Tammy Duckworth
Race: U.S. Senate Illinois (Incumbent)
Party: Democratic
Experience: U.S. senator of IL since 2017, U.S representative, Assistant secretary of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Director of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,...
DeKALB — Anna Quider, NIU Government Relations director, spoke to Faculty Senate Wednesday about pressing issues in Washington D.C. that have an effect on higher education.Quider, who spoke via Skype from the nation’s capital, talked about a likely...
From left, House Budget Committee Chair Diane Black, R-Tenn., House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., the Budget Committee ranking member, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the ranking member of Ways and Means, and Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, gather in the House Rules Committee as the panel shapes the final version of the Republican health care bill before it goes to the floor for debate and a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, sits at top center.
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, spoke to NIU President Doug Baker, students and alumni about legislation regarding student loan interest rates Friday.Durbin co-sponsored a bill with U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, called the Bank...
The Northern Star Editorial Board has decided to endorse Alexi Giannoulias for U.S. Senate. This decision comes at an important time in American history, as the country struggles to climb out of a deep economic depression and overcome fierce bipartisanship...
