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01/30/09
Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL) and Quad Cities Passenger Rail Coalition Executive Director Paul Rumler today congratulated Thomas C. Carper, the former mayor of Macomb, on being elected Chairman of the Board at Amtrak.
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01/30/09
Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee and a former union shop steward, today released the following statement after President Obama signed three executive orders seeking to strengthen collective bargaining rights for federal employees and one creating a Middle Class Taskforce.
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01/29/09
Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL) today released the following statement after the Illinois State Senate voted to remove Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich from office by a vote of 59-0.
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01/27/09
Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL) today released the following statement after the House of Representatives gave final approval to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, legislation that remedies a recent Supreme Court decision which made it tougher for women to recover damages for pay discrimination. The bill now heads to President Obama's desk.
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01/22/09
Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL) today issued the following statement after voting to disapprove the release of the remaining $350 billion in Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) funds as part of the financial rescue package adopted last year. The disapproval resolution passed by a vote of 270-155.
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01/21/09
Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL) today voted for legislation that adds additional accountability measures to the financial rescue package before the remaining $350 billion is released.
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01/20/09
Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL) today released the following statement after Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States.
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01/16/09
Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL) today announced his final committee and subcommittee assignments for the 111th Congress.
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01/14/09
Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL) today voted for a third time to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The bill passed by a bipartisan vote of 289-139.
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01/14/09
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL) today introduced legislation to name the post office located at 2105 East Cook Street in Springfield after Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr.
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01/09/09
Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, today voted for 2 bills to help ensure pay equity between men and women.
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01/09/09
Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL) today released the following statement in response to this morning's employment situation report which shows the United States lost 524,000 jobs in December, bringing the unemployment rate to 7.2 percent and the total job loss for 2008 to 2.85 million.
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01/09/09
Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL) today released the following statement after Governor Rod Blagojevich was impeached by the Illinois General Assembly.
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01/07/09
Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL) today released the following statement on the situation in Gaza.
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