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bill has done a daunting and amazing job, illinois right along with those publishers. the moment i took the chair we encountered a new challenge, the state could not coming for the budget for the state and that endured for 21/2 years. it is an unnerving time and i felt the most important thing we could do was to continue moving forward as productively as we could, enabling people to have the support they needed to just make sure their priorities could continue in place and not be derailed by this legislative blockade or administrative turnover at about the time he hired me and left. then we had a new vice president in the chair. she came from university as well and to be honest, one of the benefits of the great turnover we have seen is it provided a lot of opportunities for people in the university to take on new roles and that is valuable, as people are in their positions for quite a while which many of our staff have been have a chance to stretch and try out new skills and grow into new kinds of expertise and remain fresh in their jobs to stay with us, to learn new s
bill has done a daunting and amazing job, illinois right along with those publishers. the moment i took the chair we encountered a new challenge, the state could not coming for the budget for the state and that endured for 21/2 years. it is an unnerving time and i felt the most important thing we could do was to continue moving forward as productively as we could, enabling people to have the support they needed to just make sure their priorities could continue in place and not be derailed by...
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the state of illinois, the illinois house of representatives in which lincoln sat voted 77-6 to condemn the abolitionist movement. six guys had the nerve to go against the mainstream, one of those was lincoln. lincoln came from central illinois where the sentiment was particularly strong. of those sick, two went a step further and issued a statement that was published in the house journal saying slavery is based on injustice and bad policy. of those two, one of lincoln. of those two, one was running for re-election was lincoln so he really stuck his neck out. he was a young man. runs for office in central illinois, the most racist state in the union of the free state. so, i think his anti-slavery hatred of slavery gets manifested in 1837 and again in 1849. >> and as you pointed out he never did introduce that bill. i think what you're getting here is that lincoln is ambivalent, that he can be portrayed as anti-slave are you but he makes it very clear he's not talking about ending savory in the south or in the slave states. >> we're going to have a panel discussion afterwards. i don't wa
the state of illinois, the illinois house of representatives in which lincoln sat voted 77-6 to condemn the abolitionist movement. six guys had the nerve to go against the mainstream, one of those was lincoln. lincoln came from central illinois where the sentiment was particularly strong. of those sick, two went a step further and issued a statement that was published in the house journal saying slavery is based on injustice and bad policy. of those two, one of lincoln. of those two, one was...
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the state of illinois, the illinois house of representatives which lincoln sat, voted 77-6. six guys had the never to go against mainstream. was was lincoln and he came from central illinois where anti-abolitionist sentiment was strong. of the six, one went further and issued a statement saying slavery is based on injustice and bad policy. of the two, one was lincoln. the only one running for re-election was lincoln. he stuck his neck out. he was a young man running for office in central illinois, arguably, the most racist free state in the union. i think his antislavery, hate red of it gets manifested in 1837 and 1839. >> and he never introduced the bill. i think what you're getting here is that lincoln is ambivalent. that he can be portrayed as ant slavery and he makes clear that he is not talking about ending slavery in the souths or in the slave states. [ laughter ] >> we're going to have a panel discussion afterwards. so i don't want to -- so if there are other people who have things to say. i don't want to reempt your opportunity. he says, let us remember, that opposit
the state of illinois, the illinois house of representatives which lincoln sat, voted 77-6. six guys had the never to go against mainstream. was was lincoln and he came from central illinois where anti-abolitionist sentiment was strong. of the six, one went further and issued a statement saying slavery is based on injustice and bad policy. of the two, one was lincoln. the only one running for re-election was lincoln. he stuck his neck out. he was a young man running for office in central...
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much anti-black prejudice remained in illinois. during the 1820s and 1830s, the state legislature passed laws restricting black settlement, barring black men from voting, and of course no women could vote, and illinois also passed laws not allowing black people to testify in court against white people. when the country's leading abolitionist, william lloyd garrison, learned of these laws, he exclaimed, oh, most detestable and bloody state, thy offense is rank and smells to heaven. in contrast, lincoln did not object to these laws. instead, as lincoln gained election as a whig to the illinois state legislature in 1834, he supported the american colonization society's program of very graduate abolition of slavery combined with sending former slaves to africa, supposedly for their own good as well as that of white workers. during the 1840s, major national issues related to slavery included annexation of texas and war against mexico. abolitionists opposed annexation of slaveholding texas. but lincoln declared that he had never been muc
much anti-black prejudice remained in illinois. during the 1820s and 1830s, the state legislature passed laws restricting black settlement, barring black men from voting, and of course no women could vote, and illinois also passed laws not allowing black people to testify in court against white people. when the country's leading abolitionist, william lloyd garrison, learned of these laws, he exclaimed, oh, most detestable and bloody state, thy offense is rank and smells to heaven. in contrast,...
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we'll continue with illinois for a bit here. i guess it's illinois night for a while. i now yield to the representative of the 14th district of illinois who has been a voice for business owners across america through his work on the committee, congressman randy hultgren. mr. hultgren: thank you so much. illinois is a high tax state. we've seen illinois state taxes continue to go up so it is welcome relief that congress has brought federal tax relief to the people of illinois and especially i'm grateful for the residents of the 14th congressional district, the suburbs of chicago who are seeing great relief and especially the benefits that come to small businesses, truly the energy and the engine behind illinois' economy. they are going to receive immediate benefits from reduced tax burden and more flexible accounting rules. i'm pleased the final version included this portion of my bill which was to lower taxes on illinois' largest employers, which is small businesses, and it's called bring small business back tax reform act. further, the tax cuts and jobs act reduced co
we'll continue with illinois for a bit here. i guess it's illinois night for a while. i now yield to the representative of the 14th district of illinois who has been a voice for business owners across america through his work on the committee, congressman randy hultgren. mr. hultgren: thank you so much. illinois is a high tax state. we've seen illinois state taxes continue to go up so it is welcome relief that congress has brought federal tax relief to the people of illinois and especially i'm...
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the state of illinois, the illinois house of representatives in which lincoln sat voted 77-6 to condemn the abolitionist movement. six guys had the nerve to go against the mainstream. one of those with lincoln, and lincoln came from central illinois, where anti- abolitionist sentiment was particularly strong. of those 6, 2 went a step further and issued a statement that was published in the house journal, saying slavery is based on injustice and bad policy. of those 2, 1 was lincoln. of those two, the only one that was running for reelection was lincoln, so he really stuck his neck out. in 1837 -- he is a young man running for office in central illinois, for arguably the most racist state in the union, free state. anti-slavery, his hatred of slavery manifested in 1837 and again in 1849. dr. harrold: and as you pointed out, he never did introduce that bill. i think what you are getting here is that lincoln is ambivalent. he can be portrayed as anti-slavery, but he makes it very clear he is not talking about ending slavery in the south, in the slave states. [laughter] dr. harrold: we are
the state of illinois, the illinois house of representatives in which lincoln sat voted 77-6 to condemn the abolitionist movement. six guys had the nerve to go against the mainstream. one of those with lincoln, and lincoln came from central illinois, where anti- abolitionist sentiment was particularly strong. of those 6, 2 went a step further and issued a statement that was published in the house journal, saying slavery is based on injustice and bad policy. of those 2, 1 was lincoln. of those...
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six years before that, october -- peoria,a illinois illinois. link and give a three-hour speech, the longest speech of his life, which was really the beginning of his mature political career. the p or you speech has all the peoria-- the po speech at all the things that he would cling to the rest of his life. -- so the founding fathers were preoccupied -- were a preoccupation of lincoln for the last dozen years of his life. and this morning i want to talk about the three who were most important to him, george washington, thomas payne and thomas jefferson. when a man is so interested in the founding fathers, in symbolic fathers, we also have to be curious about his actual father, so i'm going to talk about thomas lincoln. and there is a fifth father who became important to abraham lincoln is the war ground on, and that is god the father. so thomas lincoln was born in virginia, moved as a boy to kentucky, that is where he married and started his family. 1807, --was born in in 18er sarah was born seven, abraham was born in 18 nine, a second son name
six years before that, october -- peoria,a illinois illinois. link and give a three-hour speech, the longest speech of his life, which was really the beginning of his mature political career. the p or you speech has all the peoria-- the po speech at all the things that he would cling to the rest of his life. -- so the founding fathers were preoccupied -- were a preoccupation of lincoln for the last dozen years of his life. and this morning i want to talk about the three who were most important...
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a new history of illinois. and this is the bicentennial of illinois statehood. and i'm on the faculty board of the university of illinois press. and i was just astounded there's no major effort to do a whole new history of illinois based on all kinds of information that's been generate in the century since it was last done. and so, i agree that should be done. >> all right. that concludes this session. and we've got a presentation, i think, by professor alan gelso that is next, if i'm not mistaken. thank you so much. stick around. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> american history tv was recently at ford's theater in washington, d.c. for the 21st annual symposium hosted by the abraham lincoln institute and ford's theater society. next,
a new history of illinois. and this is the bicentennial of illinois statehood. and i'm on the faculty board of the university of illinois press. and i was just astounded there's no major effort to do a whole new history of illinois based on all kinds of information that's been generate in the century since it was last done. and so, i agree that should be done. >> all right. that concludes this session. and we've got a presentation, i think, by professor alan gelso that is next, if i'm not...
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a new history of illinois. and this is the bicentennial of illinois statehood. and i'm on the faculty board of the university of illinois press. and i was just astounded there's no major effort to do a whole new history of illinois based on all kinds of information that's been generate in the century since it was last done. and so, i agree that should be done. >> all right. that concludes this session. and we've got a presentation, i think, by professor alan gelso that is next, if i'm not mistaken. thank you so much. stick around. march 30th, lyndon johnson surprise the nation and its staff when he announced he would not seek reelection in 1968. jones, president johnson's appointment secretary, tells the story of lbj's decision process, beginning in 1967. the interview was recorded for
a new history of illinois. and this is the bicentennial of illinois statehood. and i'm on the faculty board of the university of illinois press. and i was just astounded there's no major effort to do a whole new history of illinois based on all kinds of information that's been generate in the century since it was last done. and so, i agree that should be done. >> all right. that concludes this session. and we've got a presentation, i think, by professor alan gelso that is next, if i'm not...
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and this is the buy centennial of illinois statehood, and i'm on the faculty board of the illinois press and i was astounded that there was no major effort to do a new history of illinois based on the the information generated in the centuries since it was last done. and so, i agree it should be done. >> all right that. concludes the session, and that is the presentation that is coming up by professor allen guelzo next. so please stick around. >>> this weekend on the c-span networks. saturday at 9:20 p.m. on c-span a debate on the suit of the same sex couple against a colorado b bakery for refusing to make their wedding case from the constitution center in philadelphia. sunday at 6:30 p.m., daniel mark, the chairman of the u.s. commission on international freedom on the current state of liberty in the u.s. and around the world. saturday on book tv, c-span 2 on c-span. and afterwards james swanson talks to jesse holland about the events leading up to thes a assassination of martin luther king jr. and sunday at 10:00 p.m., second lady karen pence and her daughter charlotte share the story
and this is the buy centennial of illinois statehood, and i'm on the faculty board of the illinois press and i was astounded that there was no major effort to do a new history of illinois based on the the information generated in the centuries since it was last done. and so, i agree it should be done. >> all right that. concludes the session, and that is the presentation that is coming up by professor allen guelzo next. so please stick around. >>> this weekend on the c-span...
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he's taken blame from democrats for the gridlock in illinois. at the same time, he's lost a lot of support from social conservatives in the state who are mad because he passed legislation that is too liberal for their tastes on immigration, pro choice on abortion and alienating the social conservatives. so he got 52% of the republican vote in the primary last night. that is a really big danger sign. certainly he's the most vulnerable governor. >> dana: and he will be up against another self-funding candidate. this looks like the most expensive gubernatorial race of 2018 to. >> may be the most of all time. rauner is a multimillionaire. they're willing to spend a good deal of their fortune to win the election. and his opponent ran to the middle. he was among the established democrats and won a comfortable victory. he probably starts out as a favorite in the illinois governor's rain. >> and dan lipinski, a democrat a conservative democrat. he was challenged from the left. he was able to win. no labels, the organization, tried to help support him. y
he's taken blame from democrats for the gridlock in illinois. at the same time, he's lost a lot of support from social conservatives in the state who are mad because he passed legislation that is too liberal for their tastes on immigration, pro choice on abortion and alienating the social conservatives. so he got 52% of the republican vote in the primary last night. that is a really big danger sign. certainly he's the most vulnerable governor. >> dana: and he will be up against another...
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man from illinois, davis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for two minutes. mr. caves: -- mr. davis: thank you to my colleague, chairman goodlatte, thank you, mr. speaker. i know i'm not supposed to be able to recognize people in the gallery because it's a breach of the house rules. i won't mention to the viewers that there are a lot of students in the dwalry today -- gallery today seeing the political process at work. this is an opportunity for everyone to get to understand what it means to affect public policy in this great country. and we're glad and we want to hear more from students throughout this nation about what you think our government can do to make this country better. i just want to come here to talk about today being the -- exactly a month since a parents' worst nightmare came true for many in park lapd, florida. the school they send their kids to was attacked. this issue is personal -- parkland, florida. the school they send their kids to was attacked. this issu
man from illinois, davis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for two minutes. mr. caves: -- mr. davis: thank you to my colleague, chairman goodlatte, thank you, mr. speaker. i know i'm not supposed to be able to recognize people in the gallery because it's a breach of the house rules. i won't mention to the viewers that there are a lot of students in the dwalry today -- gallery today seeing the political process at work. this is an opportunity for everyone to get...
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i sent to dorothy lavelle, how much money did you get illinois? they should have given you a full page ad. when i asked the democratic party in the hillary clinton campaign to put in our budget full-page ads for all of the black newspapers, i told them the secret of black people. i give out your secret. here is the secret of black people. when you tell a black person in mississippi what is going on, they are going to call their relatives in cleveland. or to try. they don't know anything about that. inn you tell a black person the louisiana, they are going to call all the relatives. georgia,ll them in they're coming up. that is why we are going to advertise in all of the black newspapers. they said, we are only doing the targeted battleground states. in the end, we did all our states, but i had to do halfpage ads. begging made me write ads. i did not like to bed. -- beg. ?hy are you making me fight speak to me is our campaign to let candidates no that if you don't speak to me, on my radio stations and newspapers, the places i get my information, i
i sent to dorothy lavelle, how much money did you get illinois? they should have given you a full page ad. when i asked the democratic party in the hillary clinton campaign to put in our budget full-page ads for all of the black newspapers, i told them the secret of black people. i give out your secret. here is the secret of black people. when you tell a black person in mississippi what is going on, they are going to call their relatives in cleveland. or to try. they don't know anything about...
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the gentleman from illinois. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. before i yield to the next individual, i just want to say t is not a low cost to the individual and these communities who lose their jobs and to the communities who lose a tax base when these small businesses -- when these small businesses fold up and go away in small towns. with that i'd like to yield to a person who also represents big parts of rural america in the state of mississippi, congressman harper, for as much time as he may consume. mr. harper: i ask my colleagues to support this commonsense bill, h.r. 1917, the blocking regulatory interference from losing kilns act, h.r. 1917, known as the brick act, which includes provisions which will provide a compromised approach that will delay manufacturers of wood heaters. wood heaters are frequently used by households in rural america. e.p.a.'s rush to 2020 deadline would raise the price of a new wood heater on those least able to afford it. it would also restrict consumer choice. as many currently
the gentleman from illinois. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. before i yield to the next individual, i just want to say t is not a low cost to the individual and these communities who lose their jobs and to the communities who lose a tax base when these small businesses -- when these small businesses fold up and go away in small towns. with that i'd like to yield to a person who also represents big parts of rural america in the state of mississippi, congressman harper, for as much time as...
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the two great groups naacp of illinois and illinois state police, who lead by chief james krueger of oak creek police deputy put together a document to make this a reality in the community, they have done a very good job, chief got together with his 1300 law enforcement leaders there in illinois. and they have gone across the state, they are promoting 10 principles of how to better serve the diverse community in a state of illinois. charles: can you share a couple of key principles? >> well, one of greatest ones is that first one, that they listed value of life. and that includes life of everyone of the police officer and community members, it is imperative that as we build trust and legitimacy across the country, we have to value the life of others, you know. with the influx of guns in the streets today that is more important now than ever to value life. one other one was to endorse 21st century policing recommendation under the former president obama administration. many across this country, im-- embrace, that it speaks about trust and legitimacy, but it talks about getting out mak
the two great groups naacp of illinois and illinois state police, who lead by chief james krueger of oak creek police deputy put together a document to make this a reality in the community, they have done a very good job, chief got together with his 1300 law enforcement leaders there in illinois. and they have gone across the state, they are promoting 10 principles of how to better serve the diverse community in a state of illinois. charles: can you share a couple of key principles? >>...
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the supporters are more national gun control are saying illinois,turban and -- like dick durbin in illinois, he says the guns don't come from illinois. they can drive two states away were gun laws are easier and go to a gun show or online. they can get guns at any number of other places and say we need to do with other countries have done where it's harder to get that gun. getactually have to maybe real control, is not just an instant background check. there is all kinds of rules that happen in states like illinois or maryland or connecticut that are imposing things like assault weapons bans and limits on capacity for the magazines. if you can just go online and buy it or go to virginia and buy a gun's not really control system for the whole country. there are many loopholes. that is a tough issue. murphy ofthe center connecticut makes is where the only country that has this level of gun violence and a lower level of standard living. there are restrictions for buying guns and other countries where you can still get one but there are hoops to jump through. guest: the political challenge and
the supporters are more national gun control are saying illinois,turban and -- like dick durbin in illinois, he says the guns don't come from illinois. they can drive two states away were gun laws are easier and go to a gun show or online. they can get guns at any number of other places and say we need to do with other countries have done where it's harder to get that gun. getactually have to maybe real control, is not just an instant background check. there is all kinds of rules that happen in...
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i will say real quick, evidence-based funding in illinois, huge years of work, we've now moved to an enrollment based system for funding districts rather than attendance based. largely because we advocated that we need resources for those kids and families that are most distressed to actually be able to help get them in. so funding and even thinking about what are we going to do to get resources to go help rather than it's a -- they're not attending so we've got to do everything we can to get them in to get the dollars. it's actually so we have resources to figure out what's happening and wrap support around them. but i would say as allies outside of our systems that you have to help us change the narrative. that we need larger -- we need bigger voices to change this narrative about punishment. we need to talk about inclusion, support, growth, i mean, growth mindset, like we might all get that in here, but this idea that it's not fixed, that's different work. and we still need more national conversation about that. >> i would just add that i think going back to robert balfanz work. t
i will say real quick, evidence-based funding in illinois, huge years of work, we've now moved to an enrollment based system for funding districts rather than attendance based. largely because we advocated that we need resources for those kids and families that are most distressed to actually be able to help get them in. so funding and even thinking about what are we going to do to get resources to go help rather than it's a -- they're not attending so we've got to do everything we can to get...
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you had this conversation going on in illinois, too. i'd love for you to talk about that journey for you. >> i thought it was really important and obviously, everybody across the country did, to engage deeply in the conversation with people in schools and communities. we ended up writing three different drafts of the plan and that was engaging 100 plus meetings up and down the state. come back to the state board. but then each of the groups, we really talked about it as creating and strengthening relationships and the opportunity to continue to work together. again, this is pretty consistent theme across the country. and said that one of the things that if we could do this and really design a plan that met the needs of illinoisans, what would it look like? starting from a vision and looking backwards in the practice. and that really created, that first emotional release, all the things that everybody hated about everything that was happening, that whole first round was a lot of emotional release, right? then getting into once that is cl
you had this conversation going on in illinois, too. i'd love for you to talk about that journey for you. >> i thought it was really important and obviously, everybody across the country did, to engage deeply in the conversation with people in schools and communities. we ended up writing three different drafts of the plan and that was engaging 100 plus meetings up and down the state. come back to the state board. but then each of the groups, we really talked about it as creating and...
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a bit of a surprise result in the third district of illinois. if you look over here, there was a near major surprise on the republican side in the race for governor of illinois. the incumbent, first-term, running for re-election, he's now going to win this primary tonight, but barely. look at that, 48% for jeannie ives, state representative, outsider candidate, who ran saying rounder was not conservative enough. he is pro-choice. saying he was too ashamed of president trump, too ashamed to say president trump's name in public. she campaigned at a trump international hotel. she nearly won this primary tonight. as it is rounder will advance to the general election. he is in big danger there. the polls have him unpopular statewide. looks like his opponent is going to be j.b. prizker, businessman on the democratic side, big race to watch in the fall. >> i note the night mr. lamb won, when we last did this, the pennsylvania race, i was sent to double-secret probation by some on twitter for calling him a democrat in title only, which was perhaps too h
a bit of a surprise result in the third district of illinois. if you look over here, there was a near major surprise on the republican side in the race for governor of illinois. the incumbent, first-term, running for re-election, he's now going to win this primary tonight, but barely. look at that, 48% for jeannie ives, state representative, outsider candidate, who ran saying rounder was not conservative enough. he is pro-choice. saying he was too ashamed of president trump, too ashamed to say...
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postal service located at 514 broadway street in pekin, illinois, as the lance corporal jordan s. bastean post office. i yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from illinois, representative bustos, to tell us more about lance corporal jordan s. bastean. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. bustos: all righty. thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you to my friend from the great state of missouri. i rise today in support of my bill which would designate the post office in pekin, illinois, as the lance corporal jordan s. bastean post office. a 2010 graduate of pekin community high school, jordan was a four-year cadet in the junior rotc and was the captain of the air rifle team. as an avid hunter, an athlete, and a big fan of taking his dad's jeep off-roading, he was the very definition of what it means to be a midwesterner. and just like a lot of young men and women from the heartland, jordan believed in service and he believed in being the best he could be. that's why he joined the marines. and larns corporal bastean's commitment to service was so
postal service located at 514 broadway street in pekin, illinois, as the lance corporal jordan s. bastean post office. i yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from illinois, representative bustos, to tell us more about lance corporal jordan s. bastean. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. bustos: all righty. thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you to my friend from the great state of missouri. i rise today in support of my bill which would designate the post...
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he is a man who works as a child support specialist for the state of illinois. when he started doing his job about ten years ago, he noticed that fees were coming out of every paycheck and going to a union asme council 31 even though he wasn't a union member and he didn't want anything to do with this particular union. and the reason illinois could take that money out of his check was because it has a law in the books that says that the state can enter into collective bargaining agreements with unions where they will take money from every worker regardless of whether the worker is a member of a union. in fact, there are 22 states across the country that have laws like this on the books, and as a result of those laws, there are at least 5 million government workers across the country who have to give money out of every paycheck to a union whether they want to or not. so our case challenges these laws. we argue that they violate the first amendment because they violate the right to choose for yourself what political speech you will and won't support and they viola
he is a man who works as a child support specialist for the state of illinois. when he started doing his job about ten years ago, he noticed that fees were coming out of every paycheck and going to a union asme council 31 even though he wasn't a union member and he didn't want anything to do with this particular union. and the reason illinois could take that money out of his check was because it has a law in the books that says that the state can enter into collective bargaining agreements with...
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during this panel discussion, education leaders from florida, illinois and wyoming discussed how their states were implementing the every student succeeds act. this is an hour and ten minutes. >> good morning. good to see everybody here this morning. thanks, steven. we appreciate that. lots to do, lots to talk about, lots of good things to celebrate, and that's really the purpose of my speech today. we call it the state of the states and lots of good news to share. you know, it's been nearly near year since we gathered here and decided to take a lead on making education more equitable for all of our children. we published the leading for equity report a set of ten commitments that this organization taken to heart and advance equity for children across the nation. published in february of '17 and we know our work was well under way before that. i want to publicly recognize, tony evers, where is he? i just left a meeting with him [ laughter ] >> so tony evers was the person that started this the president of ccsso at that time and lead this organization in creating and signing onto the e
during this panel discussion, education leaders from florida, illinois and wyoming discussed how their states were implementing the every student succeeds act. this is an hour and ten minutes. >> good morning. good to see everybody here this morning. thanks, steven. we appreciate that. lots to do, lots to talk about, lots of good things to celebrate, and that's really the purpose of my speech today. we call it the state of the states and lots of good news to share. you know, it's been...
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voting in texas and some in illinois. but yesterday was a primary election in texas. and i bring that up because we face one of the greatest threats to our electoral system ever and that's russian meddling in our elections. yet the u.s. government is totally unprepared for the attacks that -- that we know are coming. last week n.s.a. director rogers testified that the russian interference is likely to continue and he's not been granted any additional authorities, capacities or apabilities by president trump to respond to russia's attacks and prevent further foreign meddling. he said what we've done hasn't been enough. n.s.a. director rogers. house republicans continue to obstruct, cover up, and interfere with investigations into the trump-russia scandal. why does the g.o.p. put the president ahead of our national security? as you know, the mueller investigation is its own investigation. what i'm talking about here is honoring our oath of office to protect and defend the constitution central to the constitution is our democracy with the right to vote. and people should
voting in texas and some in illinois. but yesterday was a primary election in texas. and i bring that up because we face one of the greatest threats to our electoral system ever and that's russian meddling in our elections. yet the u.s. government is totally unprepared for the attacks that -- that we know are coming. last week n.s.a. director rogers testified that the russian interference is likely to continue and he's not been granted any additional authorities, capacities or apabilities by...
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steel is reopening that plant in granite city, illinois. liz: that is fascinating. we have a reporter at that location, we're going to get to him in a minute. lance, with union pacific, you've got to tell me your position on steel tariffs. deutsche bank, it said ge is one of the most at-risk companies hurt by steel tariffs because in part the company produced heavy equipment including locomotives made of steel, you're in the locomotive and train business and rails are made of steel. how are you trying to game or figure out the tariffs at 25%? >> liz, there's a couple of impacts we're paying attention to. one is top line impact. what might happen to revenue. on the top line, it's difficult to tease out what the puts and takes are going to be. we can ship imported steel from the ports, we also enjoy shipping from domestic manufacturers. as a matter of fact, in the right mix, domestic manufacturing is better because we have the opportunity to ship raw inbound material. right now we think that looks like a wash. when it comes to the cost side, on the capital cost side,
steel is reopening that plant in granite city, illinois. liz: that is fascinating. we have a reporter at that location, we're going to get to him in a minute. lance, with union pacific, you've got to tell me your position on steel tariffs. deutsche bank, it said ge is one of the most at-risk companies hurt by steel tariffs because in part the company produced heavy equipment including locomotives made of steel, you're in the locomotive and train business and rails are made of steel. how are you...
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the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. shimkus: mr. speaker, i'd like to recognize the gentleman from pennsylvania, the author of this legislation, keith rothfus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rothfus: i thank chairman shimkus in leading in his help for this important legislation. this is going to be an interesting debate. this is a debate about one-size-fits-all coming out of washington, d.c., and the failure of folks in this town at regulate agencies to not appreciate nuance of what's going on in the rest of the country. i've been on these waste coal piles in western pennsylvania. i have seen streams that are dead. i've seen hillsides scarred. i've seen restoration. i've seen streams come back to life. i've seen hillsides come back to life. this saving energy needs and saving the environment, sense act, makes sense for those who live outside the capital beltway. the sense act is a vitally important effort that i championed in various forms throughout my time in congress. the bill recognizes th
the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. shimkus: mr. speaker, i'd like to recognize the gentleman from pennsylvania, the author of this legislation, keith rothfus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rothfus: i thank chairman shimkus in leading in his help for this important legislation. this is going to be an interesting debate. this is a debate about one-size-fits-all coming out of washington, d.c., and the failure of folks in this town at regulate agencies to not...
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i'm on the faculty board of the illinois university press. i am amazed there is not a new history of illinois since it was last done. i agree, that should be done. >> all right, that concludes this session and m we've got a presentation, i think, by mr. professor alan gelso that's next, if i'm not mistaken. thank you so much. stick around. >>> tonight american history tv is in prime time. the abraham lincoln institute and ford's theatre society hosted a symposium on abraham lincoln's life, career and legacy. including a discussion about president lincoln and his relations with his cabinet and congress in 1862. that's from university of new hampshire professor will harris. american history tv in prime time begins on 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> this sunday, on "1968 america in turmoil." civil rights and race relations. senior lecturer kathleen cleaver and peniel joseph, author of "dark days bright nights" from dark power to barack obama. and of stokely, a life. watch "1968 america in turmoil" live sunday at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span's
i'm on the faculty board of the illinois university press. i am amazed there is not a new history of illinois since it was last done. i agree, that should be done. >> all right, that concludes this session and m we've got a presentation, i think, by mr. professor alan gelso that's next, if i'm not mistaken. thank you so much. stick around. >>> tonight american history tv is in prime time. the abraham lincoln institute and ford's theatre society hosted a symposium on abraham...
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i rise today to congratulate the city of alton, illinois. it was selected from hundreds of cities nationwide to be featured "small ality tv show, business revolution, main street." the city will also receive a $500,000 investment for its small businesses. they have a rich history. it is home to historical buildings, a deep manufacturing heritage. it was a site of one of the lincoln-douglas debates. a route on the underground railroad. blues musician miles davis. and a history of the tallest wadloe. " robert these days it is undergoing a small business revolution. from a self-pour craft beer tap room to a post office convert food a small business hub and new businesses are popping up all over. it's an exciting time for the community and they can't wait to show the nation, southern illinois spirit and innovation. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the determination of a hometown of m my murphys borough, illinois. robby has cerebral palsy and a nerve disorder. that hasn't hometown of murphys stopped him from trying out for the red devils ba
i rise today to congratulate the city of alton, illinois. it was selected from hundreds of cities nationwide to be featured "small ality tv show, business revolution, main street." the city will also receive a $500,000 investment for its small businesses. they have a rich history. it is home to historical buildings, a deep manufacturing heritage. it was a site of one of the lincoln-douglas debates. a route on the underground railroad. blues musician miles davis. and a history of the...
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interesting story in the third district of illinois. a lot of people don't know that number, may not know the name, but there is a particular type of democrat who came in tonight endangering the democratic primary. talking about the issue here of abortion. let me put this in some perspective before we get to what happened here. get back to when the abortion issue came on the national scene back in the '70s. 43% of democrats in congress said they were anti-abortion back then. you go forward to the 1990s, it fell to 34%. fast forward to today. it's already down at 1.6%. that means there are a grand total of three democrats in congress who call themselves anti-abortion and one of them is named dan lopinski in the third district of illinois. he was being challenged in the democratic primary by a woman named newman. she said she was inspired by the women's marches when trump was elected. there was a lot of energy behind her campaign and we can show you what happened tonight if we can get that screen up. i was doing pretty good with this last
interesting story in the third district of illinois. a lot of people don't know that number, may not know the name, but there is a particular type of democrat who came in tonight endangering the democratic primary. talking about the issue here of abortion. let me put this in some perspective before we get to what happened here. get back to when the abortion issue came on the national scene back in the '70s. 43% of democrats in congress said they were anti-abortion back then. you go forward to...
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truck we are on 24th and illinois. you can see the crime scene tape is still up and police are still on the scene. a police source has told us they have made an arrest. they have arrested the driver and we have a video. his name is marco dennis of san francisco and he could be charged with homicide. it happened before 10:30 this morning. paramedics raced to help five pedestrians on the ground at the corner of 24th and illinois street. all were run down by a driver who sped off. one of the victims later died from his injuries. a witness who did not want to appear on camera said it just before, there was an altercation between the driver and the victims.>> i was watching a dispute between a guy in a van, and for -- about five guys on the street. it started off playful and the guy in the van was crazy and took it to a different level. >> the man said the driver got out of the van holding an ax. the men took the act the way and took off their belt and chased the driver back to the van. sparky got into the van screaming the
truck we are on 24th and illinois. you can see the crime scene tape is still up and police are still on the scene. a police source has told us they have made an arrest. they have arrested the driver and we have a video. his name is marco dennis of san francisco and he could be charged with homicide. it happened before 10:30 this morning. paramedics raced to help five pedestrians on the ground at the corner of 24th and illinois street. all were run down by a driver who sped off. one of the...
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lavelle, iorothy said how much money did you all get in illinois? she said it came with a half page ad and i said to take that back. i said they should have given you a full-page ad for six or seven weeks. when i asked the democratic party to put in our budget full-page ads for all the black secret to, i said the black people, i am sorry, i gave all your secrets out. i said when you tell a black person in mississippi with going to call theiring relatives in cleveland or detroit. they do not know nothing about that. i said when you tell a black person in louisiana, they will call up all of their relatives as they go that way. they will call their friends in nevada, california, in georgia, you all know they're coming at. that is what we will advertise all over the black newspapers we are only doing the targeted battleground states and we are going to back. all hernd, we did states but i had to do halfpage ads. to me, the indignity really made me write. said you like to beg i all know who we are going to vote for? you making me -- why are you making me
lavelle, iorothy said how much money did you all get in illinois? she said it came with a half page ad and i said to take that back. i said they should have given you a full-page ad for six or seven weeks. when i asked the democratic party to put in our budget full-page ads for all the black secret to, i said the black people, i am sorry, i gave all your secrets out. i said when you tell a black person in mississippi with going to call theiring relatives in cleveland or detroit. they do not...
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priztker has both illinois senators in his corner. he's been dogged by wiretaps of conversations with disgraced former governor, haggling for a position, , and using insensitie language about minorities. the "chicago tribune" says that he hides money overseas to dodge taxes. on his heels as the son of the late robert kennedy, chris kennedy. in a state senator, daniel best. just in the primary, illinois candidates have spent just shy of $70 million. according to campaign, priztker has got 70 million in his war chest, entirely self funded. bret come back to you. >> bret: we'll get the results tonight. thank you. hillary clinton is taking a shot at another trump. this time it is ivanka trump. the president's daughter. ivanka trump has said she has no plans to run for office but she could change her mind. some have interpreted that to say she's leaving the door open possibly for a shot at her dad's job sometime. hillary clinton talked about it on dutch tv. >> apparently ivanka trump wants to be the first female president of united states.
priztker has both illinois senators in his corner. he's been dogged by wiretaps of conversations with disgraced former governor, haggling for a position, , and using insensitie language about minorities. the "chicago tribune" says that he hides money overseas to dodge taxes. on his heels as the son of the late robert kennedy, chris kennedy. in a state senator, daniel best. just in the primary, illinois candidates have spent just shy of $70 million. according to campaign, priztker has...
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illinois democrats -- illinois is usually a blue state. they do have a republican governor. they say, okay, maybe we have primaries, maybe we have fights in the family, but our guys are coming out to vote and that's a big deal. >> that's a much bigger gap between democrats and republicans than we saw in 2010, say. i think if you extrapolate that nationally, it speaks to democratic enthusiasm going into the fall. i think that's something they're really -- >> last night the president was speaking at a house fundraising event. he understands the climate, but he says don't worry. >> this year in this election we are fighting to win, and we are going to win. just no reason why we shouldn't win with what we've done over the last year. no reason whatsoever. >> he says no reason whatsoever. midterm elections are about presidential approval ratings. here's the president's. among young voters, 31 approve, 61 disapprove. among independents, 45 approve, 51 disapprove. there's every reason whatsoever to think that there's a blue wave brewing because of the president. >> yeah, and we've s
illinois democrats -- illinois is usually a blue state. they do have a republican governor. they say, okay, maybe we have primaries, maybe we have fights in the family, but our guys are coming out to vote and that's a big deal. >> that's a much bigger gap between democrats and republicans than we saw in 2010, say. i think if you extrapolate that nationally, it speaks to democratic enthusiasm going into the fall. i think that's something they're really -- >> last night the president...
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second thing happened -- it will come as a surprise to some of you from chicago or illinois, but illinois and chicago had a long history of corrupt elections and election fraud. so the major parties found ways of stealing elections that undercut any third party for any radical party. it was clear they weren't going to win an election. as further background here, revolutionary anarchism was beginning to cohere, to take shape between 1883 and the summer of 1886, the time period i am now dealing with. the great event in this was a -- the beginning of that is better put was a grand congress , in pittsburgh of groups, people with somewhat different ideological positions, but groups calling themselves social revolutionaries, which would include anarchists, communists, some branches of socialism. prior to the great pittsburgh meeting of 1883 were smaller meetings in chicago and a developing "chicago ideal." hand -- and in this movement, the chicago one, they were really anticipating with the hosynicalism. anarc that meant the union as a social locus for revolution. that unions where the vessel,
second thing happened -- it will come as a surprise to some of you from chicago or illinois, but illinois and chicago had a long history of corrupt elections and election fraud. so the major parties found ways of stealing elections that undercut any third party for any radical party. it was clear they weren't going to win an election. as further background here, revolutionary anarchism was beginning to cohere, to take shape between 1883 and the summer of 1886, the time period i am now dealing...
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governor of illinois. he prevents an attempt by southern migrants in illinois to bring slavery to illinois. we can find lots of people who are hurled, a lot to sacrifice their own economic value. general ulysses s. grant before he is a captain in the armor is -- army, is dirt poor. he marries a woman whose father is a man of some means. and he owns some slaves. he gives grant a slave as a wedding present. grant is our last slaveowning president. a year later, he moved to illinois, he is on the verge of bankruptcy, he is desperate, and the one asset he has is his slave. rather than selling his slave, because that will talk his economic problems, he moves the slave to illinois and freeze the the slave, even though it is at great economic cost. greg would go on to free other slaves. grant would go on to free other slaves. that is why grant is one of the great heroes of the united states. the contrast is there between the people who do nothing and the people who, at personal sacrifice to themselves, do somethi
governor of illinois. he prevents an attempt by southern migrants in illinois to bring slavery to illinois. we can find lots of people who are hurled, a lot to sacrifice their own economic value. general ulysses s. grant before he is a captain in the armor is -- army, is dirt poor. he marries a woman whose father is a man of some means. and he owns some slaves. he gives grant a slave as a wedding present. grant is our last slaveowning president. a year later, he moved to illinois, he is on the...
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the father was an illinois police officer. family in illinois, in disbelief. he was proud of his son going to school, going to michigan. >> i never knew of problems. if there were problem, there were kept within the family. police returned to theez, as, ne family of victims from lation year's lafertion massacre has raised $31 million. loved ones will receive $275,000 and survivors will also receive financial help. distribution is scheduled to begin monday. >> a man shot himself to death outside of the white house causing a stir. around 11:45 this morning he approached the north fence, removed a handgun and several rounds before tak his own life. no el was injured. >> on to los angeles where the oscars will be held and police will be out in full force during e00 will be out in full force duhe l firefighters, private security guards and police helicopters. officialssay this is out of an abundance of caution. >> a reminder, all of the oscar excitement begins tomorrow night with a red carpet special live on 6abc. live coverage at 6:30 and the main event, beginning
the father was an illinois police officer. family in illinois, in disbelief. he was proud of his son going to school, going to michigan. >> i never knew of problems. if there were problem, there were kept within the family. police returned to theez, as, ne family of victims from lation year's lafertion massacre has raised $31 million. loved ones will receive $275,000 and survivors will also receive financial help. distribution is scheduled to begin monday. >> a man shot himself to...
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dan lipinski in illinois about to use to a progressive primary opponent. diane finds a not receiving the endorsement of her party. they are not going to win primaries. stuart: if you see the triumph unleashed and i think that is what we saw on saturday night in pennsylvania. you think he will repeat the trump unleashed performance in missouri today, st. louis when he goes after claire mccaskill, vulnerable democrat senator. >> absolutely fewer people. claire mccaskill is one of them. none of them adopted pro-trump points like conor lamb against tax cuts. claire mccaskill does everything stands for and president trump would be wise to go after her. stuart: you've got a tough job, but she do it well. appreciate you being with us this morning. let's get back to the market because now we've lost almost
dan lipinski in illinois about to use to a progressive primary opponent. diane finds a not receiving the endorsement of her party. they are not going to win primaries. stuart: if you see the triumph unleashed and i think that is what we saw on saturday night in pennsylvania. you think he will repeat the trump unleashed performance in missouri today, st. louis when he goes after claire mccaskill, vulnerable democrat senator. >> absolutely fewer people. claire mccaskill is one of them. none...
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later this spring, southern illinois university press will publish michael's next book. which is entitled, "16th president in waiting: the springfield dispatches of henry villard 1860 to 1861." and there's more. he's also working on a book about the lynn consequencincoln and another about lincoln and african-americans. last but not least, michael is not only a prolific researcher and writer, but he is a very flexible guy, as well. for those of you that have not heard, michael was kind enough to volunteer to take richard carwadine's place today, when he had to make a last-minute cancellation. so please join me now in a he t heartfelt thank you and welcome to dr. michael burlingame. [ applause ] >> well, good morning. it's still morning. okay. that reference to my age, i don't mean to joke about my age. i'm 76. but i prefer to think of it as 24 celsius. [ laughter ] feel free to use that. i stole it from tom lehrer. about professor carwadine, he gave a speech on lincoln's humor, based on his book, which won the book prize of the organization for this year. he gave a speech
later this spring, southern illinois university press will publish michael's next book. which is entitled, "16th president in waiting: the springfield dispatches of henry villard 1860 to 1861." and there's more. he's also working on a book about the lynn consequencincoln and another about lincoln and african-americans. last but not least, michael is not only a prolific researcher and writer, but he is a very flexible guy, as well. for those of you that have not heard, michael was kind...
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evidence-based funding in illinois, huge work. we have now moved to the enrollment-based system largely because he advocated we need resources for those kids that are the most distressed to be able to help get them in, so the funding about getting resources to go help rather than they are not attending so we've done everything we can to get the dollars and we have resources to figure out what is happening. i would say as allies outside of the system you have to help us change the narrative. we need bigger voices to change the narrative and we need to talk about inclusion support and growth. the growth mindset we might all get that in here but this idea that it is not fixed, that is different work and we need more conversations about that. the chronic absenteeism is one of those issues that indicates we have some warning signs that there's others as well and one of them is the teacher's absenteeism. when you look at his work is that just indicative of the entire issue that's the stupid school culture and what we can do in the entir
evidence-based funding in illinois, huge work. we have now moved to the enrollment-based system largely because he advocated we need resources for those kids that are the most distressed to be able to help get them in, so the funding about getting resources to go help rather than they are not attending so we've done everything we can to get the dollars and we have resources to figure out what is happening. i would say as allies outside of the system you have to help us change the narrative. we...
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this is the bicentennial of illinois statehood. of thethe faculty board university of illinois press, and i was astounded there is no new history to do a of illinois based on information generated in the centuries since done, so that should be done. >> all right, that concludes this session. we have a presentation next. thank you so much. stick around. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] >> hello again. i am speaking here to represent the book prize committee of the abraham lincoln institute. during this past year, the book prize committee composed of myself as chair and others considered a number of lincoln-related titles published in the previous year for the ali book prize for 2018, and in committees like this, as you can imagine, all kinds of opportunities for disagreement, ness,asant disillusion, betrayal, can --acy, all those easily in the garden of a committe
this is the bicentennial of illinois statehood. of thethe faculty board university of illinois press, and i was astounded there is no new history to do a of illinois based on information generated in the centuries since done, so that should be done. >> all right, that concludes this session. we have a presentation next. thank you so much. stick around. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit...
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. >>> three illinois men are under arrest in the suspected bombing of a mosque last summer. they were charged. no one was injured. the men are also suspects in the attempted bombing of an illinois abortion clinic. >>> investigators are trying to figure out why a bus carrying texas of a high school band left the highway and plunged down a ravine in alabama. the band was coming home from a music festival at disney world yesterday morning. most band members were asleep when disaster struck. >> i woke up and the band director who was now driving was at the front and saying hairy, hairy, hairy like a hairy situation and felt a huge bump and everything went black. >> the bus driver was killed, three were injured, six in serious condition. >>> coming up on the morning news now, pet tragedy. an airline is apologizing to a dog owner for a heartbreaking accident. >>> and another white house exit. why the president's assistant was fired. this is the "cbs morning news." ssistant was fired. this is the "cbs morning news." on stage. e i wanted to be clear. i wanted it to last. so i kept o
. >>> three illinois men are under arrest in the suspected bombing of a mosque last summer. they were charged. no one was injured. the men are also suspects in the attempted bombing of an illinois abortion clinic. >>> investigators are trying to figure out why a bus carrying texas of a high school band left the highway and plunged down a ravine in alabama. the band was coming home from a music festival at disney world yesterday morning. most band members were asleep when...