S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito says she's forming a congressional coal caucus with several colleagues in the House of Representatives. The West Virginia Republican said Monday she's going to work with Pennsylvania Democrats Tim Holden and Jason Altmire, Montana Republican Denny Rehberg, Colorado Democrat John Salazar and Illinois Republican John Shimkus.
WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Whitfield, a long-time proponent of Kentucky's coal industry and a persistent critic of the Environmental Protection Agency, will serve as the next chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Another local Republican lawmaker, Rep. John Shimkus of Illinois, a climate change skeptic who waged an unsuccessful campaign to chair the House Energy
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Rodney Davis said he is honored to be chosen as a replacement on the November ballot for longtime Republican Congressman Tim Johnson. GOP officials from 14 Illinois counties met Saturday and chose Davis for the 13th District. He is an aide to Republican Congressman John Shimkus. Davis said he was informed of the decision while he was coaching his children's baseball game. He said he wants to be a common sense and fiscally- conservative Republican in Washington.
... and Efficiency Act of 2002 sponsored by Illinois Republican Representative John Shimkus. Senator By...
Republican lawmakers said they would support a contempt citation against President Bush's health secretary if he didn't provide information in an investigation into the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, testifying at a House panel Thursday, said he would work to resolve the demand by the letter's stated deadline of today. The letter, requesting documents and interviews with certain FDA employees, was signed by top Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee as well as Republican Reps. Joe Barton of Texas and John Shimkus of Illinois.
The facts of the disgrace of Mark Foley, who was a Republican member of the House from a Florida district until he resigned last week, constitute a disgrace for every Republican member of Congress. Red flags emerged in late 2005, perhaps even earlier, in suggestive and wholly inappropriate e-mail messages to underage congressional pages. His aberrant, predatory and possibly criminal behavior was an open secret among the pages who were his prey. The evidence was strong enough long enough ago that the speaker should have relieved Mr. Foley of his committee responsibilities contingent on a full investigation to learn what had taken place, whether any laws had been violated and what action, up to and including prosecution, were warranted by the facts. This never happened. Rep. John Shimkus ...
...We nominate Rep. Henry Hyde, also of Illinois, the chairman of the House International Relations...
One impeachment and a string of messy Senate appointments have several Capitol Hill lawmakers calling for federally mandated special elections to fill vacancies instead of leaving the power solely in the hands of state governors. Republican Reps. Aaron Schock and John Shimkus, both of Illinois, are sponsoring a bill that would allow governors to appoint someone to take over from a senator who left for higher office, resigned or died, but that person must compete in a special election to retain the seat.
SPRINGFIELD -- A trio of Illinois congressmen are backing a Republican state lawmaker to become the next federal prosecutor in Illinois' central district. Republican U.S. Reps. Tim Johnson of Urbana, Jerry Weller of Morris and John Shimkus of Collinsville want state Sen. Rick Winkel, R-Urbana, to take over the post being vacated by U.S. Attorney Jan Paul Miller.
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Republicans said the addition of U.S. Sen. Joe Biden to the Democratic ticket is an attempt by Barack Obama to shield himself from accusations he lacks experience. In the official Illinois Republican response to Obama's choice of Biden, U.S. Rep. John Shimkus of Collinsville said it was clear what the Delaware senator is supposed to bring to the Democratic ticket.
By KAREN HOSLER WHY ARE POWER plants worth more than the health of 140,000 Maryland children afflicted with asthma? What about pregnant women eating mercury-tainted fish from the Chesapeake Bay? How could their risk be scored so low compared to a utility plant's profit?
...John Shimkus, a Republican from Illinois, told the Hous...
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