Rep. Peter Roskam

Republican  •  6th District, Illinois  •  3rd Term  •  Sworn In 2007
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06/02/12
Robert I. Mork, 1953-2012

"He always listened and always sought to do the right thing for the right reasons." While on the council, Mr. Mork got to know U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Wheaton, who was then a young state legislator. Roskam remembered Mr. Mork as an "incredibly ...

Source: Chicago Tribune
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06/02/12
Robert I. Mork, 1953-2012

...listened and always sought to do the right thing for the right reasons." While on the council, Mr. Mork got to know U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Wheaton, who was then a young state legislator. Roskam remembered Mr. Mork as an "incredibly skilled attorney w

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05/31/12
Illinois Congressmen Roskam, Walsh, Dold, Hultgren Respond to Latest Jobs Numbers

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06) released the following statement on the May Jobs Report: “Following the news that the U.S. economy grew more slowly in the first quarter than first estimated, today’s absolutely anemic ...

Source: ChicagoNow
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05/24/12
Is funding gap a factor in the 6th District race?

He’s got big bucks and she has big dreams. Despite a roughly $2 million gap between the war chests of Democrat Leslie Coolidge and Republican Congressman Peter Roskam, the political newcomer is undaunted. Federal election records for the first ...

Source: Arlington Heights Daily Herald
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05/23/12
Is funding gap a factor in the 6th District race?

He's got big bucks and she has big dreams. Despite a roughly $2 million gap between the war chests of Democrat Leslie Coolidge and Republican Congressman Peter Roskam, the political newcomer is undaunted. Federal election records for the first ...

Source: Arlington Heights Daily Herald
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05/23/12
GOP discovers that Mitt Romney could win

“It feels like from a GOP point of view we’ve nominated the right guy,” said Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), the chief deputy whip. He is a non-scary conservative. He’s able to speak to suburban Chicago, suburban Denver, suburban St. Louis ...

Source: Politico.com
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05/22/12
How Well Does Your Congressman Speak?

Judy Biggert, Peter Roskam, Bobby Schilling, Aaron Schock, Don Manzullo and Tim Johnson all speak at a Grade 11 level or higher. The Illinois congressional delegate with the highest speaking score is the representative where Chicagoist's ...

Source: Chicagoist
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05/22/12
How Well Does Your Congresman Speak?

...delegation keep their speaking to single syllables. Sen. Mark Kirk speaks at a Grade 12.4 level, while Reps. Judy Biggert, Peter Roskam, Bobby Schilling, Aaron Schock, Don Manzullo and Tim Johnson all speak at a Grade 11 level or higher. The Illinois co

Source: Chicagoist
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05/21/12
Roskam: Allowing Cap Gains and Dividend Tax Hike Would Stifle Job Growth and Investment

May 21, 2012 (Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam (IL-06), hosted a CFO roundtable discussion on the pending hike in capital gains and dividend taxes and the negative

Source: MENAFN
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05/20/12
GOP: House vote on cuts to forestall 'taxmageddon'

“We need an extension that creates a level of certainty ... and then move into a framework where you can really begin to deal with large tax reform questions,” Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., the House chief deputy whip, said at a Capitol Hill ...

Source: InvestmentNews
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05/20/12
First Read: GOP backing Lieberman?

Today, she's in Chicago to raise money for House candidate Peter Roskam (who takes on Democratic Iraq war vet ... On Wednesday, she travels to Kentucky (to raise money for vulnerable Rep. Geoff Davis), to Ohio (for Sen. Mike DeWine), and then to West ...

Source: msnbc.com
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05/19/12
Legislative Roll Call | PUBLIC RECORDS | May 14 to May 18

Voting yes: Peter Roskam, R-6, Joe Walsh, R-8 ... A yes vote backed the amendment. REP. PAUL RYAN'S BUDGET: Voting 41 for and 58 against, the Senate on May 16 defeated a House-passed Republican budget blueprint (H Con Res 112) for fiscal ...

Source: Evansville Courier-Press
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05/18/12
NY-24 Roundup: Buerkle gets fundraising help from GOP leaders; Maffei will open campaign office Saturday

Former Rep. Dan Maffei will open his headquarters for the 2012 election ... and Reps. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), Pete Sessions (R-Texas) and Greg Walden (R-Ore.). PAC hosts are asked to give or raise $50,000 and PAC sponsors $25,000.

Source: Citizen Online
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05/18/12
Minnesota GOP gets ready for a Ron Paul wrangle

Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), Pete Sessions (R-Texas ... commissioner-ogling male counterparts in getting the deed done: “DFL Rep. Phyllis Kahn, the only still-serving female legislator from the breakthrough 1972 group of six, kept ...

Source: Minnpost.com
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05/18/12
Full I-90 interchange coming to Elmhurst Road

The current cost estimate for the Elmhurst Road interchange project is $50 million-$60 million. The fact that U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, a Wheaton Republican, got a grant for engineering the full exchange might have impressed tollway officials ...

Source: Arlington Heights Daily Herald
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05/18/12
Minnesota GOP gets ready for a Ron Paul wrangle

...House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), and Reps. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), Pete Sessions (R-Texas) and Greg Walden (R-Ore.).” You may have heard, taxpayers are not going to build a st

Source: MinnPost.com
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05/17/12
Rep. Camp: Obama Must Revamp Tax Code

Indefensible Status Quo “There is a recognition that the status quo is indefensible,” Representative Peter Roskam, an Illinois Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, said in an interview yesterday. “There’s a recognition that there ...

Source: NewsMax.com
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05/17/12
Tax Code Overhaul Must Be Made a U.S Priority, Camp Says

“There is a recognition that the status quo is indefensible,” Representative Peter Roskam, an Illinois Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, said in an interview yesterday. “There’s a recognition that there’s an opportunity to do ...

Source: Bloomberg
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05/17/12
Tax Code Overhaul Must Be Made a U.S Priority, Camp Says

“There is a recognition that the status quo is indefensible,” Representative Peter Roskam, an Illinois Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, said in an interview yesterday. “There’s a recognition that there’s an opportunity to do ...

Source: Businessweek
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05/17/12
Senate panel takes up CES - E&C to vote on gasoline, oil production bills - Commerce to unveil more solar tariffs - Next Oversight witness: Arnold? - Energy storage companies hit the Hill

With help from Darius Dixon and Darren Goode SENATE COMMITTEE TAKES UP CES: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee meets today to go over Chairman Jeff Bingaman’s proposed clean energy standard. The CES, which Bingaman released in March, would

Source: The Politico
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05/17/12
Video: Less Taxing Perspectives

Rep. Peter Roskam, (R-IL) and Paul Farr, PPL CFO, discuss pending tax hikes facing America, with Jeremy Siegel, University of Pennsylvania professor. Related Links: Business & financial news headlines from msnbc.com Top of page

Source: MSNBC
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05/16/12
CFOs flying in to lobby Congress on dividend tax

Republicans generally oppose tax increases of any kind. CFOs from American Water Works Co Inc, PPL Corp and Windstream Corp are among those who will meet with Representative Peter Roskam, a member of the Republican leadership team in the House ...

Source: Economic Times
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05/16/12
CFOs flying in to lobby Congress on dividend tax

Republicans generally oppose tax increases of any kind. CFOs from American Water Works Co Inc, PPL Corp and Windstream Corp are among those who will meet with Representative Peter Roskam, a member of the Republican leadership team in the House ...

Source: Reuters
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05/15/12
Shop Talk: NRCC Adds Two to Team

Meagan Holder was also recently promoted to deputy press secretary. Lansing, a Sewanee grad, started his career at the Heritage Foundation before joining Rep. Peter Roskam’s (Ill.) office as new media director in 2010. Lansing became House Budget ...

Source: Roll Call Online
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05/15/12
Shop Talk: NRCC Adds Two to Team

...to deputy press secretary. Lansing, a Sewanee grad, started his career at the Heritage Foundation before joining Rep. Peter Roskam’s (Ill.) office as new media director in 2010. Lansing became House Budget Committee press secretary under Chairman Paul

Source: Roll Call
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05/14/12
Boehner headlines Hultgren fundraiser Monday afternoon

Boehner is headlining a private fundraiser at Chicago's Performance Trust this afternoon for freshman Congressman Randy Hultgren of ... GOP Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam of Wheaton is in tow, as, we expect, are a number of other Illinois ...

Source: Arlington Heights Daily Herald
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05/14/12
All Utah Needs Is Love?

And during our interview at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, Illinois congressman Peter Roskam, the fourth-ranking Republican in the House, waits patiently for his own meeting with Love. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, Love was born in New York ...

Source: Weekly Standard
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05/14/12
Tammy Duckworth Takes on the Tea Party

The race against Republican Peter Roskam was hard. “It was so nasty ... Now, though, she’s back, campaigning against Republican Congressman Joe Walsh in what will likely prove one of 2012’s highest-profile races. For Democrats, the ...

Source: Daily Beast
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05/11/12
Gloves come off early in first Walsh, Duckworth debate

Congressman Joe Walsh and his 8th District opponent ... 55 percent of the former 6th District where Duckworth ran against Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam of Wheaton in 2006 — the portion where she was strongest. It also contains about 20 ...

Source: Arlington Heights Daily Herald
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05/11/12
'Nothing to Lose': Tammy Duckworth on Her Quest to Go to Congress

Representative Joe Walsh and Tammy Duckworth are scheduled ... [Duckworth ran for Congress in the 6th District and lost to Peter Roskam.] TD: I’m a different candidate because I have a lot more experience. And I’ve learned that I can be effective ...

Source: chicagomag.com
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