2009-01-09T19:20:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/blog/400120 tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3972454 2009-01-09T19:20:00Z ILLINOIZE #fullpost{display:inline;}By Bethany Jaeger, Jamey Dunn and Hilary RussellSidestepping the criminal allegations that led the Illinois House to impeach him, Gov. Rod Blagojevich maintains his innocence and says that he “pushed and prodded the system” so<br /><br /><a href="http://capitalfax.blogspot.com/2009/01/impeachment-senate-trial-blagojevich.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3977743 2009-01-09T19:00:00Z Human Race Horses: Business for the 21st Century Links for 2008-11-06 [Digg] - - Rahm Emanuel accepts White House job Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), a wily, aggressive West Wing strategist under President Bill Clinton, has a... 2 months ago. EXCELER8ion | People ARE The Social Media ...<br /><br /><a href="http://humanracehorses.blogspot.com/2009/01/human-resources-and-las-vegas-baby-live.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3977742 2009-01-09T19:00:00Z Wheelan for Congress But that is certainly no longer the case for Democratic hopefuls in Illinois’ 5th Congressional District that is soon to be vacated by Rahm Emanuel , President-elect Barack Obama ’s pick for White House chief of staff. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://wheelanforcongress.com/2008/12/12/congressional-quarterly/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3977741 2009-01-09T19:00:00Z The Art of the Grand Gesture Rahm Emanuel's seat in Congress will be won in a special election, and the new representative will get there in the same way that Rahm Emanuel got there---via the Chicago machine. Jimmy DeLeo, reputedly the Mafia's representative to ...<br /><br /><a href="http://grandgesture.blogspot.com/2009/01/dance-of-political-veils.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3977740 2009-01-09T19:00:00Z DownWithTyranny! I've been talking with most of the Democrats running for Chicago's 5th district congressional seat, which has been vacated by Rahm Emanuel. The seat, a classic "rotten borough," has been a real home of corruption and its representatives .<br /><br /><a href="http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2009/01/daley-machine-hasnt-come-up-with.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3977739 2009-01-09T19:00:00Z Chicago News and local news for the Chicagoland... Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook). The fight to replace Rahm Emanuel in Congress will be waged without an endorsed Democratic candidate. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&amp;id=6597322&amp;rss=rss-wls-article-6597322">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3977738 2009-01-09T19:00:00Z The Huffington Post | Full News Feed Chicago Ward committeemen narrowly voted to stay neutral in the Democratic primary election to choose a replacement for U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Chicago), who resigned to be President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/10/democrats-wont-endorse-an_n_156846.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3972453 2009-01-09T19:00:00Z Rahm Emanuel Rahm Emanuel. Rahm Emanuel is a Jew in exile in America, the son of Israeli Jews in exile, living in these United States -Artzot Habrit ("Lands of the Covenant" in Hebrew) - the Promised Land of Menashe ben Yosef. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://emanuelrahm.blogspot.com/2009/01/day-earth-stood-still.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3972450 2009-01-09T19:00:00Z Human Race Horses: Business for the 21st Century Links for 2008-11-06 [Digg] - - Rahm Emanuel accepts White House job Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), a wily, aggressive West Wing strategist under President Bill Clinton, has a... 2 months ago. EXCELER8ion | People ARE The Social Media ...<br /><br /><a href="http://humanracehorses.blogspot.com/2009/01/wide-world-of-labor.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3972447 2009-01-09T19:00:00Z Clout St Local Democratic Party leaders plan to meet this morning to try to winnow the field of prospective replacements for newly appointed White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, who left Congress to work for President-elect Barack Obama. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2009/01/city-dem-leader.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3972446 2009-01-09T19:00:00Z Rabble Rouser Ruminations Until last week, it belonged to U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Tomczak), now chief of staff to President-elect Barack Obama, who ran on the platform of bringing reform to American politics. With so many new readers from strange lands finally ...<br /><br /><a href="http://rabblerouserruminations.blogspot.com/2009/01/its-high-old-time-in-rahms-former.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3972445 2009-01-09T19:00:00Z MidEastTruth His choice, Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel, has already accepted the job. Obama's offer could be an early signal to the Middle East that the new president intends to follow through on his promises to uphold the U.S.-Israeli alliance in his ...<br /><br /><a href="http://mideasttruth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8694&amp;sid=f0616e2a7b6495e5058f1f5cc45ed714">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3972455 2009-01-09T15:42:20Z It's A Thrall World DieTrich Thrall: Man of Mystery <-- (that's sarcasm people)Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090109/ap_on_re_us/illinois_governor Why so serious? ... to clean up the mess and stop the freak show that’s become Illinois government,” said <strong clas<br /><br /><a href="http://dietrichthrall.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/illinois-house-impeaches-gov-rod-blagojevichs-hair/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3972456 2009-01-09T12:18:00Z No life ever grows great until it is focused. Lawmakers are under orders to finish action on President-elect Barack Obama's nearly $800 billion economic recovery plan by mid-February. But already it is plain that a set of serious fissures need to be bridged if the bill is to be completed within five w<br /><br /><a href="http://focus28.blogspot.com/2009/01/rifts-show-as-obama-urges-quick-action.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3972457 2009-01-09T11:32:00Z INTERMEX POWER Pelosi Turns Back the Clock on House Reform Moderate Democrats will be frozen out. JOHN FUNDEvery two years the leadership of the U.S ... to make the legislative train run faster. "Congress has to accomplish things," said Massachusetts <strong class="keyw<br /><br /><a href="http://intermexfreemarket.blogspot.com/2009/01/pelosi-turns-back-clock-on-house-reform.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3972458 2009-01-09T09:37:44Z Olympic Times - Sports Daily: sports news, results, standings Lawmakers are under orders to finish action on President-elect Barack Obama’s nearly $800 billion economic recovery plan by mid-February. But already it is plain that a set of serious fissures need to be bridged if the bill is to be completed within fiv<br /><br /><a href="http://www.robladin.com/sports/2009/01/09/rifts-show-as-obama-urges-quick-action-on-stimulus.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3972459 2009-01-09T08:07:00Z Be a part of a Chronicle ********** India is Rocked. *** WASHINGTON – Lawmakers are under orders to finish action on President-elect Barack Obama's nearly $800 billion economic recovery plan by mid-February. But already it is plain that a set of serious fissures need to be bridged if the bill is to be complete<br /><br /><a href="http://worldofsensornetworks.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama-needs-quick-action.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-09:/commentary/3972460 2009-01-09T02:27:26Z Olympics News and Info Lawmakers are under orders to finish action on President-elect Barack Obama’s nearly $800 billion economic recovery plan by mid-February. But already it is plain that a set of serious fissures need to be bridged if the bill is to be completed within f<br /><br /><a href="http://olympics.myhackednews.com/2009/01/09/rifts-show-as-obama-urges-quick-action-on-stimulus/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-08:/commentary/3972451 2009-01-08T19:00:00Z CNIN - The Conservative News Intelligence Network Blagojevich's legal team has asked the Illinois House panel that members of Obama's incoming administration testify before the House impeachment committee, including Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://cnintruth.blogspot.com/2008/12/blagojevichs-lawyers-seek-subpoenaes.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2009-01-08:/commentary/3972448 2009-01-08T19:00:00Z Chicago News Bench Rahm Emanuel leaves the Illinois 5th Congressional District seat vacant as he preps for his duties as Barack Obama's Chief of Staff. John Ruberry, Marathon Pundit, reports that a conservative hispanic woman is running to fill the void: ...<br /><br /><a href="http://rogersparkbench.blogspot.com/2009/01/conservative-woman-runs-to-fill-rahm.html">Go to article</a>