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• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• July 23, 2007

• Harold B. Smith and Illinois Republican Party, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kenneth R. Boyle Et Al., in Their Official Capacity as Members of the Illinois State Board of Elections, Defendants-Appellees., 144 F.3d 1060 (7th Cir. 1998)

James R. Schirott (argued), Schirott & Luetkehans, Itasca, IL, Patrick J. O'Shea, Lombard, IL, Patrick K. Bond, Bond, Mork & Dickson, Wheaton, IL, for...

• Federal Circuits

• Dnc: Illinois Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Topinka Embraces Bush's Special Interest Cash, Misplaced Priorities

WASHINGTON, July 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Democratic National Committee regarding Illinois Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Judy Baar Topinka: Illinois Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Judy Baar Topinka must be desperate. Three months after her campaign told columnist George Will that they don't want President Bush campaigning for her in Illinois, just raising money -- preferably "late at night" and "in an undisclosed location" -- Topinka is bringing the president to Chicago for a special interest fundraiser. (Washington Post, 4/9/ 06) This afternoon, the president is expected to collect $1.2 million for her struggling campaign.

• U.S. Newswire
• July 07, 2006

• Cynthia Rutan, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Republican Party of Illinois, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees., 868 F.2d 943 (7th Cir. 1989)

Mary Lee Leahy, Leahy & Leahy, Springfield, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants. Thomas P. Sullivan, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appell...

• Federal Circuits

• Pentagon Urged to Find 'Plan B' for Base As Yemeni Crisis Grows

The Pentagon is being urged to move its counterterrorism operations from Yemen across the Gulf of Aden to Djibouti should the government in Sanaa fall. Sen. Mark Kirk, Illinois Republican and ranking member of the Appropriations subcommittee that funds military base construction, said in an interview, "I think the administration should be actively considering a Plan B for Yemen.

• The Washington Times
• March 25, 2011

• Cynthia Rutan, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Republican Party of Illinois, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees., 848 F.2d 1396 (7th Cir. 1988)

Mary Lee Leahy, Leahy & Leahy, Springfield, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants. Thomas P. Sullivan, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appell...

• Federal Circuits

• Civil Behavior in U.S. House Is Goal Illinois Republican and New York Democrat Form Caucus to Get Job Done

Rep. Tim Johnson and a New York Democrat are uniting to encourage their fellow colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to "disagree agreeably. The Illinois Republican and Rep. Steve Israel, who represents a district that includes Long Island, met in a basement room in the Capitol last week to announce the creation of the so-called "Center Aisle Caucus," a caucus geared toward encouraging civility in the U.S. House.

• Evansville Courier & Press
• February 23, 2005

• House Leaders Holding Fast but Neither Holds Their Tongue

URBANA, Ill. - Only hours earlier on Wednesday, the two leaders of the Indiana House's estranged Democratic and Republican factions had chatted by phone. Wrapping up that conversation, both cited progress toward ending the standoff that for three weeks has shut down the chamber. Then House Minority Leader Patrick Bauer - the top-ranking of the Democrats who have fled to Illinois - got word of what his Republican counterpart, House Speaker Brian Bosma, did next.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• May 05, 2011

• Stephens Resigning From Illinois House

SPRINGFIELD - A southern Illinois Republican who served in the state's House for more than a quarter-century said he's resigning for personal reasons, not because he's affected by redrawn district maps.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• August 03, 2011

• ; Calls for Sanctions On Firms Aiding Regime

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that would increase U.S. support for Iranian dissidents and impose new sanctions on companies that aid the ruling regime. The Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act is co- sponsored by Sens. Mark Kirk, Illinois Republican, and Kirsten E. Gillibrand, New York Democrat, and Reps. Robert J. Dold, Illinois Republican, and Theodore E. Deutch, Florida Democrat.

• The Washington Times
• May 05, 2011