Party Lines Fall By Wayside For Bipartisan College Rape Bills
A flurry of legislation filed this week aiming to address college sexual assault suggests Republican lawmakers have ignored conservative pundits’ insistence there is no campus rape epidemic. A day after Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) unveiled their anticipated campus rape package, a House companion version was submitted Thursday afternoon with as many […]
Rep. Bustos Calling on Congress to Stay in Session
ROCKFORD (WIFR) — As lawmakers get ready for an August vacation. Local Congresswoman Cheri Bustos is saying “thanks but no thanks” “I know I speak for many when I say the health of the veterans who have served us so bravely should not be placed on hold while congress is away in August,” Bustos said. […]
Decades later, Korean war vet finally gets medals
ROCK FALLS – Air Force veteran Frank Ochoa Jr. woke up early Saturday morning knowing that a yearlong mission would soon be accomplished. Today was the day he would take his father, Frank Ochoa Sr., 86, of South Holland, to Rock Island to claim some honors that were long overdue. Frank Jr., of Rock Falls, […]
Congresswoman Bustos Supports Stalling Social Security Office Cuts
Additional cuts to services at Social Security Administration offices around the country are expected to go into effect next month. Now, 17th District Congresswoman Cheri Bustos has signed onto legislation that would prevent those cuts for one year. Social Security number printouts and, in October, benefit verification statements would not be supplied through the local […]