Posted Mar 28, 2018 at 5:13 PM Updated Mar 28, 2018 at 5:23 PM PEORIA — Democrats and Republicans can get along. That was the message delivered at Bradley University on Wednesday when Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Schaumburg, discussed political issues of the day at a program sponsored by the Institute […]
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(CNN)The acting director of the Office of Government Ethics said in a letter to a Democratic member of Congress that the White House Counsel’s office is looking into whether Jared Kushner violated any laws when he met with business entities which later loaned more than $500 million to his company. In the letter dated March […]
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By Raja Krishnamoorthi March 26th, 2018, 6:00am How many times have we heard the advice to “count to three” before doing something impulsive — such as sending an angry text or responding to the president’s tweets? We often regret the things we do or say on the spur of the moment when driven by strong […]
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John addresses the self-driving Uber that killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona Sunday night, and you weigh in. Then, ABC News Correspondent Alex Stone joins from Los Angeles, where a toy company is crowdfunding to keep Toys “R” Us alive. You tell us some of your amazing toy sales stories from the 1990s. Finally, Congressman […]
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A House Democrat has introduced a bill to protect White House whistleblowers, saying it would help staffers come forward despite any binding nondisclosure agreements. The bill, called the No Disrupting Accountability (NDA) Act, comes after a report that President Trump required senior White House staffers to sign nondisclosure agreements promising not to share confidential information […]
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Meeting the Taoiseach “was a moving reminder of the many Indian families like ours who’ve made their lives across the world,” the congressman says. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-IL, met with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on March 15 in Washington. Varadkar, whose father is a physician from Mumbai, is the first Irish Taoiseach — the […]
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BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN – 03/17/18 09:06 AM EDT A House Democrat is calling for Republicans to hold hearings on the Trump administration after the firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. “Firing Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe at 10pm on a Friday night is an attack on law enforcement staggering in both its cowardice and […]
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By Raja Krishnamoorthi Guest columnist It must seem to many frustrated Americans that Republicans and Democrats in Congress disagree on everything under the sun. But it turns out the sun has the power to bring us together. Earlier this month, Congressman Ralph Norman, a Republican from South Carolina, and I, a Democrat from Illinois, launched […]
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March 07, 2018 06:40 PM Updated March 08, 2018 11:16 AM WASHINGTON The FBI needs stronger agency safeguards — notably better training for call-takers and tip line supervisors — according to a preliminary report from the FBI to Congress released Wednesday. The FBI briefed members of two congressional committees Tuesday on its failures to heed […]
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