Sunday, August 7, 2011
We look back at a week of long building plans, Ramadan, moving on, sexual assault charges and food choices.
MONDAY After 40 years in Orland Park, the 'physician of knitting' likely will move on elsewhere, but for now she remains in the Orland Plaza. Illinois congressman supports the debt ceiling deal but wishes that House Democrats and Republicans could have played more nicely together. TUESDAY If you’ve never seen our weekly video of pets that need adopting at Tinley Park PAWS, serious joy and mirth are missing from your life. WEDNESDAY Multiple cases against Kevin Skaritka, 34, of Orland Park were put together totaling in 14 charges against him. Also, some of his guns that authorities ordered to be turned over are missing. Khalid Mozaffar, Orland Park resident and a member of the American Islamic Association, discusses why the Muslim holiday …
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Bobby Rush cast a 'yes' vote Monday to support the debt ceiling compromise.
As the U.S. Senate prepared to vote on a debt ceiling deal that passed through the House of Representatives on Monday by a count of 269 to 161, Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) said he’s confident that the compromise both sides made Sunday will be in the best interest of the American people. The proposed deal allows for robust U.S. borrowing by the Treasury in exchange for more than $2 trillion in long-term spending cuts. By voting "yes," Rush said, "I stand in support of the President and bipartisan leaders who were determined to avert a fiscal crisis of major proportions.” “… I realize that not raising the debt ceiling would have destabilized American households and increased worries and concerns among many hard-hit seniors, the unemployed and …
Monday, August 1, 2011
Illinois congressman supports debt ceiling deal but wishes that House Democrats and Republicans could have played more nicely together.
Updated, 7:16 p.m. Monday U.S. Rep Dan Lipinski (D-IL) voted for the Budget Control Act, S. 365, a compromise agreement Today, Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3) voted for the Budget Control Act, S. 365, a compromise agreement that narrowly averted a federal government default and damaging the fragile economy. In a press statement released after the House vote on Monday, Lipinski called the compromise bill “a step forward in putting our fiscal house in order.” “As with any compromise, this one is by no means perfect,” Lipinski said. “My preference would have been for a bipartisan ‘grand bargain’ that paired spending cuts with the elimination of unjustifiable special-interest tax breaks and loopholes. Sadly, negotiations between President …
Friday, July 29, 2011
Forty-two Illinois mayors, including the mayors of Tinley Park, Orland Park and Palos Hills, signed a letter calling for Congress to come together on a debt ceiling deal.
A group of 42 Illinois mayors, including Chicago's Rahm Emanuel, Tinley Park's Ed Zabrocki, Orland Park's Dan McLaughlin and Palos Hills' Gerald Bennett, want Washington to come to a deal to raise the debt ceiling. In a group letter, the mayors called on Illinois' Congressional delegation and President Obama to come together on a deal. They said the U.S. defaulting on its debts, as it will do Aug. 2 if the debt ceiling isn't raised, would cause "grave damage" to Illinois cities. Congress has raised the debt ceiling 10 times over the last decade, according to the National Journal. In part, the mayors' letter reads: Our businesses depend on us to provide infrastructure to allow them to move their goods and services. However, we cannot …
Russ
12:54 am on Wednesday, August 3, 2011
I guess both sides have reasons not to like this bill.The fact is the CBO says that this bill will reduce the debt.I feel that the only way to reduce unemployment is to create jobs . The "job creators" ( Wealthy corporations) have made record profits but, are not creating jobs. So the government needs to put people back to work with infrastructure and green energy jobs.Unfortunately the very … more ›