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3/20 2018 IL Primary Night, Sanders to be on “All In” & Open Thread

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Voting polls close at 7pm in the IL state primary this evening. There appears to be a lot of progressive and centrist energy as there is a governor’s race at stake, and 5 Dems are vying to be on the top of the ticket. The three leading contenders are JB Pritzker, a Clinton Democrat and legacy of Hyatt Hotels family, Chris Kennedy, son of RFK, and Daniel Biss, a Northwestern math professor and Our Revolution endorsee. Update: the AP has called the governor’s race for JB Pritzker. In IL-03, Marie Newman is fighting to knock off the incumbent, Dan Lipinski, … Continue reading →

Marie Newman’s Campaign For Congress (IL-03)

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From Newman’s Official Website:

Healthcare is a right, it is not a privilege. While I continue to support improvements to the Affordable Care Act, I believe Congress needs to step up to protect and expand health care for all Americans. There are many great elements of the ACA that need to be protected, including requiring insurance companies to cover those with pre-existing conditions, allowing people up to the age of 26 to stay on their parent’s health insurance and providing preventive services like mammograms and cancer screenings. However, the ACA is far from perfect and there are many elements that need to be addressed to bring down costs. Simultaneously to fixing issues with Obamacare, we need Healthcare-For-All solutions to be implemented in the near future. We should be looking at uniquely American versions of universal care that solves the nation’s current issues once and for all, such as Medicare For All.

Congressman Lipinski was the only Democrat from Illinois to vote against establishing the Affordable Care Act, and he has voted repeatedly with the Republican majority to defund Planned Parenthood, which provides vital women’s healthcare, prenatal care, mammograms and much more to tens of millions of Americans and working families.

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Money in politics continues to spiral out of control and it’s time something is done about it. Congress must act to reverse the destructive effects that the Citizens United decision has had on our elections and country. We also must end the millions of dollars in “dark money” being spent to influence our elections without identifying the source and the private agendas it’s supporting.

My opponent takes the majority of his money from corporations and business PACs. Conversely, I refuse to take part in this system of influence-peddling and will not take any donations from corporate PACs.