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Recent News About Illinois State House Representatives
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Batinick on bill limiting executive orders: 'We’re meant to have legislative input for a reason'
House Republican Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is joining his Republican colleagues in pushing for legislation that would limit a governor's ability to extend executive orders.
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Rezin: Pritzker 'has now broken his promise to the people of Illinois twice'
State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) wants voters to be clear about the kind of state government she argues Gov. J.B. Pritzker seems to want for them.
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Rep. Batinick recognizes nephew serving in the Indiana National Guard
Veteran state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) recently rose on the House floor to salute his 17-year-old nephew who recently joined the National Guard.
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Wheeler 'pleased' to be part of legislation limiting leadership terms in Illinois House and Senate
Illinois House representatives passed a bill from Assistant Minority Leader Rep. Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) to create a 10-year consecutive limit for legislators serving in General Assembly leadership roles.
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Welter: 'Crucial weeks passed by with no reponse' as 36 veterans died
State Rep. David Welter (R-Morris) wants to see accountability across the board in the wake of the LaSalle Veterans' Home COVID-19 outbreak that left 36 dead.
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Batinick asks Cassidy on name-change bill: 'What safeguards are in place?'
Before voting on a bill amending the Arsonist Registration Act, the Sex Offender Registration Act, and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) sought clarification on some concerns he has on the bill.
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Batinick says pension board bill will end 'a clear conflict of interest'
House Republican Spokesperson for the Personnel and Pensions Committee Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfeld) received bipartisan support on his bill disallowing pension board members from being employed by the same board after their membership term.
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Batinick: 'What’s happening behind that door there, it’s not democracy'
In some states, the redistricting process has become synonymous with gerrymandering, or manipulating boundaries to benefit one group over another. And Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is among many who are disappointed in how the redistricting process is going in Illinois.
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Batinick: We want to ‘stop someone from being on the pension board and immediately going to work for that board’
State Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is pushing a bill that would amend the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code to restrict certain individuals from being employed by a pension fund and certain other businesses for a designated period of time.
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Wheeler to Pritzker: Bring back Blue Collar Jobs Act
Rep. Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) wants Gov. J.B. Pritzker to reinstate the Blue Collar Jobs Act and help Illinoisans get good-paying jobs.
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Wheeler: Blue Collar Jobs Act says Illinois is open for business, but undermined by Pritzker
Rep. Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) called on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to rebuild the Illinois economy by unfreezing the Blue Collar Jobs Act ahead of his budget address Wednesday.
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Welter: HB3653 amplifies protection for suspects at the expense of victims
Rep. David Welter said that by eliminating cash bail, suspects charged with violent crimes are given protections at the expense of their victims.