John Shimkus
WASHINGTON — Rep. John Shimkus., had an update for us today on his progress in reading the 1,990-page Democratic health-care reform bill: He’s on page 1,219.
What he has read thus far hasn’t changed his mind.
“This public option is really…
WASHINGTON — If you’re a member of Congress, you’d better have book shelves and love chocolate. You always know what day it is.
Those conclusions can be drawn from Rep. John Shimkus’s newly filed financial disclosure statement, which includes a nine-page list of gifts he received last…
John Shimkus
WASHINGTON — If you’re getting millions in subsidies, tax breaks and federally guaranteed market share, you need to do a little work sometimes to keep the pump primed.
So it was today in Washington when members of the Corn Farmers…
Rep. John Shimkus
WASHINGTON — Senate and House introduction today of legislation making it easier for workers to form unions signaled the start of a business-labor battle that some participants refer to as “Armageddon.”
The Employee Free Choice Act — which opponents have labeled the…
