Open Congress : News Articles for Donald A. Manzullo

Why Eric Cantor's Absence Is Reason for Hope for the Fiscal-Cliff Talks

2012-12-20T01:00:00Z

...In a member-on-member House primary in Illinois, the YG Action Fund's backing of freshman Rep. Adam Kinzinger over veteran Rep. Don Manzullo disgruntled other senior Republicans; in the Senate primary in Indiana, the group's support for incumbent Sen. D

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Schock Under Investigation for Ethics Violations

2012-12-15T01:00:00Z

...Schock solicited a $25,000 contribution from Majority Leader Eric Cantor's political action committee to help fund a super PAC that successfully backed Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) in a March primary against another Republican incumbent, Don Manzullo (R).

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Schock subject of House Ethics panel inquiry

2012-12-15T01:00:00Z

...Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) for a $25,000 donation to the Campaign for Primary Accountability SuperPac. That SuperPac was backing Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) against Rep. Don Manzullo (R-Ill.) in the March Illinois primary which Kinzinger won..

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Ethics panel investigating Rep. Aaron Schock

2012-12-15T01:00:00Z

...a super PAC that successfully backed Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., in a March primary against another Republican incumbent, Don Manzullo. The Federal Election Commission is examining that conduct because federal officeholders may seek a maximum donation

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House Ethics Committee Probe Of Rep. Aaron Schock Advances

2012-12-15T01:00:00Z

...donation to the Campaign for Primary Accountability SuperPAC, which was supporting Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) against Rep. Don Manzullo (R-Ill.) in the March Illinois primary. Kinzinger won. Yesterday, Schock's spokesman Steve Dutton told the Tribune

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Rep. Schock under scrutiny by House ethics panel

2012-12-15T01:00:00Z

...action committee to help fund a super PAC that favored Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., in a March primary against Rep. Don Manzullo, R-Ill. The Federal Election Commission is examining that conduct because federal officeholders may seek a maximum donation

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Lawmakers skip votes in lame-duck [Updated]

2012-12-10T01:00:00Z

...Steve Rothman (10), Oklahoma Republican John Sullivan (9), Illinios Democratic Rep. Jerry Costello (9), Illinios Republican Don Manzullo (9), Oklahoma Democrat Dan Boren (6 votes). Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.), who took over last week as San Diego mayor,

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Outgoing Illinois congressman to join D.C. think tank

2012-12-08T01:00:00Z

...Don Manzullo, a 20-year veteran of Congress who lost a re-election bid in a March primary, will join the Korea Economic Institute, a Washington think tank, after his term ends in January, an aide said. Manzullo, 68, a Republican from Egan, will become p

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Congressional Election Stat Porn-- How The GOP Stole The House In 2012

2012-12-06T01:00:00Z

...from their own party during redistricting and lost the primary election: Reps. Ben Quayle (R-AZ), Steve Rothman (D-NJ), Don Manzullo (R-IL), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Jason Altmire (D-PA), and Sandy Adams (R-FL)

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Opinion: Gerrymandering = Democracy

2012-11-20T01:00:00Z

...election results. First of all, Madigan’s remap was a huge success, resulting in the retirement of five Republican congressmen: Don Manzullo, who was defeated in a primary after being drawn into the same district as Rep. Adam Kinzinger; as well as Joe

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Kinzinger opens district office in Ottawa

2012-11-15T01:00:00Z

...representing the 11th District, was forced into a brutal and expensive primary contest with long-time 16th District Rep. Don Manzullo, R-Egan, which the freshman congressman easily won. On Nov. 6, Kinzinger won re-election over challenger Wanda Rohl, of

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Norquist backs Boehner, endorses increasing revenue by lowering taxes

2012-11-12T01:00:00Z

...for everyone and the government will take in infinite revenue. We get what we want - or what we fail to refuse. - Muhammad Yunus donations so his organization can grow. Republicans are homeopaths! The less income, the more revenue. We get what we want -

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Ready For The 2014 Primaries?

2012-11-11T01:00:00Z

...ready to do it again in 2014." They also deserve the credit for defeating corrupt Republicans Mean Jean Schmidt (R-OH) and Don Manzullo (R-IL) and for scaring the bejesus out of Jo Bonner (R-AL), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ralph Hall (

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Kinzinger tops Rohl in new district

2012-11-07T01:00:00Z

...Kinzinger, a pilot in the Air National Guard, survived a tough primary in March against fellow Republican incumbent, Rep. Don Manzullo, of Rockford. Kinzinger and Manzullo were forced to compete after state Democrats redrew the congressional district bo

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Kinzinger ready for another term in Washington

2012-11-07T01:00:00Z

...District (where he then lived in Manteno) into the 16th to challenge and soundly win over long-time Republican Rep. Don Manzullo, a Rockford area conservative, seeking his 11th term, following a hard-fought primary campaign. The L-shaped 16th District,

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Incumbents get the nod in state races

2012-11-07T01:00:00Z

...in the old 11th District. Redistricting put all of Bureau County in the new 16th District. Kinzinger defeated incumbent Don Manzullo in the March 20 Republican primary. Turning to the Illinois General Assembly, Bureau County's senators and representativ

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Illinois Dems will gain in Congress

2012-11-03T01:00:00Z

...like Bill Gates. So far, the donkey party is up one. That's because the new map forced GOP incumbents Adam Kinzinger and Don Manzullo to run against each other in a primary, effectively guaranteeing that the elephants would lose the Illinois seat that d

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Illinois Dems will gain in Congress

2012-11-03T01:00:00Z

Duckworth Leads Walsh, 54-40

2012-10-29T01:00:00Z

...Can you quote anything Randy Hultgren has said since he was elected to Congress two years ago? Can you quote anything Don Manzullo has said? He was elected in 1992. He’ll have to look for work as a lobbyist, because he’s too boring to remain in the

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Midday open thread

2012-10-13T01:00:00Z

...a feel-good centrism. His “severely conservative” policies and disdain for much of the country are reserved for partisans, donors and the harsh ideologues who clutter his party’s base. This polarity is often described as “flip-flopping,” but t

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