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it was nearly 40 years ago President Ronald Reagan went to the Brandenburg Gate, the Berlin Wall, and he said to the Soviets, ``Tear down this wall.'' Ronald Reagan understood all too well what the Soviet regime was all about: It was a…
Nefarious actors are now using intimidation and manipulation to scare Americans, particularly seniors, into dumping their life savings into cryptocurrency ATMs.
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 696 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…
I announce that the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Warnock), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 66, nays 28, as follows: [Rollcall…
This wasn't just a murder—it was a hate crime. And every single Illinoisan—including our Muslim, Jewish, and Palestinian neighbors—deserves to live free from the threat of such evil.
This bill would help curb the efficacy of these scams.
The Democrats’ platform calls for raising the federal minimum wage to $15.
These are the kinds of kitchen table issues that should be the main focus of any Democratic campaign.
If Democrats want to show the American people they’re listening, I know where they can start: One issue that was rarely mentioned during the campaign was the fight to raise the minimum wage.
If Democrats want to reach these voters, they need to address these issues, home in on these concerns and provide solutions.
If you walk down the street and stop people and ask what’s really bothering them and what they’d like to see the government address, it’s affordability.
On the federal level, the minimum wage is only $7.25. That amounts to just $15,000 annually. You can’t live on that.
In Illinois, we raised the minimum wage to $15, but across the country, many are still struggling to get by.
As governor, I signed a bill to eliminate the state grocery tax.
The actions that Musk and his IT goons have taken, they're illegal.
[A]s I watch the behavior of our political leaders, the comments of an ever-increasingly unhinged Trump, and the growing indifference of many Americans toward our role in the world, I have to ask a painful question: Are we now the bad guys?
Trump’s 'toothless' executive order does nothing to expand access to IVF.
