Quinn Delivers Vision Speech as Illinois Faces Budget Strain
Governors vision for higher education, preschool, sewer repairs and tax relief faces GOP criticism as fantasy claims meet concerns over paying for new programs. State senators Forby and Jacobs warn the state must tighten belts while Quinn seeks voter support ahead of 2014 reelection.
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Kurt
Erickson
Quinn
Gary Forby
D-Benton
Mike Jacobs
D-East Moline
Forby
Jacobs
Budget Office
Kelly Kraft
House
Michael Madigan
Chicago
Democratic Party of
Illinois
Rotunda
Senate
John Cullerton
Cullerton
Robert F. Rich
University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs
Rich
Romney runs up gains in Florida primary
In a Florida primary he racks up a large win amid heavy pro Romney ad spending as funders flood Restore Our Future with nearly 18 million in 2011. The piece notes wealth, tax strategy, and his stance on class and the poor while contrasting Occupy Wall Street and Obama policies. It cites billionaires Alice Walton Samuel Zell William Koch and mentions New Hampshire remarks and calls for a different path under God.
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Mitt Mney
Florida
Democrat Party
CNN
Soledad O’brien
Romney
Newt Gingrich
Federal Election Commission
Alice Walton
Wal-Mart
Samuel Zell
Tribune Media Company
William Koch
Koch Brothers
United States
U.S. Census Bureau
New Hampshire
NBC
Matt Lauer
Wall Street
America
Barack Obama
Obama
Treasury
Timothy Geithner
Larry Summers
Lauer
UBS
Bermuda
Cayman Islands
Nevada
Denis Moynihan
Romneycare and Obamacare contrasted by Ann Coulter
Coulter argues Romneycare was a free market success undermined by Democrats and critics that President Obama’s Obamacare mirrors the same issue. She condemns federal overreach, notes constitutional limits, and asserts Democrats corrupted Romney’s reform with subsidies and mandates.
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Mitt Romney
Massachusetts
Ronald Bailey
Reason Magazine
The
Heritage Foundation
Romneycare
Bob Moffit
Boston
Regina Herzlinger
Harvard Business School
Manhattan Institute
Herzlinger
Massachusetts House
Massachusetts Senate
Scott Brown
Teddy Kennedy
U.S. Senate
Romney
Department of Education
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Kurt Erickson
Southern Illinoisan
Lee
Statehouse
Amy Goodman
Rick Santorum
Congress
Republic
Department of Motor Vehicles
IRS
Gingrich
Newt
Santorum
Ann Coulter
Universal Press Syndicate