Illinois State Representative David McSweeney
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Recent News About Illinois State Representative David McSweeney
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State Rep. McSweeney says governor's economic plan lacks urgency that situation demands
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) views Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “Restore Illinois” plan to reopen the economy as just the latest example of his failed administration.
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Rep. McSweeney challenges Pritzker's priorities during crisis
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) thinks the way that Gov. J.B. Pritzker has handled the coronavirus crisis has crippled the state’s economy.
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McSweeney says property and sales taxes need to be cut to help residents, businesses
With state unemployment claims topping 200,000 for the last recorded week and the effects of the coronavirus crisis showing few signs of slowing down, Illinois state Rep. David McSweemey is calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to take action.
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Lake County projected to lose over 100,000 jobs due to COVID-19; McSweeney seeks to pull Pritzker's progressive tax from ballot
State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is calling on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to take the progressive income tax off the November 2020 ballot, as economists foresee unemployment possibly reaching 30 percent in the second quarter – including more than 100,000 people in Lake County alone.
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McSweeney continues his fight to ban red-light cameras as latest bill advances in House
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) senses his fight to ban red-light cameras across the state is picking up steam.
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McSweeney: 'I'm leading the fight to cut property taxes'
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) isn’t shy about expressing his displeasure with the state’s out-of-control property tax system.
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McSweeney fumes over Pritzker's budget proposal
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) claims Gov. J.B. Pritizker’s new budget proposal follows an all-too-familiar pattern.
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Despite a 'Hell No' vote from Rep. McSweeney, new vehicle trade-in tax will take effect on Jan. 1
Illinois House Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) fumes that Democratic state lawmakers are set to ring in the New Year much in the same tax-and-spend way that defined 2019.
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Rep. McSweeney admonishes Illinois' poor business reputation on Small Business Saturday
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington) recently marked Small Business Saturday by demanding that state government take its handcuffs off local industry.
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Rep. McSweeney pushes for statewide ban on red-light cameras
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is warning motorists across the state about what he calls “the corrupt red-light camera industry."
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Rep. McSweeney pushes for ban on red-light cameras, from which Sen. Sandoval has allegedly profited
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) has renewed his fight for a ban on red-light cameras in the wake of reports that such a company is at the center of the federal probe of longtime state Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Chicago).
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Rep. McSweeney insists that 'real pension reform' is Illinois' only hope of a fiscal turnaround
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) points to a new Moody’s Investors Services report that designates the state’s rising pension debt to be the highest in the country as more proof that lawmakers need to rethink their approach to Illinois' fiscal crisis.
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'We need to cut taxes, not raise them,' Rep. McSweeney says of Pritzker's progressive plan
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) remains as staunchly opposed to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive tax plan as he’s ever been.
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Pritzker signs bill requiring comptroller to maintain online checkbook
State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is celebrating the enactment of House Bill 313, a bill he sponsored that requires the state comptroller to maintain an online checkbook of the state’s finances.
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McSweeney calls for action to stop the violence in Chicago
Fifty-nine people were shot in Chicago over the Aug. 2 weekend, and seven of the victims died.
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Rep. McSweeney digs in for fight to save parental notification from Pritzker's 'radical agenda'
Veteran Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington) is ready to put his money where his mouth is in expressing his contempt for efforts to repeal the state’s parental notification abortion law.
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Rep. McSweeney says he will not accept a pay raise as part of Pritzker's new state budget
Republican state Rep. David McSweeney (Barrington Hills) leaves no doubt about where he stands on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new $40 billion state spending plan and all the other legislation that accompanies it.
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State Rep. McSweeney says Pritzker's graduated tax plan will hurt middle class, kill Illinois jobs
State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is convinced that Gov. J.B. Pritzker's graduated income tax plan will kill jobs for Illinois.
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Pritzker's claims in capital-improvements plan simply 'do not make sense,' McSweeney counters
Republican state Rep. David McSweeney (Barrington) does not mince words when voicing his opinion of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s capital-improvements plan and some of the details it includes.
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McSweeney says Pritzker's progressive tax plan is code for 'massive hike'
Republican state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is not about to take the abuse he sees coming from Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive tax plan in silence.