State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Ill.)
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Recent News About State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Ill.)
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From Lake County Gazette
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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McSweeney jumps into Brady/Plummer dispute over gaming interests while watchdogs urge ethics reform
State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) pumped more life into a dust-up between two legislative colleagues over the limited disclosure required of lawmakers with financial interests in the gaming industry.
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Rep. McSweeney leads bipartisan charge for statewide red light-camera ban
Support is building from both sides of the aisle among lawmakers in Springfield for a ban on red-light cameras in Illinois amid charges that the devices are being used primarily to generate revenues for cash-strapped municipalities.
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From Lake County Gazette
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 to billionaires asking to be taxed more: why wait, write government a check
State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) has a solution for a group of billionaires – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s relative Liesel Pritzker Simmons among them – pleading with the presidential candidates to tax them more.
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Ives: Rauner's lack of interest cheated GOP voters
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) thinks Gov. Bruce Rauner owes an explanation to the millions of Republican voters she believes he essentially cheated out of their votes.
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Replace 'Clown Prince Senator' Durbin, Illinois lawmaker urges
State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is calling on voters to replace Illinois' Senate delegation.
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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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Legislators send letter to Rauner demanding release of more information on Quincy Veterans Home
Legislators in the General Assembly sent Gov. Bruce Rauner a bipartisan letter on April 23 requesting information about the Quincy Veterans Home.
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State Rep: Schneider is "head of the Rauner Party, not the Illinois Republican Party"
Illinois GOP Chairman Tim Schneider is in for the fight of his life when the members of the Republican State Central Committee choose a state chairman in May, conservative members of the party say.
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McSweeney says Rauner setting Republicans up for another betrayal with gun bill
Gov. Bruce Rauner will sign legislation that licenses gun dealers in the state, but not until after the March 20 primary for fear of further alienating traditional Republican and conservative voters, state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) told Prairie State Wire.
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Rauner's attacks on Ives undermines his credibility, Wirepoints founder says
Gov. Bruce Rauner's decision to go on the offensive and attack Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton), his challenger in the March 20 Republican primary, shows little regard for the truth and insults the intelligence of voters, the founder of an online news outlet said during a recent interview.
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From McHenry Times
McSweeney: Property tax reform effort starts with consolidation
Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) seems hopeful that the timing might finally be right for the property tax proposal he’s been promoting for a long time.