2012-06-01T20:52:35Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/news/400350 tag:opencongress.org,2012-06-01:/commentary/15563969 2012-06-01T20:52:35Z Big Hollywood Earlier this year, Congressman and former Black Panther Bobby Rush also threatened Metra over African Americans not getting their fair share of the first $86 million being spent on the project. There is more to come; stay tuned as this story unfolds.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/01/chicago-alderman-warns-people-are-going-to-get-hurt-in-labor-dispute">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-06-01:/commentary/15534904 2012-06-01T20:23:57Z Chicago Sun-Times Yet in too many cases, they still have to knock down barriers just to earn an honest buck. That’s why U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Chicago) is threatening to shut down a planned $133 million Metra project in the Englewood area if black contractors ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/12916221-452/walsh-spreading-old-and-tired-stereotype.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-31:/commentary/15504608 2012-05-31T17:47:39Z Chicago Sun-Times Earlier this year, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Chicago) was threatening to stop Metra “in its tracks” unless black contractors get a piece of the pie. Rush went public after getting a tip from a Metra source that none of<br /><br /><a href="http://www.suntimes.com/12896061-761/beale-predicts-violence-if-metra-doesnt-hire-more-minorities-for-rail-project.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-31:/commentary/15504609 2012-05-31T01:00:00Z Chicago Sun-Times ...I must follow and I will not violate the law,” Clifford said. Earlier this year, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Chicago) was threatening to stop Metra “in its tracks” unless black contractors get a piece of the pie. Ru<br /><br /><a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/12896061-418/beale-predicts-violence-if-metra-doesnt-hire-more-minorities-for-rail-project.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-31:/commentary/15563970 2012-05-31T00:01:04Z American Reporter In 2000, he was asked by Mayor Richard M. Daley to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush in a Democratic primary. "The Washington Post's David Ignatius reported that Obama was 'prodded by the Daley Machine' into running, 'which led him into his only big<br /><br /><a href="http://www.american-reporter.com/4,474/508.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-30:/commentary/15504606 2012-05-30T16:08:37Z Big Hollywood I still burn, for example, with the thought of my one loss in politics, a drubbing in 2000 at the hands of incumbent Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush.” [I]t’s impossible not to feel at some level as if you have been personally repudiated by ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/30/On-Losing-Mitt-Romney-and-Barack-Obama-in-Their-Own-Words">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-30:/commentary/15492759 2012-05-30T07:04:36Z Windy City Times In addition to Davis, U.S. Reps. Bobby Rush and Jesse Jackson Jr. as well as late former Cook County Board President John Stroger, Jr. and state Rep. Constance Howard have headlined the event. O'Connor is a former staffer for Howard. Montrose ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Organizers-start-new-chapter-with-Black-LGBT-Pride-event/37917.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-25:/commentary/15440054 2012-05-25T22:33:57Z American Reporter In 2000, he was asked by Mayor Richard M. Daley to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush in a Democratic primary. "The Washington Post's David Ignatius reported that Obama was 'prodded by the Daley Machine' into running, 'which led him into his only big<br /><br /><a href="http://www.american-reporter.com/4,471W/507.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-24:/commentary/15398803 2012-05-24T16:44:22Z Huffington Post Whether he succeeds or instead faces the same fate that befell Obama in his failed 2000 primary challenge to Rep. Bobby Rush (Ill.) may depend in large part on how ready voters in the Texas district are to pass the political torch to a new ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/texas-primary-eddie-bernice-johnson-taj-clayton_n_1543586.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-24:/commentary/15398805 2012-05-24T08:51:56Z Big Hollywood Breitbart News has unearthed a long-overlooked report of an off-air argument between Obama and Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) during a break in a debate on a Chicago radio station during Obama’s ill-fated primary challenge in 2000. Curtis Lawrence ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/05/24/Obama-Campaign-Ad-Controversy-2000-This-Guy-Says-One-Thing-About-You-in-Your-Presence-and-Then">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-24:/commentary/15398811 2012-05-24T01:00:00Z Minority Report ...and others.” “First lady Michelle Obama warned her husband not to challenge former Black Panther and four-term Rep. Bobby Rush in 2000, threatening divorce when Barack Obama got walloped in his first bid for national office, a new biography of the p<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theminorityreportblog.com/2012/05/24/the-amateur-to-debut-at-1-on-ny-times-bestseller-list-wright-and-whitaker-still-have-not-denied-bribery-story-did-obama-know/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-23:/commentary/15372560 2012-05-23T11:44:55Z Hotair.com Mention of this Achilles heel had come up previously in his quest for public office. In his failed campaign to unseat incumbent U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush in 2000, Obama foolishly boasted when confronted with the accusation that he lacked the ...<br /><br /><a href="http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2012/05/23/when-did-executive-experience-stop-mattering-as-a-presidential-qualification/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-23:/commentary/15534905 2012-05-23T11:16:17Z Huffington Post The race against Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush in a primary on Chicago's South Side wasn't even close. The book paints a picture of a depressed and defeated Barack Obama who received no sympathy from his wife Michelle because he refused to listen to ..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lamar-tyler/obamas-divorce_b_1538540.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-22:/commentary/15358230 2012-05-22T21:47:24Z Register Citizen Charles Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush of Chicago to challenge the crony hospital’s abuse of its nonprofit status and lucrative tax breaks. But the probe went nowhere. And now, Whitaker will have $6 million more to play with ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2012/05/22/opinion/doc4fbc36f28ec55406990940.txt">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-22:/commentary/15358235 2012-05-22T01:00:00Z The Atlantic ...elders. Obama (b. 1961) himself has encountered this divide, most notably in his losing House campaign against elder statesman Bobby Rush (b. 1946) in 2000. Residual tension emerged again in 2008, when Jesse Jackson memorably expressed a desire to castr<br /><br /><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JoshuaGreen/~3/rkLHqHWxw_s/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-22:/commentary/15358232 2012-05-22T01:00:00Z NBC Chicago ...admitted it's still a struggle to make ends meet. Charlie Wojciechowski reports. Rep. Joe Walsh said he understands that Rep. Bobby Rush was trying to make a point and call attention to the Trayvon Martin slaying but says he wishes people and the media <br /><br /><a href="http://feeds.nbcchicago.com/click.phdo?i=aabc972e6fa1a50795abdc02c5a1e712">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-21:/commentary/15398809 2012-05-21T00:27:15Z American Reporter In 2000, he was asked by Mayor Richard M. Daley to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush in a Democratic primary. "The Washington Post's David Ignatius reported that Obama was 'prodded by the Daley Machine' into running, 'which led him into his only big<br /><br /><a href="http://www.american-reporter.com/4,466/505.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-19:/commentary/15433696 2012-05-19T23:59:48Z Evansville Courier-Press Voting yes: Peter Roskam, R-6, Joe Walsh, R-8, Adam Kinzinger, R-11, Randy Hultgren, R-14, Timothy Johnson, R-15, Donald Manzullo, R-16, Bobby Schilling, R-17, Aaron Schock, R-18, John Shimkus, R-19 Voting no: Bobby Rush, D-1, Jesse Jackson Jr ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/may/19/no-headline---ev_roll_call-rec/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-19:/commentary/15329938 2012-05-19T19:13:28Z Examiner Yet in 2000, their 8-year union was on the skids due to his crushing Chicago primary defeat against Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush, the New York Post reports. “During the dark days that followed his defeat, he turned to Michelle for comfort ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/election-2012-new-book-alleging-obama-split-2000-not-surprising">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-18:/commentary/15329939 2012-05-18T23:53:50Z American Reporter In 2000, he was asked by Mayor Richard M. Daley to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush in a Democratic primary. "The Washington Post's David Ignatius reported that Obama was 'prodded by the Daley Machine' into running, 'which led him into his only big<br /><br /><a href="http://www.american-reporter.com/4,466W/505.html">Go to article</a>