Government Transparency
January 22, 2015
On the five-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in Citizens United v. FEC, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) joined U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-21), Donna F. Edwards (MD-04), and Jim McGovern (MA-02) to re-introduce the Democracy for All Amendment.
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Government Transparency
October 22, 2014
As chair of the Congressional Transparency Caucus, I urge the justices and their colleagues in the federal judiciary to take a few steps to improve the process. Issues of transparency like these do not require any additional laws, are non-partisan and enjoy broad support from the American people, who in poll after poll say they support various measures to increase transparency at the nation's highest court.
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Government Transparency
July 15, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) co-introduced the Democracy for All Amendment with 108 cosponsors from the Democratic Caucus. H. J. Res. 119 is the House companion to S. J. Res. 19, the constitutional amendment slated for a historic vote in the U.S. Senate this year.
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Government Transparency
June 12, 2014
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) sent a letter with 57 of their colleagues urging the Obama Administration to take greater action to revise immigration enforcement procedures and provide relief from unnecessary detention and deportation.
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Immigration
Government Transparency
June 3, 2014
"People say, the President is taking such a bold step; this isn’t something he should do. Let me tell you something, if he doesn’t do it, this House isn’t going to do it."
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Government Transparency
May 29, 2014
House lawmakers advanced legislation Thursday that boosts funding for the federal system of background checks for gun purchases, less than a week after a gunman’s rampage in a California college town reignited debate over gun control.
May 22, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) voted to restore Americans’ privacy rights and pass H.R. 3361, the USA FREEDOM Act: United and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet Collection, and Online Monitoring Act. Rep. Quigley is an original cosponsor the bill, which ends the government’s bulk collection of phone records and requires increased government oversight and public scrutiny of domestic surveillance programs.
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Government Transparency
May 22, 2014
Whether you are in Washington or Chicago, you can watch Congress and the executive branch in action on C-SPAN
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Government Transparency
May 20, 2014
This month, BPC highlights Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Joe Heck (R-NV) for their bipartisan effort to improve the U.S. economy and create jobs by making it easier for foreign visitors to travel to the U.S. The Congressmen have worked together to introduce H.R. 1354, the Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act.
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Government Transparency
May 16, 2014
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the list of programmatic requests he submitted this year for the Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations process.