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And people anxious for government flood relief in colorado could be waiting even longer. Plus the impact felt on wall street well before the midnight deadline as the markets tumbled on shut down fears. It has been a long day and a long night on capitol hill butter add this moment the senate and the house appear to be far from an agreement. There you see senator Chuck Schumer in the Senate Speaking at the moment. If they cant make a deal by midnight eastern time the government will shut down. As this evening is about to become morning, republicans and democrats still firing verbal attacks on ea...

Right or the privilege or the ability to ask for an extension and a raising of our debt when, in fact, we havent acted responsibly with our spending . Nobody else in the country gets their credit raised when you havent acted responsibly. They actually check your credit score. They know what kind of bills youre paying, whether youre getting further behind. So should we in fact tear up the credit card. Should we force some good old adult supervision on congress, to where well actually be forced to make difficult decisions about priorities on how we spend americas money, and when i mean americas ...

A Strong Economy relies on fairness and inclusion. And if we follow this, we will do three things. Create more jobs and deliver stronger education and build an economy that works for everyone. Of course, Economic Growth starts with jobs. Recovery began in january of 2010 and illinois has added 280,000 private sector jobs. Unemployment was at 11. 3 at the height of the great recession. Today it is at its lowest point in almost five years. Since last may billina has led the midwest and new jobs created. With the strong support of the Illinois Retail merchandise association, we reformed the Worke...

While were on the subject of Public Safety, im once again asking this legislature to repeal the dangerous law that gives drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. [ applause ] weve seen several fraud operations busted recently. Just last year, an elaborate scheme was uncovered in eastern new mexico where hundreds of drivers licenses were sold to illegal immigrants. The ringleader bragged that he made 30,000 a month. Ive put forward a strong compromise to repeal this law and still allow driving privileges for dreamers. Its time to act. The legislature should do what the overwhelming majority of n...

Of the campaignfinance world which many people in this town care about very intensely and other people in the country dont. Other than they see headlines and president obama at the state of the union criticizing the Supreme Court. They got that buzz, but i dont think many people understood it. Lay a candor, i will marker around this discussion. I wont try to get into the discussion. 441 b the parties debate that. Lets talk about the court and how they look a Campaign Finance and what this may mean in terms of how they approach some of these cases. The commentary on the case some of them is try...