Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch
@SpeakerWelchIL
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Husband, Dad, State Rep, IL-7th, 70th Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. The first Black lawmaker to serve as Speaker in Illinois history.
7th District of Illinois
Joined January 2013
BREAKING: The FAA is ending its shutdown-era flight cuts at 40 U.S. airports, letting airlines return to normal schedules.
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Summary: The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday it is lifting all restrictions on commercial flights that were imposed during the government shutdown at 40 major U.S. airports.
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Yep. Now they claim beef prices are sky high because immigrants walked here with their diseased cattle. Smh. This is embarrassing. Hey Scott, the President’s tariffs did it.
Scott Bessent is now claiming beef prices are high because immigrants are smuggling diseased cattle from South America across the border. This is what happens when you run out of economic arguments, you just start inventing barnyard fan fiction.
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Thanks to Trump’s tariff policies, we are headed for $10 a pound ground beef in grocery stores with no end in sight until 2027. Nothing is affordable under this President. Yet, he is focused on terrorizing immigrants across the Country.
Omaha Steaks CEO: The supply is going to continue to shrink as fewer cattle go to market. We are headed for $10 a pound ground beef in the grocery store. I don't think we will see prices come down in any meaningful way until sometime in 2027
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History will judge those who are silent in this moment.
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Under the orders of Donald Trump, ICE and Border Patrol launched an unprecedented assault in Los Angeles, Portland, Chicago and now Charlotte claiming they are after the “worst of the worst.” Today we have learned that of 614 people arrested on the streets of Chicago without an
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You can learn a lot by going to a barbershop on a Saturday morning and just listening. I really enjoyed the “Barbershop Talk” earlier today at LaSar Martin and James Shelby’s shop. I’m appreciative of the authentic and honest conversation that we had, and I look forward to
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Under Donald Trump, “20 year olds can’t afford rent. They can’t buy a house. They can’t afford insurance. They can’t afford bills, and they are losing hope for the future of America.” - Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene describes the Trump economy: “My kids’ generation, the 20-year-olds, they can’t afford rent. They can’t buy a house. They can’t afford insurance. They can’t afford bills, and they are losing hope for the future in America.”
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Only 16 of over 600 detained by ICE in Chicago area have criminal histories, records show.
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The Trump administration has released the names of more than 600 people detained by immigration agents, and whose arrests might have violated a court order, and only 16 of them have been identified...
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Reporter: If you've been to the butcher lately, you've probably noticed that high prices for beef aren't budging. The national average for ground beef has climbed over the last several years. Today it's about $6.30 a pound. That's up 11% from a year ago
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Breaking: President Trump is lowering tariffs on more than a hundred food items, a major rollback that modifies the reciprocal levies he imposed on almost every trading partner
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The president moved to lower duties on beef, coffee and dozens of other goods.
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Foreclosures are now up 20% from last year as Americans struggle to pay mortgages and rising costs. Meanwhile… the U.S. now has a record $13.1 trillion in mortgages. A wave of foreclosures and evictions approaching. Here are the US States with the highest foreclosures. What
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BREAKING: 655 large US companies have gone bankrupt this year, the highest rate in 15 years, according to S&P Global data.
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Layoffs in October were the highest since 2003. Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. UPS just announced 48,000 layoffs. Intel just announced 20,000 layoffs. But Ford has 5,000 open mechanic jobs with 6-figure salaries due to a shortage of skilled workers. You know who won’t
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Now he admits tariffs raise prices.
BREAKING: President Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices.
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Thank you to everyone who came out to our Know Your Rights Town Hall meeting last night in Melrose Park. Special thanks to PASO for the informative and interactive presentation that will help hundreds of people through some difficult times. If you missed the event and would
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House Democrats delivered for the people of Illinois during the recently completed veto session. We saved our transit system from a fiscal cliff while delivering much needed reform, passed an energy bill that will bring costs down in the short term and long term, and we delivered
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Proud to join @IATSE Local 2 to open their new training center - a major win for workers, the economy, and Illinois' position as a prime entertainment hub. Looking forward to more live events, more film and TV production, and more economic opportunity coming to our state.
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