Rep. Phil Hare

Democrat  •  17th District, Illinois  •  2nd Term  •  Sworn In 2007
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
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04/09/07
School Buses: The Latest Site of Worker Abuse

School Buses: The Latest Site of Worker Abuse April 9th, 2007 First Student, the second largest school bus operator in the U.S., is buying out Laidlaw, the biggest school bus operator. This means they’ll be transporting 4 million American school ch

04/08/07
Senate 08

Senate 08 By edsistrunk The man President Bush has called “the architect” for his ability to plan political victories has revealed his early take on the 2008 elections — and the outlook isn’t pretty for Illinois Republicans. In a PowerPoint p

04/06/07
Rep. Hare visits 17th District next week - The Register

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Phil Hare, D-Rock Island, will visit the 17th District next week with stops in Galesburg and Monmouth on his agenda. ...

04/02/07
Student Loan - Phil Hare Speaks on Poverty at Carl Sandburg College

Phil Hare Speaks on Poverty at Carl Sandburg College Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill) spoke at Carl Sandburg College on March 10 on the topic of lifting working families out of poverty in Galesburg and surrounding communities. ...

04/01/07
Phil Hare Speaks on Poverty at Carl Sandburg College (Zephyr)

Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill) spoke at Carl Sandburg College on March 10 on the topic of lifting working families out of poverty in Galesburg and surrounding communities. Knox County is on the poverty warning list for the second year in a row. ...

03/31/07
Phil Hare Speaks on Poverty at Carl Sandburg College

Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill) spoke at Carl Sandburg College on March 10 on the topic of lifting working families out of poverty in Galesburg and surrounding communities. Knox County is on the poverty warning list for the second year in a row.

03/31/07
Phil Hare Speaks on Poverty at Carl Sandburg College (Zephyr)

Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill) spoke at Carl Sandburg College on March 10 on the topic of lifting working families out of poverty in Galesburg and surrounding communities. Knox County is on the poverty warning list for the second year in a row. ...

03/31/07
Fast Track to Nowhere

There are some excellent interviews with the likes of freshman Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Ohio), Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill.), and GTW's own Lori Wallach. If you're in the dark a little about what exactly this Fast Track thing is, ...

03/31/07
Phil Hare Speaks on Poverty at Carl Sandburg College

Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill) spoke at Carl Sandburg College on March 10 on the topic of lifting working families out of poverty in Galesburg and surrounding communities. Knox County is on the poverty warning list for the second year in a row.

03/30/07
Hare says House-approved budget offers many advantages

DECATUR - The fiscal 2008 budget adopted on Thursday by the US House of Representatives will help veterans, the unemployed, children and middle-income taxpayers, US Rep. Phil Hare, D-Rock Island, said Friday. ...

03/27/07
Phil Hare on his BKAD appearance: Constituents' response ...

If I were U.S. Rep. Phil Hare, D-Rock Island, I'm not sure I would have taken the bait and appeared on “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Network. But then, I'm not the congressman, and he says he has no regrets. Interestingly, on March 15, .

03/26/07
The (what now appears to be weekly) link dump

The (what now appears to be weekly) link dump Filed under: General — Tim Cain @ 12:34 am Let me start this by saying none of this stuff is as entertaining as my office neighbor, H&R Business Editor Scott Perry, singing “CAMELOOOOOT!!”, which

03/26/07
Comment on BKAD Exclusive: Rep. Phil Hare from the Fightin’ 17th ...

Wow. I gotta say, this is one of the few times I actually think Stephen crossed the line. :S.

03/26/07
Comment on BKAD Exclusive: Rep. Phil Hare from the Fightin’ 17th ...

Oh, I had nothing against the embalming joke. That was great. I was referring to the child labor stuff.

03/26/07
Comment on BKAD Exclusive: Rep. Phil Hare from the Fightin’ 17th ...

LOL - that would have been quite shocking if it went on air. Stephen does loves educating the children…

03/26/07
Comment on BKAD Exclusive: Rep. Phil Hare from the Fightin’ 17th ...

Hey, that embalming joke killed. Well, actually you have to kill someone before you embalm him, and he didn’t ask him about that. So I guess the truthiness of it tells us that there was no line to cross.

03/25/07
BKAD Exclusive: Rep. Phil Hare from the Fightin’ 17th

Comedy Central’s MotherLoad has 2 unaired clips from Stephen’s interview with Representative Phil Hare of Illinois’ Fightin’ 17th. The Better Know A District episode originally aired March 15, 2007. I must say that Rep. Hare handles the questions

03/25/07
House OKs vets’ suicide prevention bill - Military News, Navy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports

Navy Times The House of Representatives passed three veterans’ bills Wednesday, including a suicide prevention measure aimed at getting faster and better mental health counseling for returning combat veterans. A second bill expands disability compensati

03/24/07
Bess Myerson,PHIL HARE,Mike Boland

Republicans are calling US Rep. PHIL HARE, D-Rock Island outstanding! Ted Rodchester, Milan said, "I wish I would have voted for him." Bess Myerson (The Chairman) called US Rep. PHIL HARE, D-Rock Island sexy and looking like former NYC ...

03/23/07
Quote of the Day

"Congress needs to take a long look at OSHA and start kicking some OSHA people in the kneecaps." -- ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />U.S. Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill.), 2007

03/23/07
Lawmakers slam OSHA over lax inspections

the agency's infrequent inspections at BP's aging Texas City refinery before the explosion there killed 15 people and injured scores ... Education and Labor Committee hearings on the blast. Rep. Phil Hare, D-Ill., said Congress needed . ...

03/23/07
Lawmakers pummel OSHA over BP plant inspections

the agency's infrequent inspections at BP's aging Texas City refinery before the explosion that killed 15 workers two years ago ... Education and Labor Committee hearings on the blast. Rep. Phil Hare, D-Ill., said Congress needs ...

03/23/07
Lawmakers pummel OSHA over BP plant inspections

the agency's infrequent inspections at BP's aging Texas City refinery before the explosion that killed 15 workers two years ago ... Education and Labor Committee hearings on the blast. Rep. Phil Hare, D-Ill., said Congress needs ...

03/22/07
Lawmakers slam OSHA over lax inspections

the agency's infrequent inspections at BP's aging Texas City refinery before the explosion there killed 15 people and injured scores ... Education and Labor Committee hearings on the blast. Rep. Phil Hare, D-Ill., said Congress needed . ...

03/20/07
Better Know Phil Hare (IL - 17) and the Out of Iraq Caucus

I just saw Rep. Phil Hare (IL-17) from the Quad Cities on the Colbert Report and then I saw this post from Prairie State Blue about what Phil Hare has been up to since getting elected. I have to say that I am pretty impressed.Update: The interview can...

03/20/07
M of A - 10 1/2 Hours of "Strong backing"

Rep. Chet Edwards (The Hill) Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (The Hill) Rep. Phil Hare (The Hill) Rep. Tim Mahoney (leaning: The Hill) Rep. Mazie Hirono (leaning: The Hill) Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (The Nation and via comments) Rep. ...

03/20/07
How much is that Democratic doggie in the window? « Marisacat

Rep. Melissa Bean (The Hill) Rep. Nancy Boyda (The Hill) Rep. Dennis Cardoza (The Hill) Rep. Peter DeFazio (The Hill, sold out for pork: Politico) Rep. Chet Edwards (The Hill) Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (The Hill) Rep. Phil Hare (The Hill) ...

Source: Marisacat
03/20/07
Pelosi's Whip: A Blue Dog vs. A Progressive - TalkLeft: The ...

Rep. Melissa Bean (The Hill) Rep. Nancy Boyda (The Hill) Rep. Dennis Cardoza (The Hill) Rep. Peter DeFazio (The Hill, sold out for pork: Politico) Rep. Chet Edwards (The Hill) Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (The Hill) Rep. Phil Hare (The Hill) ...

Source: TalkLeft
03/19/07
Century of the Common Iowan: Better Know Phil Hare (IL - 17) and ...

I just saw Rep. Phil Hare (IL-17) from the Quad Cities on the Colbert Report and then I saw this post from Prairie State Blue about what Phil Hare has been up to since getting elected. I have to say that I am pretty impressed. ...

03/16/07
Illinois's 17th

Representative Phil Hare (really his name) flip flops about slavery in Iraq.

Official website: http://hare.house.gov/
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1118 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-5905
Fax: 202-225-5396

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