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	<title>Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE ***  Gov. Quinn&#8217;s Budget Address</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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* I&#8217;ll be on Public Television at noon today before the start of Gov. Pat Quinn&#8217;s budget address.  Check your local listings.  The broadcast will also be carried live on Public Radio, so you can listen in if you don&#8217;t have access to a TV or don&#8217;t want to actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question of the day</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/22/question-of-the-day-1330/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* The House Agriculture Committee approved HB 4085 yesterday. The bill requires physicians to offer women who are about to have an abortion &#8220;an opportunity to receive and view an active ultrasound of her unborn child.&#8221;  From the News-Gazette&#8230;
Tuesday&#8217;s hearing included an emotional exchange between Jakobsson and the bill&#8217;s sponsor, Rep. Joseph Lyons, D-Chicago.
&#8220;(Y)ou [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plummer again refuses to release tax returns - J3 with 54-32 lead over Halvorson</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/22/plummer-again-refuses-to-release-tax-returns-j3-with-54-32-lead-over-halvorson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Republican congressional candidate Rodger Cook released his tax returns yesterday and challenged others in the race to follow suit.  Jason Plummer, who adamantly refused to release his tax returns when he ran for lt. governor two years ago, is taking the refusenik line this time as well&#8230;
Plummer issued a statement in which he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Franks shuts mouth, passes bill</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/22/franks-shuts-mouth-passes-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Perhaps Rep. Franks will learn a valuable lesson from this bit of success.  Phil Kadner fills us in&#8230;
A bill that would freeze property tax levies during years when property values decline overwhelmingly passed the Illinois House of Representatives on Tuesday.
I first wrote about the proposal, from state Rep. Jack Franks (D-Marengo), to freeze [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget quotes and roundup</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/22/budget-quotes-and-roundup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* This pretty much sums up the situation on multiple levels&#8230;
Jack Lavin, Quinn’s chief of staff said, “Every year, we say, ‘This is the toughest budget,’ and I’m saying again this year, ‘This is the toughest budget we’ve ever faced.’”
Needless to say, if Gov. Pat Quinn had taken more decisive action earlier in his administration, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/22/subscribers-only-supplement-to-today%e2%80%99s-edition-and-a-campaign-roundup-34/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<title>Protected: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today&#8217;s edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password)</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/22/subscribers-only-todays-edition-of-capitol-fax-use-all-caps-in-password-393/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<title>Question of the day</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/21/question-of-the-day-1329/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* My weekly syndicated newspaper column&#8230;
The pro-choice group Personal PAC has filed suit to kill off Illinois’ campaign contribution limits to certain political action committees. If the group succeeds, some candidates may start justifiably quivering.
Currently in Illinois, contributions to state political action committees are capped at $10,000 for individuals and $20,000 for corporations, groups and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>*** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE ***  Quinn to close 14 facilities</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/21/live-session-coverage-quinn-to-close-14-facilities/</link>
		<comments>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/21/live-session-coverage-quinn-to-close-14-facilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* AP reporter Chris Wills just Tweeted that Gov. Pat Quinn will propose closing 14 state facilities in his budget address tomorrow.  You&#8217;ll probably see more stories like this on our live feed today as we gear up for the budget address.  Also, check back in the evening because reporters will be given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madigan is going all out against an opponent who won&#8217;t give up</title>
		<link>http://capitolfax.com/2012/02/21/madigan-is-going-all-out-against-an-opponent-who-wont-give-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Illinois</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Sun-Times reporter Abdon Pallasch went to House Speaker Michael Madigan&#8217;s district and reports that Madigan&#8217;s signs are everywhere&#8230;
Driving through the 22nd district confirms the outward show of Madigan support. Nearly every lawn on some blocks has the rectangular white signs, positioned perfectly perpendicular to the homes, looking almost in military formation like the tight [...]]]></description>
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