On Thursday, Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson announced she had signed on as a co-sponsor of an amendment to limit Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich�s ability to alter or direct the distribution of economic recovery funds in Illinois.…
(Washington-D.C.) � Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson today voted for legislation to provide health care to 11 million children in lower-income families. The State Children�s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Reauthorization Act had bipartisan support and was approved by a vote of 289-139. The bill is very similar to the legislation that President Bush vetoed twice in the 110th Congress.…
(Joliet, IL) � On Monday, Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson announced the opening of her Joliet district office and participated in a swearing-in ceremony at the Will County Office Building. Halvorson was sworn in by Will County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots in a program that included remarks by Will County Executive Larry Walsh and Judge Mary Kay O'Brien, with Joliet pastor and civil rights icon Reverend Isaac Singleton giving the invocation. Bi-partisan elected officials from Will and Grundy counties were in attendance, with about 50 children from Joliet public schools and members of general public also present to witness the event.…