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Lou Lang
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Lang, Murphy
Comment on Fox-TV about Quinn's
1st 100 days
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House Ok's
Bill to Fire State Education
Board, Curtail Gov's Power to
Appoint Board; Superintendent
Could be Booted—Sponsored
by State Rep. Lou Lang
(D-Skokie), the bill creates a
new and permanent seven-member
nomination panel that would
identify, evaluate, and submit a
list of qualified education
board candidates to the Governor
for his or her consideration.
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Illinois
House Panel Approves Lang Bill
to Boost Foster Parent
Reimbursement by One-Time $24
Million Grant—“It’s
an embarrassment that DCFS seeks
volunteer foster parents to care
for abused and neglected
children and then refuses to pay
the full cost of care,” said
Lang. “This one-time $24 million
grant attempts to address DCFS’
negligence.”
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Governor
Quinn Makes Good Start, Faces
Perilous Budget Crisis—"Personally,
I have had more conversation
with the new Governor in the
last 30 days than I had in the
previous six years with
Blagojevich. Virtually every
lawmaker is breathing a deep
sigh of relief."
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Lou Lang—Impeachment
comments from:
Rep. Jim
Durkin, Rep. John Fritchey, Rep.
Lou Lang, Rep. Susana Mendoza,
Rep. Jack Franks, and Rep. David
Miller (source: Illinois Office
of Communication & Information
Link
to
Rep.
Lou
Lang
Portion
(downloads
entire
file
before
playing
back)
Link
to
Rep.
Lou
Lang
Portion
Real
Media
streaming
audio
(plays
file
without
downloading
entire
file)
Link
to
Entire
Audio
file
(NOTE:
Scroll
to
Friday,
January
9,
2009
then
go
to
to
the
3rd
from
bottom
RAW
TAPE—Rep.
Lou
Lang
begins
5
minutes,
27
seconds
into
the
entire
audio
file)
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Lou Lang
tries to get answers on JCAR
(Joint Committee On
Administrative Rules)-from
Blagojevich Impeachment
Proceedings
Link
to
the
video
of
this
proceeding-Week
1
(note:
Rep
Lou
Lang
questions
begins
at
12:12
in
the
video-when
playing,
move
the
time
line
cursor
(at
bottom
of
video
screen)
to
12:12
displayed
at
right
hand
side
bottom
of
video
screen.
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Lou Lang CNN Interview
12/26/2008 regarding
Rod Blagojevich
impeachment panel proceedings
Link
to
the
text
version
of
the
interview
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House
approves, 105-6, $24
million grant to
Foster Parents to
offset surging food,
gas prices
04/09/08
"It's
an
embarrassment
that
DCFS
seeks
volunteer
foster
parents
to
care
for
abused
and
neglected
children
and
then
refuses
to
pay
the
full
cost
of
care
as
food
and
energy
prices
rise,"
said
State
Rep.
Lou
Lang
(D-Skokie),
the
chief
sponsor
of
the
plan.
Link
to
the
text
version
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House Ok's
Bill to Fire State
Education Board,
Curtail Gov's Power
to Appoint Board;
Superintendent Could
be Booted
04/01/08
Sponsored
by
State
Rep.
Lou
Lang
(D-Skokie),
the
bill
creates
a
new
and
permanent
seven-member
nomination
panel
that
would
identify,
evaluate,
and
submit
a
list
of
qualified
education
board
candidates
to
the
Governor
for
his
or
her
consideration.
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to
the
text
version
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Lang bill seeks to
fire state Education Board,
Curtails Gov's power to appoint
Board; Superintendent could be
booted
03/04/08
State
Rep.
Lou
Lang
(D-Skokie)
today
announced
legislation
that
would
end
the
terms
of
the
current
nine-member
Illinois
State
Board
of
Education,
strip
the
governor’s
power
to
directly
appoint
board
members,
and
prohibit
the
governor’s
prerogative
to
propose
a
state
superintendent
candidate
to
the
board.
Link
to
the
text
version
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Illinois Budget Woes
Grow; Governor, Genral
Assembly Face Huge
Challenges,
Financial and
Political, to
Overcome
02/12/08
The
Illinois
state
budget
is
deteriorating
while
Governor
Rod
Blagojevich’s
frayed
relationship
with
the
Illinois
General
shows
no
signs
of
improving
as
both
the
administration
and
legislature
attempt
to
hammer
out
next
year’s
budget
on
the
unhealed
wounds
of
last
year’s
fight.
Link
to
the
text
version
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Legislative Highlights |
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Events
06/17/09-Morton Grove Economic
Commission—5:30pm at Village Hall,
6101 Capulina Ave,, 2nd floor Trustees Conference Room |
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