John Shimkus News

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz , D-Fla., will soon introduce legislation that would create a competitive grant program for state and local education agencies and non-profit organizations to provide Internet safety education to teachers, schools and parents.

NCTA-led task force calls on policymakers to promote education and digital literacy to keep kids safe online.

It may not be all they wanted, but Maryville will get a bit of federal money to help with Illinois 162.

Plans for a cross-town connector are moving forward slowly but surely, helped along Monday by an unexpected windfall.

Two politicians who have consistently voted against gay rights, Reps. John Shimkus and Jean Schmidt , will be holding fundraisers at the Elton John/Billy Joel Face2Face concert in Washington DC's Nationals Park July 11, reports PartyBlog .

The PointSmartClickSafe coalition July 8 will release recommendations for online child safety best practices for Internet companies.

Paul Froehlich at the request of Illinois Review Subject: Representative Froehlich I received in today's mail your request for investigation into matters involving the above-referenced member of the Illinois House of Representatives, bearing a May 27, 2009 postmark.

Denis J. Healy , Chairman of Chicago-based Turtle Wax, Inc. and Chairman of the United Republican Fund, was recognized last week with the 2009 "Freedom is not Free" Award, which was presented to him by the Board of Directors of The Korean War National Museum .

The South Jerusalem blog takes a break from commentary on Israel and Palestine to give us Rep.

Congressman John Shimkus was in Shelbyville on Thursday to present a $280,000 grant to the Shelby County Sheriff? Office.

U.S. Rep. John Shimkus is accepting applications from individuals interested in attending one of the U.S. military academies.

NewsHounds : The headline of the linked article is "House Passes Milestone Energy, Climate Change Bill." Obviously not happy with the AP headline, the Fox Nation writers, in order to put it in right wing terms the pitchfork gang can understand and appreciate, tweaked it thusly: "Treason? House Passes Direct Assault On Industrial Base." It is ...

Central Illinois residents now have a new choice for their television and communications services, powered by the most advanced technology.

Annon Mahaffey of Beecher City, Katie Pieper of Stewardson and Zach Letizia of Neoga represented Shelby Electric Cooperative in Washington, D.C., during the annual "Youth to Washington" Tour, June 12-19. This event, sponsored by the electric and telephone cooperatives of Illinois, began 50 years ago to introduce rural youths to our democratic form ...

An Illinois blogger has harsh words for Congressman Aaron Schock: Although Schock appeals to some as the kind of reasonable Republican his district historically elects, like Ray LaHood and Bob Michael, on energy issues he's gravitating toward the Shimkus fringe of his party.

This forecast brought to you by the GOP . As House GOP opponets of Waxman-Markey continue trash-talking the climate bill, listen carefully for the name Gabriel Calzada, aka "the Spanish professor" as George Will called el gran profesor in a flim-flam of a column yesterday .

Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., reminds military veterans that the Department of Veterans Affairs has relaxed its eligibility rules for enrollment in VA health care.

Seldom does one go to a baseball game and hear a heckler shout, "Go back to the agriculture committee!" but Wednesday night's 48th Annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park was no ordinary ballgame, where Democrats broke their losing streak to win 15-10. The first inning suggested a pitchers' duel was shaping up, with Rep.

How does the Republican Congressional baseball team spell relief? In the past, Republicans spelled it E-N-S-I-G-N. But for Wednesday's annual Congressional baseball game between Democrats and Republicans, the GOP bullpen will be a little short because of an A-F-F-A-I-R. The admission of infidelity by Sen.

Congressman Fred Upton joined other Republicans last week in writing an op-ed piece for The Wall Street Journal about energy policy.