State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Ill.)
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From Lake County Gazette
McSweeney suggests governor is putting people in danger
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is stepping up his assault on Gov. J.B. Pritzker about what he sees as his soft approach to crimefighting.
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From Lake County Gazette
State Rep. McSweeney says governor's COVID-19 mandates amount to an attack on law enforcement
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney is only growing more frustrated with Gov. J.B. Pritzker as fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be felt.
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From Lake County Gazette
Rep. McSweeney challenges Pritzker's priorities during crisis
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) thinks the way that Gov. J.B. Pritzker has handled the coronavirus crisis has crippled the state’s economy.
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From Lake County Gazette
McSweeney says property and sales taxes need to be cut to help residents, businesses
With state unemployment claims topping 200,000 for the last recorded week and the effects of the coronavirus crisis showing few signs of slowing down, Illinois state Rep. David McSweemey is calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to take action.
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From Kane County Reporter
'We need to cut Illinois taxes, not raise them,' Rep. McSweeney says in response to Pritzker's address
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington) laments that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s State of the State address last Wednesday in Springfield struck all the wrong tones.
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From Lake County Gazette
Rep. McSweeney supports Trump decision to kill Iranian terrorist
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington) wonders what U.S. Rep Lauren Underwood (D-Naperville) is thinking by questioning President Donald Trump’s recent decision to order the drone attack that killed Iranian commander Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
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From Lake County Gazette
Rep. McSweeney goes all in to 'Cut Illinois Taxes Now'
Veteran House Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is on a mission to get Illinois government back on track.
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From Lake County Gazette
Despite a 'Hell No' vote from Rep. McSweeney, new vehicle trade-in tax will take effect on Jan. 1
Illinois House Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) fumes that Democratic state lawmakers are set to ring in the New Year much in the same tax-and-spend way that defined 2019.
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From Lake County Gazette
Illinois' fiscal fiasco starts and – potentially – ends with pension reform, Rep. McSweeney says
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) points to the state’s ongoing pension woes as the root cause of the alarming rate of outmigration.
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From Lake County Gazette
Rep. McSweeney vows to 'Cut Illinois Taxes Now'
State House Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) plans to do something about the fact that Illinois was found by a recent national survey to be “the least tax-friendly” state in the U.S.
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From Lake County Gazette
Rep. McSweeney admonishes Illinois' poor business reputation on Small Business Saturday
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington) recently marked Small Business Saturday by demanding that state government take its handcuffs off local industry.
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From Lake County Gazette
Rep. McSweeney pushes for statewide ban on red-light cameras
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is warning motorists across the state about what he calls “the corrupt red-light camera industry."
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From Lake County Gazette
Rep. McSweeney continues to push for 'action now, not task forces' in fight against corruption
Veteran Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney’s (R-Barrington Hills) dogged push to bring ethics reform legislation to Springfield is picking up momentum.
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From Lake County Gazette
McSweeney urges lawmakers to back his bill for tougher penalties on corruption
Outgoing veteran Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is poised to leave Springfield with a bang.
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From Lake County Gazette
Rep. McSweeney introduces bill that would keep corrupt politicians behind bars longer
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is convinced there is only one way to clean up corruption in Springfield.
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From Lake County Gazette
Bipartisan support building for Rep. McSweeney's bill to ban red-light cameras
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) leaves little to the imagination in stating his opinion of red-light cameras.
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From Lake County Gazette
Rep. McSweeney pushes to reinstate Illinois death penalty
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) thinks lawmakers in Springfied should get serious about fighting violent crime by bringing back the state death penalty.
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From Lake County Gazette
Rep. McSweeney condemns gas tax hike, which cost drivers $100 million more in first month
With news that Illinois taxpayers were forced to pay out $100 million more in gas taxes during the first month of last summer's new rate hike, Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) pointed out a bitter irony of the situation.
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From Lake County Gazette
Rep. McSweeney pushes for ban on red-light cameras, from which Sen. Sandoval has allegedly profited
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) has renewed his fight for a ban on red-light cameras in the wake of reports that such a company is at the center of the federal probe of longtime state Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Chicago).
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From Lake County Gazette
Rep. McSweeney insists that 'real pension reform' is Illinois' only hope of a fiscal turnaround
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) points to a new Moody’s Investors Services report that designates the state’s rising pension debt to be the highest in the country as more proof that lawmakers need to rethink their approach to Illinois' fiscal crisis.