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Guantanamo Bay
This week I joined several of my colleagues in signing Congressman Mark Kirk's letter asking President Obama to reconsider the transfer of Guantanamo Detainees to an Illinois prison. After investing $50 million in the detention facility in Cuba, there is little reason to abandon one prison for another - especially when such a transfer puts American citizens at greater risk. Click here to read the letter to President Obama (pdf).
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Modification of Biodiesel Tax Credit
11/18/09Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-19) has introduced legislation that will modify the current one dollar biodiesel blender tax credit, which will currently end December 31. The new biodiesel tax credit would be a one dollar biodiesel production tax credit.
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Illinois Republicans Ask Illinois Dept. of Healthcare and Family Services How Medicaid Changes Will Impact Illinois
11/07/09Congressman Roskam's press release on Illinois Republican Congressional Delegation letter to Barry Maram, Executive Director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
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Shimkus Votes Against Government Takeover of Health Care
11/07/09Shimkus voted against Speaker Pelosi's 2,000 page, $1 trillion government take-over of health care late Saturday, November 7.
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Shimkus Supports Extension of Unemployment Benefits
11/05/09Congressman John Shimkus voted for final passage of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act (HR 3548) on November 5. This version of the legislation had already passed the Senate and now goes to the President for his signature to become law.
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