Representative Phil Hare News

Press release submitted by Congressman Phil Hare Hare Votes to Speed Up Credit Card Reforms WASHINGTON, DC-Congressman Phil Hare today voted for the Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act which would strengthen and make effective immediately the credit card reforms signed into law in May.

Monday was the final day for candidates to turn in their petitions for the Feb. 2 primary.

Congressman Phil Hare today released the following statement in response to this mornings employment report which showed that the United States lost 190,000 jobs in October, raising the unemployment rate to 10.2 percent.

U.S. Rep. Hare promises support to flood victims until levees are built. By CHRISTINIA CRIPPES ccrippes@thehawkeye.com Since the election of Barack Obama, it's been hard to argue that grassroots efforts do not have an impact on national politics.

There are candidates aplenty for statewide and congressional offices in Illinois' Feb.

It's been more than a year since floodwaters swamped towns across the QCA. But some Illinois residents living along the Mississippi are still living in fear.

During a March visit to Gulfport, Ill., Hare asked his constituents to help him gain interest in Congress for a 500-year levee by sharing their stories about how the historic Flood of 2008 impacted their lives.

The Illinois Community College Board joins the celebration recognizing October 18-24, 2009, as National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.

Monday, October 19, 2009 at 4:55 p.m. MACOMB, ILL -- A Illinois Congressman Phil Hare released this press release today concerning the extension of the first time home buyers credit program; Congressman Phil HareA was joined by local citizens and realtors in Moline, Canton, and Macomb to call for an extension of the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax ...

First-time home buyers may have until next year to take advantage of the tax credit from the government.

U.S. Rep. Phil Hare endorsed Pat Quinn for governor the other day. Hare, a Rock Island Democrat, praised Quinn, a Chicago Democrat, for taking bold stands on various issues after being handed a “mess” upon being sworn in to succeed ousted Gov.

The Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that it would overhaul enforcement of the Clean Water Act, as lawmakers sharply criticized the agency's decade-long lapses in punishing polluters.

Springfield- Illinois governor Pat Quinn is getting some support from capitol hill.

A group of workers at a Des Moines tire-manufacturing plant has claimed a $1 million Powerball prize won with a ticket purchased at a convenience store.

Kirk Dillard thanks former Gov. Jim Edgar after Edgar endorsed Dillard for the GOP nomination for governor Monday during a campaign stop in Springfield.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is getting re-election support from a fellow Democrat in the congressional delegation.

Illinois Congressman Phil Hare and Central Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock introduced the Agricultural Machinery Illumination Act legislation Tuesday to improve the safety of our rural highways and provide consistency for manufacturers of agricultural machinery.

MOLINE – Although U.S. Rep. Phil Hare, D-Rock Island, prefers a public option for health care, not having one is not a deal-breaker, the second-term congressman told a group of reporters at an annual media luncheon.

Just after the deadliest attack on U-S troops in Afghanistan over the past year, the Obama administration says that leaving the war-torn country is not an option.

Mississippi, watershed projects on list for federal dollars. The Hawk Eye Congress secured nearly $27 million for energy and water projects in Iowa.