_blank" rel="noopener">219 to 212</a> to pass the <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr4/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act</a> which seeks to federalize elections and take control of voting regulations away from the states. &#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/01/u-s-senate-dems-want-to-eliminate-the-filibuster/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Joe Walsh Wants More Bipartisanship, Which Means Less Joe Walsh</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/08/joe-walsh-wants-more-bipartisanship-which-means-less-joe-walsh/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Peter Heck</em></p>
<p>I admit I know very little about former one-term congressman <strong>Joe Walsh</strong> of Illinois. Some quick online research reveals that he was a tea party activist elected in the anti-Obamacare Republican wave of 2010. During his short tenure in office, Walsh appears to have carved out a reputation as a staunch and sometimes harsh critic of former President Obama, and a reliable vote for conservative policy.</p>
<p>When he lost his re-election bid to <strong>Tammy Duckworth</strong> in 2012, Walsh went on to host a conservative talk radio show before announcing a presidential primary run against <strong>Donald Trump</strong>&#8216;s re-election bid in the 2020 cycle.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/08/joe-walsh-wants-more-bipartisanship-which-means-less-joe-walsh/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>PODCAST: Senator Durbin Wants Some Preemies to Live and Others to Die</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin D. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Feb 2020 10:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dead-baby supporters U.S. Senators <strong>Dick Durbin</strong> and <strong>Tammy Duckworth</strong>, along with 42 collaborators helped defeat Senator <strong>Ben Sasse</strong>’s attempt to prohibit infanticide. Durbin took to the Senate floor to lie about Sasse’s bill by referring to it as an abortion bill despite the fact that he knows it has nothing to do with restricting access to abortion.</p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/senator-durbin-wants-to-treat-some-premature-babies-and-allow-others-to-die/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read more</a>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/podcast-senator-durbin-wants-some-preemies-to-live-and-others-to-die/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Senator Durbin Fights Against Care for Babies Born Alive</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 21:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Alex Newman</em></p>
<p>Federal lawmakers behind a bill to protect babies born alive after botched abortions had reason to believe that it was a relatively uncontroversial policy measure, but Democrats believed otherwise.</p>
<p>Inaccurately <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4783413/user-clip-sen-dick-durbin-born-alive-abortion-survivors-protection-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">calling</a> the legislation an “abortion” bill, the senior Illinois Democrat in the U.S. Senate and forty of his colleagues made clear that even protecting the lives of <em>living</em> children is no longer uncontroversial in America today — at least in Washington, D.C.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/u-s-senator-durbin-fights-against-care-for-babies-born-alive/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Joe Walsh&#8217;s Misguided Self-Serving Candidacy</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/08/joe-walshs-misguided-self-serving-candidacy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith and John Biver</em></p>
<p>Some Illinoisans wonder how <strong>Joe Walsh</strong> morphed from a Trump-supporter into a Trump-hater so intense he’s decided to run against Trump in the 2020 primaries. What strikes many as odd about Walsh’s transformation is that Trump has accomplished much of what he promised and has governed more conservatively than many expected.</p>
<p>Perhaps Walsh, like other Trump-haters, paid too much attention to Trump’s tweets and too little attention to all the good Trump has accomplished for the American people, including record low unemployment among blacks and Hispanics, good judicial appointments, deregulation, moving the U.S.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/08/joe-walshs-misguided-self-serving-candidacy/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Joe Walsh Challenging Trump in the Primaries (Part 1)</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/08/joe-walsh-challenging-trump-in-the-primaries-part-1/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2019 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Political]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Corker; Mark Sanford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald J. Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helene Walsh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Walsh]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by David E. Smith and John Biver</em></p>
<p><strong>Joe Walsh</strong>, one-term congressman and failing radio talk show host, announced on August 25<sup>th</sup> that he is now a candidate for president of the United States and will challenge President <strong>Donald J. Trump</strong> in the Republican primaries. No, this is not an article from the satirical website <em>The Onion.</em></p>
<p>According to one news source, other people considering a run against President Trump are “former Tennessee Senator Bob Corker; Mark Sanford, a former South Carolina congressman who was also the state’s governor; and former Ohio Governor John Kasich.”&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/08/joe-walsh-challenging-trump-in-the-primaries-part-1/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Republicans Ignore Abortion as a Wedge Issue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joe Walsh]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Cal Skinner<br />
<a href="http://mchenrycountyblog.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McHenry County Blog</a> &#8211; Former Illinois State Representative</em></p>
<p>In 2010 State Senator <strong>Bill Brady</strong> (R-Bloomington) lost the gubernatorial race to <strong>Pat Quinn</strong> by 31,834 votes&#8211;less than one percentage point. Brady took a pounding from the pro-abortion Personal PAC&#8217;s television ads starting in early August.</p>
<p>Unlike Bill Clinton in his 1992 contest against George Bush, Brady never responded when he was attacked. On the abortion issue, he stood there like a punching bag and took the blows.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/02/republicans-ignore-abortion-as-a-wedge-issue/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pat Brady Appointed to IL GOP Platform Committee</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2016 16:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by John Biver</em></p>
<p>A couple of Illinois political friends and I have been joking for many years about the old saying “it can’t get any worse.” For the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://weareillinois.org" target="_blank">Illinois Republican Party</a></span>, that saying has never been true. Things continually get worse, and failed party leaders are to blame.</p>
<p>One of those failed party leaders has just been appointed to an important post by the 6th District’s State Central Committeeman <strong>Brian Colgan</strong>, who formerly worked for Senator<strong> Mark Kirk </strong>and before that Congresswoman<strong> Judy Biggert</strong>.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/05/pat-brady-appointed-to-il-gop-platform-committee/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Rep. Dold Has Money Edge in 10th District Rematch</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2015 17:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by Russ Stewart</em></p>
<p align="justify">In Washington, D.C., &#8220;safe&#8221; is every politician&#8217;s, lobbyist&#8217;s and campaign fund-raiser&#8217;s favorite four-letter word, physically and politically, especially in the U.S. House, where the Republicans hold a 245-188 majority (with two vacancies).</p>
<p align="justify">Of the 435 seats up for election in 2016, according to nonpartisan prognosticators like the <em>Rothenberg and Gonzales Political Report</em>, <em>Rollcall</em>, <em>Sabato&#8217;s Crystal Ball</em> and the <em>Cook Political Report</em>, only 32 are &#8220;in play,&#8221; which means susceptible to a party switch next year.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/08/u-s-rep-dold-has-money-edge-in-10th-district-rematch/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Weak Link in the GOP Senate Majority?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Senator Kirk and the GOP need to think hard about what happens next.</strong></span></p>
<p><em>Written by John Fund</em></p>
<p>Illinois U.S. Senator <strong>Mark Kirk</strong> has won a lot of respect for his gritty recovery from a serious stroke in 2012. But his fellow Republicans worry that his recent political and verbal stumbles make him the most vulnerable GOP incumbent up for reelection in 2016 in a state Barack Obama won with 58 percent of the vote in 2012.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/08/the-weak-link-in-the-gop-senate-majority/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Robin Kelly Gets Serious About Run Against RINO Mark Kirk</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2015 13:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>Written by <a href="http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2015/05/robin-kelly-gets-serious-about-run-against-mark-kirk.html" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">IllinoisReview.com</span></a></em></p>
<p>According to <a href="http://atr.rollcall.com/robin-kelly-met-with-dscc-on-possible-illinois-senate-bid/?dcz=" target="_blank">Roll Call</a>, Illinois Congresswoman <a href="http://www.rollcall.com/members/47963.html" target="_blank">Robin Kelly</a> met with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee about a possible U.S. Senate bid against Mark Kirk, who is considered the most vulnerable senator in 2016.</p>
<p>If Kelly, who is black, enters the race, she’d face a primary against fellow Democratic Rep. <a href="http://www.rollcall.com/members/24785.html" target="_blank">Tammy Duckworth</a>, who entered the race a month ago. Democrats say Duckworth, who is disabled, offers a real challenge to Kirk, who is also disabled after a stroke in 2012.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/05/robin-kelly-gets-serious-about-run-against-rino-mark-kirk/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Reps. Duckworth &#038; Schneider Denounce Hobby Lobby Decision</title>
		<link>https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2014/07/u-s-reps-duckworth-schneider-denounce-hobby-lobby-decision/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David E. Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2014 12:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brad Schneider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hobby Lobby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Dold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tammy Duckworth]]></category>
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<p><em>Written by <a href="http://www.illinoisreview.typepad.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">IllinoiwReview.com</span></a></em></p>
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<p>U.S. Representative <strong>Brad Schneider</strong> (D-Linconshire) is very upset about the U.S. Supreme Court&#8217;s Hobby Lobby decision and now is asking those who agree with him to sign a petition in protest.</p>
<p>Most online people realize a petition is simply a ploy to build a database for the November election, but Schneider&#8217;s outreach on the topic clearly affirms he is more concerned about protecting government-funded birth control than protecting his constituents&#8217; religious freedoms.</p>
<p>The same is true of his colleague U.S.</p></div>&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2014/07/u-s-reps-duckworth-schneider-denounce-hobby-lobby-decision/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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