Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D, IL-3]

Easy hearing for DOT nominee - Foxx largely non-committal on issues - Today: Public Transportation Caucus launches - Delaney presses infrastructure bill

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...you run beneath / Blacktop spreads, blacktop speeds …” http://bit.ly/17BGayP FIRST IN MT — Public transpo caucus: Reps. Daniel Lipinski and Michael Grimm are forming the Congressional Public Transportation Caucus — which MT was surprised to lear

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Sharing a Glimpse of the Future of Technology

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...on Capitol Hill. The session, IT for People, Homes, and Cities, is sponsored by U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) and U.S. Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.). Other panel participants are Steven E. Koonin, director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress

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Staten Island Rep. Grimm named a co-chair of Congressional Caucus on Poland

2013-05-04T01:00:00Z

...the Polish ambassador and local leaders to strengthen U.S.-Poland relations, and to continue my ongoing support for the Polish community." The other caucus chairs are Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.) and Christopher Smith (R-N.J.)..

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7 states trying to gut sex ed and promote abstinence

2013-04-29T01:00:00Z

...that "any information provided on contraception does not exaggerate its effectiveness." The House bill, introduced by Reps Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.) and Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.) has 28 Republican cosponsors, and the support of one Democrat (there's a

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Trent Franks again offers bill to ban late-term abortions in District

2013-04-29T01:00:00Z

...under the theory that fetuses older than 20 weeks can feel pain. As of Monday, Franks’s bill had 93 co-sponsors , with Rep. Daniel Lipinski (Ill.) the lone Democrat joining 92 Republicans. In a statement last week, Franks linked the bill to the ongoin

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Rep. Duncan to chair special transportation panel

2013-04-18T01:00:00Z

...Republicans who will serve on the panel are panel are Gary Miller, Calif.; Rick Crawford, Ark.; Richard Hanna, N.Y.; Daniel Webster, Fla.; and Markwayne Mullin, Okla. Besides Nadler, Democrats on the panel will be Corrine Brown, Fla.; Daniel Lipinski, I

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BOMBS' SIMPLE, DEADLY DESIGN: max human damage, max publicity -- 844 PAGES: Immigration bill filed -- OBAMA: Rubio 'has been very positive force' -- POTUS HOPES immigration 'kinda restarts muscle memo

2013-04-17T01:00:00Z

...Democrat said, had no expectation that the Boston attacks would create an ‘era of good feeling.’ For years before Monday, Republicans, from King to Mitt Romney to John McCain, have accused Obama of dangerously downplaying the threat of Islamic terro

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IMMIGRATION TICK-TOCK: HOW THE DEAL CAME TOGETHER, Letter w/ ricin sent to Wicker, Senate votes on gun amendments today, Bachmann book tour faces scrutiny, Ex-wife: Sanford trespassed, Kerry back on H

2013-04-17T01:00:00Z

...like the Boston Marathon. http://politi.co/11aMGGm OBAMA TO DINE WITH DOZEN DEM SENATORS TONIGHT – The Hill’s Erik Wasson and Daniel Strauss report that Sens. Patty Murray (Wash.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), Ron Wyden (Ore.), Jac

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New House freight panel to examine modernizing freight transportation

2013-04-17T01:00:00Z

...Nadler (D-NY) is the panel’s ranking member. Additional Democrat congressional members are Corrine Brown of Florida, Daniel Lipinski of Illinois, Albio Sires of New Jersey and Janice Hahn of California. Other Republican members serving on the panel ar

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House lawmakers call on ABC, NBC, CBS to explain media Gosnell, Planned Parenthood ‘blackout’

2013-04-17T01:00:00Z

...the news, good and bad, for all to see and evaluate appropriately. For these reasons, we urge you and your colleagues to take seriously our concerns.” Illinois Rep. Daniel Lipinski was the lone Democrat to sign the letters sent to the three networks..

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Special House Panel Will Draft Intermodal Freight Strategy

2013-04-16T01:00:00Z

...New York to serve as the special panel’s top Democrat. Other Democrats on the committee will be Corrine Brown of Florida, Daniel Lipinski of Illinois, Albio Sires of New Jersey and Janice Hahn of California. Hahn serves as cochairwoman of the Congress

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The Role of Congress in Funding Social Science

2013-04-08T01:00:00Z

...Zorn of Penn State (both formerly with the National Science Foundation), Brian Humes of the National Science Foundation, and Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), himself a political scientist. Given what has come to pass with the Coburn amendment, I think this

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U.S. ambassador to Vatican remains unfilled

2013-03-20T01:00:00Z

...on the position. Other candidates for the job include Ken Hackett, former president of Catholic Relief Services, and Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.), co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus. The White House press office referred questions about the

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Biden taking Pelosi, N.M. governor to papal inauguration

2013-03-15T01:00:00Z

...D-Conn.; Sean Duffy, R-Wis.; Anna Eshoo, D-Calif.; Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb.; Ruben Hinojosa, D-Texas; Jim Langevin, D-R.I.; Daniel Lipinski, D-Ill.; and Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif. The congressional delegation will fly to Rome on commercial flights, since

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Biden, Pelosi to Pope Francis’ inaugural mass

2013-03-15T01:00:00Z

...Jeff Fortenberry, Texas Democratic Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, Rhode Island Democratic Rep. Jim Langevin, Illinois Democratic Rep. Daniel Lipinski, and California Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez. The House Chaplain Fr. Patrick Conroy, S.J. will also join the H

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Rep. Chris Smith to lead delegation to Vatican

2013-03-15T01:00:00Z

...DeLauro (D-CT), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Jim Langevin (D-RI), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), and Loretta Sanchez (D-CA). In selecting Smith, Boehner said: “I’m pleased Congressman Smith and this

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Inland Waterways Rehab Bill Introduced in House

2013-03-14T01:00:00Z

...Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., along with co-sponsor Rep. Daniel Lipinski, D-Ill., today introduced H.R. 1149, the “Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency and Environment Act of 2013,” also known as WAVE 4, to modernize the lock and dam infra

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Second attempt

2013-03-05T01:00:00Z

...administration’s policy at their sides. Fifty lawmakers have signed on as co-sponsors, all Republican except one Democrat, Rep. Daniel Lipinski of Illinois, who co-chaired the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus last Congress. Lipinski was one of the few De

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Boehner on Obama's transpo Christmas - Lautenberg retirement a loss for safety - LaHood sounds sequester siren - More on the big airline merger - Connaughton defends killing gas tax - Droning on

2013-02-15T01:00:00Z

...then we’ll do it. But we’ve got to get our financial house in order,” he said. Burgess has more: http://politico.pro/XQqqBv Rep. Daniel Lipinski to MT: “The sequester is a meat cleaver where a scalpel should be used. The impact of indiscriminate

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Happy Valentine's Day: Congressmen Introduce Sex Ed Reform Bill

2013-02-14T01:00:00Z

...education. Keep your hands to yourselves, kids. On Valentine's Day 2013, Illinois Reps. Randy Hultgren, a Republican, and Daniel Lipinski, a Democrat, re-introduced the Abstinence Education Reallocation Act, which would reform federal funding of sex edu

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