Illinois State Representative David McSweeney
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Recent News About Illinois State Representative David McSweeney
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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 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
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 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.
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From Lake County Gazette
'We need to cut taxes, not raise them,' Rep. McSweeney says of Pritzker's progressive plan
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) remains as staunchly opposed to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive tax plan as he’s ever been.
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From Lake County Gazette
Pritzker signs bill requiring comptroller to maintain online checkbook
State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is celebrating the enactment of House Bill 313, a bill he sponsored that requires the state comptroller to maintain an online checkbook of the state’s finances.
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From Lake County Gazette
McSweeney calls for action to stop the violence in Chicago
Fifty-nine people were shot in Chicago over the Aug. 2 weekend, and seven of the victims died.
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Rep. McSweeney, RNC official bash self-serving, anti-Trump agenda from Reps. Casten, Schakowsky
Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) has no patience for what he considers to be misguided political attacks calling for an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
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From Lake County Gazette
Rep. McSweeney digs in for fight to save parental notification from Pritzker's 'radical agenda'
Veteran Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington) is ready to put his money where his mouth is in expressing his contempt for efforts to repeal the state’s parental notification abortion law.
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From Lake County Gazette
Rep. McSweeney says he will not accept a pay raise as part of Pritzker's new state budget
Republican state Rep. David McSweeney (Barrington Hills) leaves no doubt about where he stands on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new $40 billion state spending plan and all the other legislation that accompanies it.
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From Lake County Gazette
State Rep. McSweeney says Pritzker's graduated tax plan will hurt middle class, kill Illinois jobs
State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is convinced that Gov. J.B. Pritzker's graduated income tax plan will kill jobs for Illinois.
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From Lake County Gazette
Pritzker's claims in capital-improvements plan simply 'do not make sense,' McSweeney counters
Republican state Rep. David McSweeney (Barrington) does not mince words when voicing his opinion of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s capital-improvements plan and some of the details it includes.
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Senate passes Rep. McSweeney-sponsored bill
State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) expressed his gratitude following the Illinois Senate’s bipartisan approval of a measure he sponsored that will add sick days to the requirements of publicly disclosed payouts for certain Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund employees.