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Upcoming Events
Tenth Congressional District Democrats, Lake County, Cook County, Illinois  May 15, 2008
Phone Bank for Dan Seals at Deerfield Headquarters

Tenth Congressional District Democrats, Lake County, Cook County, Illinois  May 16, 2008
Road Trip to Louisville, Kentucky, with Illinois for Hillary

Tenth Congressional District Democrats, Lake County, Cook County, Illinois  May 17, 2008
Door to Door Canvassing with Dan Seals in Arlington Heights

Tenth Congressional District Democrats, Lake County, Cook County, Illinois  May 17, 2008
Travel to Kentucky for Obama Campaign

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TenthDems May Newsletter


View the TenthDems May Newsletter

• Mark Kirk Opposes Voting Security and Enfranchising All Americans
• Mark Kirk’s Most Important Vote
• Mark Kirk, We Have a Problem
• What’s Top-of-Mind in Northbrook?
• Lest We Forget: Bush’s Torture Agenda
• We’re Still Talking Politics!
• What’s Important Now
• Are You Kidding, Mr. Kirk?
• The Not-So-Secret Secret (that no one wants to talk about)
• True Number of Battlefield Casualties Underreported
• Campaigning for Obama: A British Experience (or, how three Brits ended up in Chicago)
• Kirk Unmasked: Kirk Helps Undermine Election Integrity



Latest News
FTC Will Investigate High Fuel Prices at Durbin's Request

Wednesday May 14th 2008

At the urging of United States Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today agreed to launch an inquiry into the record high fuel prices facing American consumers. The commission, which is responsible for investigating consumer protection and competition issues in broad sectors of the economy, announced the investigation at their annual budget hearing before the Senate Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee, which Durbin chairs.

“As summer approaches drivers and air travelers across America are feeling the heat from record high fuel prices and projections suggest it’s only going to get worse,” Durbin said. “Yet these record-breaking prices are coming at time when the oil industry is reporting record-breaking profits. I’m pleased that the FTC is taking the issue seriously and has opened an investigation; we must ensure that American consumers are not falling victim to price-gougers and profiteers.”

Last month, Durbin sent a letter to the FTC asking for an investigation into the recent spikes in fuel prices. The FTC is tasked with investigating anticompetitive business practices. In addition, the commission monitors gasoline and diesel prices and can take enforcement actions for violations of antitrust laws. The FTC last investigated high gas prices in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Testifying at today’s hearing were FTC Chairman, William Kovacic and FTC Commissioner Jon Leibowitz.

Durbin noted that today, the average gas price reached an all time nationwide high of $3.73 a gallon, according to AAA. Many analysts predict that gas will reach $4.00 in the near future. And recent polling shows that a majority of Americans believe that gas prices could exceed $6 a gallon in the next few years.

Transportation agencies and airlines are also feeling the pinch. Nationally, diesel prices are also at record high levels. The Chicago Transit Authority is projecting that they will be more than $25 million over budget by year’s end because of the high cost of diesel fuel. Shipping prices have also gone up because of increased fuel costs paid by commercial truckers causing a price increase on many consumer goods, including food.

Airlines are faced with a growing gap between the cost oil and the price they pay for jet fuel. The increase in the spread between the cost of crude oil and the price airlines pay for refined jet fuel is at its widest gap ever. Last month, United Airlines announced it lost nearly $540 million in the first quarter of this year due to soaring fuel costs - the cost of which more than offset its record profits.

In addition to FTC’s investigation into gas prices, today’s hearing focused on FTC’s FY09 budget request. The agency is requesting a 5% budget increase for the new fiscal year raising their budget to $256.2 million. The increase would to towards increasing staffing levels in the area of consumer protection and enforcement of antitrust laws.

Today’s hearing also discussed FTC’s work in the following areas: subprime lending investigations and other unfair and deceptive practices in the financial services arena; “Green” Marketing (guidelines for representing environmental attributes of products); identity theft and other privacy issues.

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Special Event


Highlights of 10th District Democratic Convention

More than 500 citizens gathered Sunday, Jan. 20 in Deerfield at the 10th District Democratic Convention – raucous, rollicking, rowdy – but one thing was certain: the 500+ conventioneers and more than 60 candidates and elected officials in attendance all spoke with one voice. While “Change” has been the overriding motif during the 2008 election season, the themes at the convention were “Unity” and “Growth” – themes echoed by speakers from Senator Dick Durbin to 10th Congressional candidates Jay Footlik and Dan Seals to many local officeholders and candidates. Speakers vowed to unify after the primary to change the direction of the country and the district. And speakers marveled at the change in Democratic numbers, noting that the growth of grassroots volunteers in a few short years was remarkable.


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Events
Phone Bank for Dan Seals at Deerfield Headquarters

Thursday May 15th 2008 , 05:00pm

Dan Seals Campaign Headquarters
405 Lake Cook Road, 2nd Floor
Deerfield

Contact: Matt Kuzma

matt.kuzma@gmail.com
847-945-8900

Help us find Dan Fans! Phone banking will take place every Thursday.

DATE: Thursday, May 15, 2008

TIME: 5:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Dan Seals Campaign Headquarters, 405 Lake Cook Road, 2nd Floor, Deerfield

RSVP for multiple events online or call 847-945-8900. Public transportation is available via Metra Milwaukee North line or Pace bus to Deerbrook Mall. Let us know if you can bring friends!



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Tenth Dems University
Let's Talk Politics: Waukegan

Course Number: LTP 205

Date: Wednesday May 21st 2008, 07:00pm

Location: Waukegan Public Library, 128 N. County Street, Waukegan

Instructor:

With a slumping economy, a never-ending war, skyrocketing gas and grocery costs, a health care system that's too expensive for many...just to name a few problems...2008 is a very important election year.

To help voters keep up with what's going on, not just on the national level but on the local level as well, Tenth Dems University is hosting a series of Let's Talk Politics events throughout the 10th Congressional District. These gatherings give you a chance to talk with your neighbors about what's happening on the political scene today.

These sessions are open to everyone. They are led by a moderator, but what we discuss is up to you and the others who attend. The discussions we've had so far have been interesting and lively.

You do not have to register in advance, but pre-registration does help us plan for how many will be attending. To pre-register, go to TenthDemsU.org,/a>.

This will be held in the lower level meeting room of the library.

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Let's Talk Politics





Letters to the Editor
Vote for Seals to get out of Iraq

Publisher: Daily Herald

When I saw the "Shock and Awe" on TV during our invasion of Iraq , I was saddened by the thought that innocent civilians would be killed -- men, women and children.

That count is now reported as 1.2 million. And now that the deaths of our own brave and loyal troops exceeds 4,000, and nearly 30,000 have been wounded, many maimed for life, it's time to examine how we became involved in Iraq and why we are still there.

The "Downing Street Memo" shed some light on how the Iraq War began. It contained the minutes of a meeting held by Prime Minister Tony Blair with some of his senior ministers and advisers eight months before the invasion of Iraq .

It clearly stated that Bush wanted to depose Saddam Hussein by military force. But he knew Congress and the international community would not condone waging a war for the purpose of regime change.

Therefore, Bush and his administration planned to fabricate false information about Al Qaeda and WMDs in Iraq to extract an affirmative vote from Congress for an invasion, and to convince the United Nations to go along.

We may never know the real reason why the Bush-Cheney administration wanted get us mired down in Iraq for five years to date, instead of pursuing Al Qaeda where they really were and are, at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

This unwinnable war should be terminated on a realistic short term timetable. Occupation was never foreseen as an objective by our Congress or by the American people.

How do we communicate with Congress when our Representative Mark Kirk is not interested in discussing the Iraq War, or its downside, and insanity of it in public meetings?

I agree with Dan Seals that we need a responsible redeployment. We need a true Representative in Congress. The sane thing is to vote for Dan Seals.

      
      George Rosenblit, Highland Park




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