Rep. Dan Lipinski (left) and Rep. Bob Dold (right) speak against a transportation bill at Ogilvie Station. Illinois Congressmen from both parties joined with Chicago transit officials Monday to criticize a House transportation funding bill that would cut

U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill. , said he doesn't expect the president's 2013 budget to be voted on by Congress. President Barack Obama presented his budget Monday, proposing to cut the national deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade in part by ending

CHICAGO (CBS) — A pair of Illinois congressmen reached across the aisle to fight against ending gas tax funding for public transit. As WBBM Newsradio’s John Cody reports, Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.) and Rep. Robert Dold (R-Ill.) both warned Illinois st

"I am enormously disappointed by today's announcement. All the facts indicate that the 'new' mandate is the same as the 'old' mandate. New words, same policy. "Our understanding of the new policy is now limited to a Fact Sheet put out by the White House.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are deeply divided over President Barack Obama's new rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide insurance for free birth control to their employees amid fresh signs that the administration was scrambling for a way

WASHINGTON – Democrats are deeply divided over President Barack Obama’s new rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide insurance for free birth control to their employees amid fresh signs that the administration was scrambling for a way out.