U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) decided to take a swipe at Chicago during his criticism of President Obama and the National Labor Relations Board's lawsuit against aerospace company Boeing. more ›

Barack Obama said, "as president I take responsibility" for the economic issues that led to last night's GOP takeover of the House of Representatives and expressed a willingness to work with GOP leaders to find common ground on such issues as tax cuts. more ›

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin more ›

After we thankfully learned that our country’s blood runs at least more than fifty percent blue, a considerable amount of shuffling and reorganizing has been occuring in Congress, with new leaders being elected to major positions in Congress. Illinois’ own Sen. Dick Durbin was selected by other Senate Democrats to serve as Majority Whip under new Majority Leader, Harry Reid. The two currently serve as Minority Whip and Minority Leader. Their new roles will begin... more ›