Ray LaHood

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12/29/08
IPBiz: Does LaHood choice offer insights into future USPTO director?

The first time I read the Journal Star’s breaking news article on retiring Congressman Ray LaHood being chosen by President-elect Obama for U.S. Secretary of Transportation, it was all about LaHood being a “moderate” Republican, ...

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12/29/08
Republicans Want Details of Spending Plan | The Lipman Times

... State for the Christmas holiday but this morning’s column by David Broder — the Dean of the political press corps — struck a chord with us. The piece starts as a look at how retiring Illinois Republican Rep. Ray LaHood is the [...] ...

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12/29/08
Elections: Obama picks LaHood for transportation: source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Barack Obama has selected U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood for transportation secretary, which would make him the second Republican in the Cabinet, a senior Democrat said on Wednesday. ...

Source: Elections
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12/29/08
Rep. Solis Named Labor Secretary; Fmr. Rep. LaHood to Lead ...

California Congresswoman Hilda Solis was named Secretary of Labor, and former Illinois Congressman Ray LaHood was appointed Secretary of Transportation by President-elect Barack Obama at a press conference in Chicago this afternoon. ...

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12/28/08
Pew Research Center: A Christmas Present -- No Story Eats the News

Few howled over former Iowa Gov.Tom Vilsack for agriculture, Republican Rep. Ray LaHood for transportation, or Sen. Ken Salazar to Interior. The choice that sparked the most controversy did not involve a selection for his cabinet, ...

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12/28/08
The Silence of the Conservatives - GabrielWest’s blog - RedState

John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Ray LaHood. mbecker908 Monday, December 29th at 5:22PM EST (link). are making sure Republican concerns are brought front and center in the new Administration. CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like ...

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12/28/08
Feinstein urges action on air traffic controller shortage in ...

Senator Feinstein's letter to Rep. Ray LaHood (D-Ill.) specifically cites staffing shortages at Los Angeles International Airport and at the Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility in San ...

Source: YubaNet.com
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12/28/08
Rep. Solis Named Labor Secretary; Fmr. Rep. LaHood to Lead ...

California Congresswoman Hilda Solis was named Secretary of Labor, and former Illinois Congressman Ray LaHood was appointed Secretary of Transportation by President-elect Barack Obama at a press conference in Chicago ...

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12/28/08
LaHood a 'Spending Superstar' | Planetizen

"If people like Ray LaHood and others aren't able to earmark dollars, that money will be spent by some bureaucrat in Washington, D.C.," he said earlier this year. "And who knows better how to spend money on worthwhile projects than a ...

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12/28/08
Rep. Solis Named Labor Secretary; Fmr. Rep. LaHood to Lead ...

California Congresswoman Hilda Solis was named Secretary of Labor, and former Illinois Congressman Ray LaHood was appointed Secretary of Transportation by President-elect Barack Obama at a press conference in Chicago this afternoon. ...

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12/28/08
Obama’s Cabinet Market by Diversity, and Alacrity (Washington Post)

Obama’s Cabinet Market by Diversity, and Alacrity (Washington Post) ... picks — outgoing Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) as secretary of transportation, former

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12/27/08
Seacoastonline.com: LaHood choice significant

And no one except for Mark Shields, who lavishly praised the appointment, paid much attention last week when Barack Obama made Ray LaHood, the retiring representative from Peoria, Ill., the second Republican in his ...

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12/27/08
LaHood able, willing to work in Obama administration - Quad Cities ...

Local associates of former Quad-Citian Ray LaHood are lauding the Peoria Congressman's appointment to President-elect Barack Obama's cabinet as the new U.S. Transportation Secretary. In 1972, at age 26, Mr. LaHood, then a school teacher ...

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12/27/08
Crisis creates confusion in Illinois :: The SouthtownStar :: News

Illinois will soon have tremendous clout in Washington in the president-elect, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, the secretary of transportation, retiring Rep. Ray LaHood, and Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate. ...

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12/27/08
LaHood facing a big job | theleafchronicle.com | The Leaf Chronicle

And no one except for Mark Shields, who lavishly praised the appointment, paid much attention last week when Barack Obama made Ray LaHood, the retiring representative from Peoria, Ill., the second Republican in his Cabinet. ...

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12/27/08
Actual News - Republican Ray LaHood, Barack Obama’s pick for ...

Republican Ray LaHood, Barack Obama’s pick for transportation, will be battling his own party. As a rule, a new president’s choice of a secretary of transportation makes few headlines, even when the appointee is a member of the ...

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12/27/08
TheWashCycle: Ray LaHood, your new SecDOT Nominee

I don't know much about him. But the League of Illinois Bicyclists seem to like him.Please pardon the length of this post, but I want to provide information on our incoming USDOT Secretary, Ray LaHood, a moderate Republican Congressman ...

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12/27/08
Rep. Solis Named Labor Secretary; Fmr. Rep. LaHood to Lead ...

California Congresswoman Hilda Solis was named Secretary of Labor, and former Illinois Congressman Ray LaHood was appointed Secretary of Transportation by President-elect Barack Obama at a press conference in Chicago this afternoon. ...

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12/26/08
LexisNexis News - Latest News from over 4000 sources, including ...

Washington, DC - U.S. Representative John L. Mica (R-FL), House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republican Leader, issued the following statement on the nomination of Congressman Ray LaHood of Illinois as Secretary for the ...

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12/26/08
Abortion : Blog Archive : Rep. Ray LaHood: Transportation Secretary?

Rep. Ray LaHood: Transportation Secretary?

Source: Abortion
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12/26/08
Iowa Farmer Today

=Throw in the fact the head of the House Agriculture Committee is Colin Peterson, D-Minn., and Illinoisan Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Transportation is Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., and Midwestern farmers have reason to be optimistic, ...

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12/26/08
OpEdNews » Rep. Ray LaHood:Transportation Secretary?

Somewhat alarming voting record for the next Transportation Secretary makes one wonder what were the Obama top brass thinking in furthering this particular candidate for Transportation Secretary: voting records cover a long time, ...

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12/26/08
Eric Holder: Not the Best

President-elect Obama has made some puzzling choices among his appointments ... also not a fan of the choice of Rep. Ray LaHood for Transportation Secretar

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12/26/08
GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - December 26, 2008

Articles of interest to Illinois Republicans recently posted by ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain's Chicago Business, Daily Herald, Suburban Chicago News, Suburban Life, Pioneer Local, Southtown Star, Rockford Register Star,

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12/25/08
Exit the Ideologues

Exit the Ideologues December 25th, 2008 There is one truth that applies to all ideologues, no matter what political flavor they profess to have. That one truth is that an ideologue is unsuited for governance. From Stalin, to Hitler, to Brezhnev, to the

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12/25/08
OBAMA NOMINATIONS: RAY LAHOOD, transportation - Salt Lake Tribune

Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, praises the 63-year-old LaHood as bringing "both an urban and a rural perspective" to the job. He said the nominee's centrist credentials bode well for states such as Utah with such obvious backlogs of work. ...

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12/25/08
Politics: LaHood a ‘Cellini guy?’ | Peoria Pundit

... Republican establishment that dares criticize President-elect Barack Obama for his connections to sleazy politics, yet applauds Obama’s appointment of a Cellini guy, U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Combine) as secretary of transportation. ...

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12/25/08
THE END OF SOUTHWEST AIRLINES: Quiet Rockland's Appeal To Ray LaHood

Honorable Ray LaHood, United States Congressman - Illinois, 18th District United States Congress, United States House of Representatives 1424 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 USA Re: Quiet Rockland Asks That You ...

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12/25/08
Energy & Environment | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team ...

By Kate Sheppard Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) has apparently accepted Obama's offer to be his Secretary of Transportation. LaHood, 63, has served in the House since 1995, and is retiring after his year. For more on his (not very lengthy) ...

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12/25/08
Republican Ray LaHood, Barack Obama's pick for transportation ...

Republican Ray LaHood, Barack Obama's pick for transportation ... Seattle Times, United States - 2 hours ago. The spectacle of Barack Obama-appointed Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood facing off in congressional testimony against ...

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