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Bill Giving Shareholders More Say on Executive Pay Passes House
Jul 31, 2009
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Los Angeles Times
Richard Simon
July 31st 2009
Responding to public furor over bonuses paid to executives of Wall Street firms bailed out by taxpayers, the House today voted to give shareholders a bigger say over compensation in the first piece of President Obama's overhaul of financial r...
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National Debt Day: Send a Thank You Note to China
Apr 30, 2009
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April 26, 2009 marked the United States National Debt Day for the 2009 fiscal year, the day the federal governments expenses exceeded its revenue for the year. Any money spent from Washington between now through the end of the year will be money borrowed from other countries and future generations o...
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AIG Chief Says Company Had Little Choice on Handing out Bonuses
Mar 18, 2009
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By Phil Mattingly, CQ Staff
The chief executive of the battered insurance giant American International Group Inc. said Wednesday that while he found some of the millions of dollars in bonuses AIG handed out “distasteful,” there was little the company could do to prevent the $165 million in reten...
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Roskam, Kirk unchanged on stimulus package
Jan 28, 2009
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by Joseph Ryan, Daily Herald
Suburban congressmen Mark Kirk and Peter Roskam came away from a sit down with President Barack Obama and other House Republicans Tuesday unchanged in their opposition to a $825 billion economic stimulus plan.
But they were pleased their home state president took the ...
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ROSKAM VOTES AGAINST MASSIVE TRILLION DOLLAR “STIMULUS” SPENDING BILL
Jan 28, 2009
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Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL) today voted against a massive trillion dollar spending bill, H.R. 1, the so-called “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” calling it an insult to American small businesses, entrepreneurs and the self-employed. Roskam released the following statement:
“Cong...
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Crafting a true bipartisan stimulus plan
Jan 27, 2009
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Five hundred thousand jobs lost last month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average teetering at 8,000, and home prices continuing to plummet - to say our economy is in need of repair would be quite the understatement.
The great challenge before Congress and President Obama must be met with an equal respo...
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DuPage County lobbies for spot in stimulus package
Jan 22, 2009
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by Brian Hudson, Suburban Life Newspaper
As Washington weighs plans to revitalize the economy, DuPage County officials are hoping to score funding for a laundry list of capital improvement projects waiting on the shelf.
Last week, DuPage County Board Chairman Robert Schillerstrom met with member...
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VIDEO - Roskam on Inauguration of President Barack Obama
Jan 20, 2009
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"I was encouraged that the President, when he was President-elect, was talking about tax cuts as a way of moving forward and an acknowledgement that raising taxes in this economy would be a great detriment. I think his biggest obstacles in this bipartisan tone that he is trying to set, ironically, ...
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House GOP Looks to Triangulate
Jan 20, 2009
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By Jackie Kucinich, Roll Call Staff
The confetti from the inaugural parties barely will be swept up when House Republicans meet on Wednesday to begin drawing stark contrasts between President Barack Obama and the House Democratic leadership.
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) along with Way...
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Roskam weighs in on stimulus package
Jan 16, 2009
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by Josh Singer, Pioneer Press
As congressional leaders attempt to assemble a stimulus package to rescue the economy, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-6th, discussed on Thursday (Jan. 15) his views about the proposed bailouts.
The Wheaton Republican is part of a study committee planning on how to spend ...
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