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…or we can set real pollution standrds, protect public health&create >89K #CleanEnergy jobs by 2015 @UCSUSA pic.twitter.com/UQ7T6kXR
Thrilled to welcome @SenatorKirk back to the Senate. pic.twitter.com/yaEPVwet
Big win by #B1GCats to end the drought. Congrats! Let’s make it 2 for IL today with an @OrangeBowl win. Go #BCSHuskies
Now time for House to act to prove our government can respond in a bipartisan way in the best interests of the people we represent (2/2)
This historic vote protects working families from an income tax increase and spares our economy from a devastating political disaster (1/2)
Today: Latest on #FiscalCliff - @TomCoburn, @SenatorDurbin. Reports from @nancycordes & @MajorCBS. Panel with Noonan, Myers, Klein & Duffy
Look forward to working with @GovernorQuinn’s new appointee, @IllinoisNG Adjutant General Krumrei
Though another election season has passed, our work to perfect our union, preserve our democracy & #ProtectTheVote has not
There is no excuse when voters in America are forced to stand in 7 hour lines to vote on #ElectionDay #ProtectTheVote
New #VoterID laws nearly caused the disenfranchisement of >1 M voters on #ElectionDay in states like TX&SC #ProtectTheVote
As a result, new voter registration in FL dropped 14% in 2012—that’s moving in the wrong direction #ProtectTheVote
In FL, onerous requirements&penalites forced groups like @LeagueWomenVote to stop registering voters for the 1st time ever #ProtectTheVote
In AZ 7.4% of all ballots cast on #ElectionDay were provisional—disproportionate # of which were from minority precincts #ProtectTheVote
Many of these obstacles were the result of new #VoterID laws across the country that tried to make it harder for Americans to vote
Helped to chair a hrg examining obstacles some Americans encountered trying 2 exercise constitutional right to vote during #Election2012
Met w/ two Chicago parents whose children were shot&killed—their heartbreaking stories are the reason we need #GunControlNow
Powerful meeting w/ @BradyBuzz &families of victims of gun violence http://1.usa.gov/Zhdnyk #GunControlNow
We need people, just ordinary Americans, to come together, to sit down, to speak out as part of a national conversation about #GunControlNow
Those who own firearms that are within the reach of children should have protective locks on their weapons. (5/5)
No one should be allowed to purchase more than two firearms a month. (4/5)
Magazine clips with more than 10 rounds should be prohibited from civilian use. (3/5)
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