reporter: the campaign for illinois governor has gotten pretty lively.e got chicago congressman rod blagojevich. what's that name again? -bala-jo-vich. -reporter: bala-jo-vich, huh? -bala-jo-vich. -you sure? positive. tapper: during rod's 2002 governor's campaign, dick mell's membership in the old school chicago elite was a definite bonus, but it was rod's working class bonafides and people skills that did all the rest. coming from the family he did, he had a real working class chip on his shoulder, and his two heroes were elvis and richard nixon, both because they were guys who came from the wrong side of their tracks and fought their way up and were kind of disdained by the elites. in fact, if those two gritty 20th century icons fought their way into a single person, you might actually end up with rod blagojevich, for better and for worse. the rod blagojevich that i first met was youthful. he was energetic. he had this kind of mane of black hair that was super thick, and you could tell it was filled with hair product. the hair-- so iconic in its own ri

the gentleman from illinois. mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. davis: i rise in support of senate bill 1146, to find and -- the find and protect foster youth act as amended. this bill builds on existing h.h.s. guidance to ensure that states understand their grave responsibilities when youth go missing from foster care. it would require h.h.s. to determine whether states are in full compliance with the law and the guidance. and also to identify best practices and provide technical support to states so that they can do better by our youth. our committee worked closely with h.h.s. to update the original guidance and then advance last year the bipartisan house companion bill, h.r. 26. taking a child into foster care is a last resort. something that we should do only if the child cannot live safely at home, even with services or supports. once the state takes custody of a child, they must keep that child safe and act in t

and expanded the illinois sick leave act to 30,000 aviation workers in illinois. on behalf of illinois' third congressional district, i commend rogelio for his unwavering commitment to worker solidarity and the power of collective action. felicidades, roy, and thank you for your incredible leadership. mr. speaker, in honor of our latino community's rich contributions to our nation, i rise to honor hugo, a champion for latino representation in the trades. for his unwavering commitment to organized labor and latino empowerment. initiated into the painters local union 33 in 1993, as a drywall finisher, hugo was the very first mexican american hired by the painter's district council 14. in 2024 hugo became the -- 2014 hugo became the first mexican elected business representative for painters district council 14, overseeing the work of will and grundy counties. he later served as a director of organizing, driving efforts to unionize nonunion sites and industries, providing workers with the option for the very first time collectively to negotiate wages, hours, working c

host: illinois is next. republican line. peggy in illinois. hello? one more time for peggy? armando, independent line. he is in san antonio. good morning. caller: good morning. i want to make a point. i do not like either of the candidates at all. i want to make a quick comment -- host: you said you did not like either candidate. tell us why. caller: for one, trump, i voted for him last time. 2016. he did not accomplish all of those things. he does 1% of the people. host: vice president harris, wire not supporting her? -- why are you not supporting her? caller: she does not have been agenda for me. i am living out of my car. i am homeless. housing is so expensive. thank you. host: massachusetts, democrats line. caller: good morning that i am calling about your guest this morning. he seemed very on creditable to me. he failed to say why the problem with children not learning how to read has anything to do with children being given good history lessons. what does one have to do with the other? i would say nothing. i thought he was a thinly veiled white supremacist whose argume

from illinois. and so that was the solution. congress came up with. this commission would decide the disputed votes. it was unprecedented. many members of congress, republicans, democrats, believe this was unconstitutional. but it was really the only solution for a problem that was unprecedented. erik alexander that is complicated. was this being played out in the press daily or weekly, and were people engaged in this process? oh, absolutely. in fact, you know, during during the crisis itself in december, when the states were trying to figure out who won each state, there were armies of reporters from all over the country trying to figure out what was going on. there were daily reports in washington. there were rumors everywhere. i mean, it was the front page of every newspaper, every single day. again, this crisis was unprecedented. and going back to the beginning of our conversation, there was a real sense that of what was at stake here, not only the fate of reconstruction, the rights of black ame

that was tyrone in mendon, illinois. during that professor jacobs were showing a map of illinois. and you can see the electoral map and you can see most of the state is red. and then you get up into chicago, the population center and is blue, blue, blue and at the same time. right. i don't want to deny the fact that there are lots republican voters living in the suburbs, chicago, and there's lots democrats living out and rural illinois as well. and those do have a simplifying effect, you know, speak to the corporations rhetoric because, i mean, this is something that really does i think have a lot of dynamism when. we when we talk to rural voters, when we study their rural electorate, you know, small are a core of rural america. there are core urban america. they are core of suburban america. and what we see actually on this issue, a deep commonality between different regions or political geographies and the american electorate, either urban or rural, is thinking about the fact corporations, not small business owners are getting bigger. that small business owners are having a toug

from illinois. and so that was the solution. congress came up with. this commission would decide the disputed votes. it was unprecedented. many members of congress, republicans, democrats, believe this was unconstitutional. but it was really the only solution for a problem that was unprecedented. erik alexander that is complicated. was this being played out in the press daily or weekly, and were people engaged in this process? oh, absolutely. in fact, you know, during during the crisis itself in december, when the states were trying to figure out who won each state, there were armies of reporters from all over the country trying to figure out what was going on. there were daily reports in washington. there were rumors everywhere. i mean, it was the front page of every newspaper, every single day. again, this crisis was unprecedented. and going back to the beginning of our conversation, there was a real sense that of what was at stake here, not only the fate of reconstruction, the rights of black ame

that was tyrone in mendon, illinois. during that professor jacobs were showing a map of illinois. and you can see the electoral map and you can see most of the state is red. and then you get up into chicago, the population center and is blue, blue, blue and at the same time. right. i don't want to deny the fact that there are lots republican voters living in the suburbs, chicago, and there's lots democrats living out and rural illinois as well. and those do have a simplifying effect, you know, speak to the corporations rhetoric because, i mean, this is something that really does i think have a lot of dynamism when. we when we talk to rural voters, when we study their rural electorate, you know, small are a core of rural america. there are core urban america. they are core of suburban america. and what we see actually on this issue, a deep commonality between different regions or political geographies and the american electorate, either urban or rural, is thinking about the fact corporations, not small business owners are getting bigger. that small business owners are having a toug

the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. ms. duckworth: mr. president, i come to the floor to speak on the bill that recently failed despite my colleagues' saying they -- i was able to pack my daughter's lunch boxes, it sounds mundane, but when i think about it, even every day moments electronic that with my girls is not mundane. after struggling with being -- the only reason there are pb and j's for me to make for lunch, the only there are are tiny sneakers for me to velcro close, is because after coming home from war, i had the dream of coming from tammy to mommy a reality. i was one of the lucky ones because now that freedom to get reproductive care is at risk for millions of women whose most desperate hope is to have a little one at home. make no mistake, this is not a future nightmare. this is a reality. countless women had their ivf treatments interrupted after an alabama supreme court ruling treated these women as criminals. in this perilous moment in our country as we stare down november, there's no telling how many more will follow. l

he's he's a little nervous about illinois. so there are there are sort of shifts in the electorate that are a little bit nervous for him. one thing to also know about the way that politics works in this period is that you have to remember that people are moving all the time. there's a lot of movement in the country in this period, particularly in the north. and so the electorate is always changing from city to city, space to space. and so there are always going to be some jostling of numbers. california, i think, is a is a real surprise to a lot of people. but the fact that it's so tight indicates some of what's going on there. the first tuesday after the first monday in november was election day. and is election day. but in 1860, was that the only day that you could show up to the polls? and how long did it take to get results? it was not very long to get results in this period. they counted it relatively quickly. this it was not really in doubt. so, lincoln, they knew lincoln had won almost immediate early and and people as

so i applied to two schools in illinois, which i got into. and then northwestern which i got into, and then they gave me a scholarship that equalized the cost. and i went there and and actually it was i was really glad i did and law school went to law school at harvard law school. i had no particular desire to go to harvard, any other school. again, i got a great outside score and it turns out i could get into harvard law school. but the reason i the main reason went to harvard, apart from the fact that, well, you know it's harvard, is that i did plan to spend my entire life as a criminal lawyer in chicago. i love chicago, and i plan to spend life there. and i really thought that if i didn't go away at some point in my life i would always feel like i wonder if i just stayed here out of inertia. so going away to the east coast meant that if i went back to chicago it was intentional and it was choice i made not just a default position. and that is what happened. i did go back to chicago and i became a prosecutor in the cook county attorney's of

he's he's a little nervous about illinois. so there are there are sort of shifts in the electorate that are a little bit nervous for him. one thing to also know about the way that politics works in this period is that you have to remember that people are moving all the time. there's a lot of movement in the country in this period, particularly in the north. and so the electorate is always changing from city to city, space to space. and so there are always going to be some jostling of numbers. california, i think, is a is a real surprise to a lot of people. but the fact that it's so tight indicates some of what's going on there. the first tuesday after the first monday in november was election day. and is election day. but in 1860, was that the only day that you could show up to the polls? and how long did it take to get results? it was not very long to get results in this period. they counted it relatively quickly. this it was not really in doubt. so, lincoln, they knew lincoln had won almost immediate early and and people as

the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. bost: at this time i'd like to recognize the sponsor of the bill and gentleman from california, mr. calvert, for as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. calvert: i thank the gentleman for yielding me time. i rise in support of the stuck on hold act i introduced to support american veterans. this legislation is simple and yet powerful and will make government services accessible for those who served our country. at a time it's been advanced in the private sector, it's long overdue we bring the user friendly approach to our agencies. right now when a veteran picks up the phone to call the veterans administration they face long, uncertain wait times and sit on hold, sometimes for hours with no clear idea when their call will be answered or how long they'll have to wait. the frustration this causes is immeasurable and frankly, it's unacceptable. that's why the stuck on hold act is so crucial and the bill requires the v.a. to implement a sy

according to i.c.e., cook county, illinois, saw law enforce. release 1,070 criminal aliens and immigration violators in fiscal year 2019 despite requests by i.c.e. to notify the agency before their release from local custody. one of those criminals was a mexican national who had been arrested for theft. after his release from custody, that illegal alien lured a 3-year-old girl into a mcdonald's bathroom and sexually assaulted her. had chicago authorities cooperated with federal official, that man, a convicted aggravated felon who priestly had been deported could have been in i.c.e. custody and instead removed to mexico. in january, 2023, a 27-year-old illegal alien was allowed to remain in the united states through the deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca program. despite his arrest for domestic violence in new jersey. local law enforcement ignored an i.c.e. detainer and released him where he went ton murder his girlfriend and a married couple. without this legislation we should brace ourselveses for what is to come. in 2019, kamala h

president, i first want to thank our colleague, senator duckworth, from illinois, for her leadership.dership. beautiful pictures of her two girls with their different personalities. both of whom would not be here without these procedures. once you see those kids we know people in our families, with our friends but their neighbors. understand how disappointed this was on the last hour. good to of our republican colleagues the same to we voted with us last time who are willing to stand up for ivf. ivf is a miracle medical treatment for families who could not otherwise have children. over the last four decades 8 million babies, 8 million babies have been born around the world thanks to ivf. and yet today we are moving backwards. the right to ivf is under attack because two years ago the supreme court decided to shred l half a century of legal precedents and strip away women's rights to make their own health care decisions right now american women's are at the mercy of a patchwork of state laws was my colleagues from illinois just described. which governs access to reproductive care. incl

the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. bost: mr.peaker, we have no speakers on this bill and i am ready to close but i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i do have a speaker. i would like to yield three minutes to my good friend who is the author of h.r. 4190, he currently serves on the house appropriations committee and the budget committee, he's also a former member of the house veterans' affairs committee and the gentleman from maryland, representative david trone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. trone: mr. speaker, i rise today to urge a yes vote on my bill. the restoring benefits to defrauded veterans act. today we must remember the courageous men and women who have dedicated their lives to defend our country and our freedoms. they still need us. my bill addresses this longstanding issue affecting millions of veterans frauded. last year the federal trade commis

football champion for the university of illinois. he's in all-american? >> all-american. >> this is what kids dream about. he was living the life. >> absolutely. going to the nfl was a dream of his. >> then he realized grander ambitions. fighting crime as a prosecutor and serving his country in the national guard and his community in politics. >> i am simoneau wants meaningful work that will make a difference in the lives of people. >> it is what happened in this little house in quincy, and one person in particular, that made curtis really stand out for all the world to see. >> continuing coverage in the murder case. >> right now, the defense is presenting its closing argument to the case. >> big dreams and a mighty river can carry afar or they can drag you under. this is the very strange journey of curtis lovelace, all- american the criminal defendant. let's roll back the years to high school and to the woman who would become the focus of so much speculation. >> cory and i went to high school together. we didn't run in the same crowd. we had some mutual

he became president of the united states and he'd first seen a telegraph in 1857 when he was in illinois where he literally, we must not forget he was a lit gator and interrogated the operator and a guy named charles pinker -- tinker who then went onto work in white house telegraph office during administration and interrogated him how does this thing work? one of the thins we don't think about when we think about abraham lincoln is that if he were alive today, we'd call him an early dopter. he's thehe only president to hod a patent. his job in illinois and his frequent clients were the railroad and technology changing commerce and culturethis man working with the new technology was in fact someone fascinated by technology. the other generalization that i'll point out before we get down to some of the specific things everything that we know about abraham lincoln has three sources. his speeches, writing ands telegrams. the first two are set pieces that are thought out, planned, the purpose of delivering some kind of message. it's the closest thing to a transcript of a conversation with abr

california budgeted 12 million, then it failed, i think illinois, evanston , illinois, illinois, evanstond sum of £25,000 spread between within 2023, i it's you can see why it's on the front of people's minds in new york because slavery was only abolished in 1820 seven inches new york. so, you know, quite recent, i don't know. would my opinion be different if i was a black guy living in new york? absolutely. because why not, you know, get it from me, get it from me. but i'm not. i'm a i'm a, i'm a mixed race guy living in croydon. so i don't think this is particularly i think croydon reparations are needed more than new york reparations for having to live in croydon. >> yeah, but the idea is that they're saying there's a there's a misunderstanding that reparations means just money. >> yeah. what they're talking about here is like renaming some some streets . possibly, possibly. >> they say starting the conversation is the most important part. i feel like we don't talk about anything else. >> yeah, i did exactly the same thing. it's like, sorry. no no no no, no. at that point is we identif

in illinois' third congressional district, active indivisible chapters in illinois, leaders like debra mccoy, jerry cann and others are working tirelessly to engage their neighbors in the civic process and i want to thank indivisible for their commitment to fostering a well-informed electorate and a stronger democracy. while extreme republicans demonstrate who they believe should have access to vote and who they believe shouldn't, i'm honored to recognize the nonprofit chicago votes for their efforts in fostering civic engagement among the next generation of leaders in our city. their unlocked civics program works to increase democratic participation from justice impacted adult, from registering over 5,000 votes for the cook county jail to advocating for legislation to make the jail the first in the nation to serve as a primary election voting location. chicago votes also works to engage young people in local civic processes from the regular parade to the polls to creating nonpartisan voting guides to educating around civic curriculum. their programs build stronger leaders for a strong

host: marcus there in illinois giving his thoughts on open for them.a long post from elon musk, on his platform, reading amongst things, "this will be the last election to save the democracy. if one in 20 illegals become citizens per year, something democrats are expediting as fast as humanly possible, that would be 2 million legal voters. the vote margin went down by less than 20,000 votes and there will be no more swing states and the biden harris administration has been flying asylum-seekers fast tracked to citizenship into states like pennsylvania, ohio, wisconsin. if you are interested in reading those thoughts from elon musk concerning the election, that's on his platform. let's hear from edward in california. independent line. >> can you hear me ok? host: i can, go ahead. >> after the second attempt on trump's life at the maggart rally that he had, some people claimed he was divinely protected by god, his chosen one. he was raised as a christian, from my understanding, and there have been two attempts on his life that we know of. hit was also ra

people travel there for abortions, especially illinois. but if we go back to the summer that roe v wade was overturned, the illinois governor said he would call a special session and pass all these laws to make sure that illinois could be a sanctuary. he didn't do that. he waited until the legislature came back and then they passed laws. and then they added more support. and, you know, you work on your own schedule. but what that really underscored for me and many people i spoke is that there were differing levels of urgency based on how immediately and how you were affected. the other state that i think about a lot is california which has seen also a lot of people traveled from out of state. the state has put funding into trying to support abortion care in their state. and for people traveling there. but it's a tremendous burden to be placed upon a system that was already underfunded because states have never put a lot of money into abortion. and the federal government doesn't. and what we see is this the system that has been underfunded

the author, university of illinois, alan redstone. the subtitle why need to question ourselves more and how we can judge others less. professor redstone, what is the certainty trap? well, thank you so much for having me. the certainty trap is the problem. it's a problem in how we that shapes how we view world and how we view other people. in particular, it drives our sense of moral righteous indignation and when it comes to political topics, in particular contempt and contempt for people who disagree. and it does that in two ways. one is certainty. certainty tells us that our knowledge is definitive rather than provisional. so in the sense of, you know, what is the relationship, gender and biology or is immigration good or bad for low skilled workers or, you know, or even something like, you know, does having a baby during high school lead to lower earnings age 40? all of these kinds of questions that relate to social problems have that don't come with definitive answers. now, when you talk about the provisional nature of knowledge, y

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his job when he was a lawyer, illinois, his frequent were the railroads.ch were the revolutionary network technol logy that was totally changing both commerce and culture in as they as it progressed west. he even thought that he could make it on the lecture circuit with a lecture discoveries and invent in, which he talked about the importance of technology. so we are lucky that regard. that this man who had to figure how to work with this new technology was in fact who was fascinated by technology which he. the other general observation that i will point out before we down to some of the specific things. is that not only is lincoln use of the telegraph a study in dealing with technology, but it also an incredible insight into the man. as you know lincoln kept no diary diary. everything that we know about abraham lincoln has three sources. his speeches, his writings and his telegrams. the first two are set pieces. they're out. their planned. they. the purpose is to delay live or some kind of message as. we'll see in a moment. in a minute. his telegrams are

the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: madam president, this is a serious topic. to rush through in a matter of minutes is unfair. more time should be devoted to it, but i'm going to do my best in a short period of time to be very direct. first, to anyone following this debate at home, pull out your cell phone, go to your search engine whatever it happens to be and look up the following name. i'm going to spell it carefully. kermit gosnell. kermit gosnell. this bill that's been proposed by my friend from oklahoma creates new standards of care for doctors providing reproductive health care and these standards are not based on medicine, fact, or science. the goal of this bill is to target and intimidate reproductive health care providers and make it harder for women to access comprehensive, compassionate health care. let me be clear. despite former president trump's wild claims, it is not legal in this country, in any state to kill a child after it's born. doctors already have an obligation under the law to provide a

she will be in new york, she will win illinois. donald trump will win illinois.s. donald trump will win florida, ohio, texas, and it's those six or seven swing states including nevada that will really tell the tale. what about the endorsement from taylor swift? around 250 million followers on instagram, many of them young women, but i can't imagine many of them were unaware of her support for kamala harris before this endorsement. what difference do you think it might make? honestly, i don't know that it adds a single vote. i think the swifties are by and large going to be harris voters anyway and it seemed really strangely timed from the perspective of, if anything, the biggest pop superstar in the world announcing her endorsement on the day were kamala harris by ella const won the debate seems to step on the story. they could've used that later in the week to sort of build the sense of momentum. it week to sort of build the sense of momentum.— week to sort of build the sense of momentum. it is interesting, the timing- _ of momentum. it is interesting, the timin

of federal funds from states like new york, illinois? you think of a reason? can i. it's a political stunt to take money from diverse communities and democratic cities. let me tell you i'll be voting no on h.r. 5717, and i urge my colleagues to do the same. with that, speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, hate has no place on long island. recently we long islanders witness add disturbing act of vandalism and hate targeting the baps term in melville, a place for peaceful, family, and faith focused hindus who proudly call long island home. mr. lalota: i joined more than a dozen elected officials and community leaders who stood together to send a clear mes message. acts of hate intolerance will never be tolerated in our communities. america's strength comes from our foundation of religious and