State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Ill.)
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Recent News About State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Ill.)
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McSweeney again targets red-light cameras: 'Program has been exposed for the corrupt money grab it is'
State Rep. David McSweeney is hoping to reignite his fight to have red-light cameras banned in non-home rule communities when the legislature resumes for session next month.
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From Kane County Reporter
'We need to cut Illinois taxes, not raise them,' Rep. McSweeney says in response to Pritzker's address
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington) laments that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s State of the State address last Wednesday in Springfield struck all the wrong tones.
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Rep. McSweeney supports Trump decision to kill Iranian terrorist
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington) wonders what U.S. Rep Lauren Underwood (D-Naperville) is thinking by questioning President Donald Trump’s recent decision to order the drone attack that killed Iranian commander Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
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Rep. McSweeney goes all in to 'Cut Illinois Taxes Now'
Veteran House Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is on a mission to get Illinois government back on track.
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Illinois' fiscal fiasco starts and – potentially – ends with pension reform, Rep. McSweeney says
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) points to the state’s ongoing pension woes as the root cause of the alarming rate of outmigration.
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Rep. McSweeney vows to 'Cut Illinois Taxes Now'
State House Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) plans to do something about the fact that Illinois was found by a recent national survey to be “the least tax-friendly” state in the U.S.
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Rep. McSweeney continues to push for 'action now, not task forces' in fight against corruption
Veteran Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney’s (R-Barrington Hills) dogged push to bring ethics reform legislation to Springfield is picking up momentum.
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McSweeney urges lawmakers to back his bill for tougher penalties on corruption
Outgoing veteran Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is poised to leave Springfield with a bang.
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Rep. McSweeney introduces bill that would keep corrupt politicians behind bars longer
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is convinced there is only one way to clean up corruption in Springfield.
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Bipartisan support building for Rep. McSweeney's bill to ban red-light cameras
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) leaves little to the imagination in stating his opinion of red-light cameras.
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Rep. McSweeney pushes to reinstate Illinois death penalty
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) thinks lawmakers in Springfied should get serious about fighting violent crime by bringing back the state death penalty.
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Rep. McSweeney condemns gas tax hike, which cost drivers $100 million more in first month
With news that Illinois taxpayers were forced to pay out $100 million more in gas taxes during the first month of last summer's new rate hike, Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) pointed out a bitter irony of the situation.
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Rauner signs government consolidation law
Rep. McSweeney believes that the recent government consolidation law passed by Gov. Bruce Rauner will greatly benefit the state of Illinois.
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McSweeney files legislation repealing funding for Obama Presidential Center
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) recently filed legislation to stop $180 million in appropriations from going toward the Obama Presidential Center.
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Online sales tax ruling gives McSweeney more reasons not to approve of 2017 state budget
Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is still finding reasons to be proud of standing in opposition to the 2017 state budget.
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McSweeney's school sexual predator bill garners 63 House sponsors
State Rep. David McSweeney's bill aimed at protecting students from predatory treatment from educators is now working its way through the legislature.
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From Prairie State Wire
Population falling, but Illinois government leaders agree to spend, borrow more
Illinois state government leaders say they will spend a record $38.5 billion and borrow an estimated $11.5 billion over the next year, according to a fiscal year 2019 budget plan approved by Gov. Bruce Rauner.
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Clock is ticking on federal funds for Quincy Veterans Home, McSweeney says
Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) insisted Gov. Bruce Rauner contact President Donald Trump about $265 million in funding to build new facilities and renovate older ones at the Quincy Veterans Home.
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Rauner has yet to respond to lawmakers' request for Quincy veterans home plan
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has yet to respond to a letter from a bipartisan group of Springfield lawmakers calling for him to release his plan for a new facility at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy.
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From Chambana Sun
McSweeney resolution urges U of I to sever ties with teacher who was a 1970s radical
If Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) has his way, former radical and terrorist, longtime fugitive and convicted murderer James William Kilgore will never again teach at the University of Illinois.