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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for 2024-04-25 ( 6 items )  
Duckworth Again Votes to Pass Bipartisan National Security Supplemental Package That Will Help Bolster American Readiness and Support American Allies and Partners (10)
WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: [WASHGINTON, D.C.] - Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--a member of both the U.S. Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees--issued the following statement after the Senate voted 79-18 to send the bipartisan national security aid package providing additional support for our partners and allies and strengthening American military readiness to the President's desk for his more PR

Duckworth, Connolly Lead 176 Members of Congress in Push to Ensure Federal Workers' Health Insurance Carriers Cover IVF Treatment and Medication (10)
WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11) led 176 of their colleagues in urging the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to help ensure all insurance carriers in the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Program--the largest employer-sponsored health insurance plan in the world --cover IVF medical treatments and medications in plan year 2025. "For plan year  more PR

Duckworth, Durbin Join Baldwin in Calling Out USPS Leadership for Unsustainable Price Hikes and Poor Service (10)
WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: As Americans learn of another postal rate increase that will see Forever stamps cost 73 cents each, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Rob Wyden (D-OR), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Peter Welch (D-VT) in pushing for change at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to protect the jobs, businesses and  more PR

Durbin Applauds Senate Passage of the National Security Supplemental (10)
WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, released the following statement on Senate passage of the national security supplemental, which provides aid for Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and Taiwan: "What we do has consequences--global and historic. With this aid, we are helping the millions of Ukrainians on the front lines in their fight against Russian tyranny, providin more PR

Durbin Urges the Senate to Pass the National Security Supplemental as Soon as Possible (10)
WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, took to the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to pass the national security supplemental, which includes emergency funds for Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and the Indo-Pacific. The supplemental passed the House this weekend and once it passes the Senate, it will head to the Pr more PR

SCHNEIDER STATEMENT ON HAMAS PROPAGANDA VIDEO OF HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN (10)
WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) released the following statement in response to a propaganda video released today by Hamas of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin: "For 201 days, Hersh Goldberg-Polin's family have not known if their son is alive or dead. The last image they had of Hersh was from October 7th when their son was seen being thrown into the back of a Hamas truck, his left arm blown  more PR