Illinois State Sen. Steve McClure (R-Litchfield)
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Recent News About Illinois State Sen. Steve McClure (R-Litchfield)
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McClure believes Madigan's time is up: 'Democrats have come to realize they can’t handle any more'
In the eyes of veteran state Sen. Steve McClure, the Mike Madigan countdown has commenced in earnest.
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McClure blasts Springfield Democrats over canceled session: 'We have a state crisis going on'
Veteran state Sen. Steve McClure finds the list of reasons for why lawmakers should now being meeting in Springfield to be endless.
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McClure doubts even Democrats can force governor to rethink his latest COVID-19 mandates
State Sen. Steve McClure (R-Springfield) doubts if even frustrated Democrats in Springfield can sway Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s thinking on COVID-19.
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McClure demands locals have a say in COVID shutdowns: 'Communities and businesses are fighting for survival'
State Sen. Steve McClure wants Gov. J.B. Pritzker to see the big picture in the lingering fight against COVID-19.
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McClure blasts governor's progressive plan: 'It's the wrong time to raise taxes on businesses'
Veteran state Sen. Steve McClure is bewildered to see Democrats still placing a taxation at-all-costs premium on ideology.
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McClure warns voters to reject governor's ballot measure: 'With his progressive tax things will only be worse'
Republican state Sen. Steve McClure laments little ever seems to change among Springfield Democrats.
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McClure isn't surprised by Madigan's defiance: 'I think he needs to step aside as speaker'
Veteran state Sen. Steve McClure argues longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan is now violating the first law of his profession.
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McClure fumes governor's approach to new tax 'is the kind of thing you say to intimidate people'
State Sen. Steve McClure argues the latest wrinkle in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s dogged pursuit of a progressive tax system says everything about how the proposed legislation is being received by voters with Election Day just around the corner.
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McClure blasts governor's ban on school sports: 'They will never have this chance again'
Veteran state Sen. Steve McClure is pressuring Gov. J.B. Pritzker to show consistency in his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and answer the burning question of why high school student-athletes shouldn't be allowed to resume competing.
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McClure doubts embattled speaker will resign: 'Everyone knows he put own interests ahead of everyone else'
State Sen. Steve McClure thinks the pressure on House Speaker Mike Madigan will only skyrocket from here.
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McClure believes federal inquiry into state House speaker is on track: 'You can already tell something is amiss'
State Sen. Steve McClure insists he can already see the big picture in the ongoing federal corruption probe involving ComEd that finds House Speaker Mike Madigan at its center.
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McClure fights to be heard by governor as he takes continued statewide COVID-19 actions
Veteran state Sen. Steve McClure is hoping some of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s latest actions on the COVID-19 front suggest he’s coming to understand his one-size-fits-all approach to things isn’t in the state’s best interest.
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McClure scoffs at Democrats' ethics package: 'This can’t happen with Mike Madigan still being part of the process'
Veteran state Sen. Steve McClure can think of far more reasons than he cares to for why Illinois Democrats’ ethics reform package should not be taken seriously.
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McClure believes Pritzker has more to worry about than how to 'make small business owners pay'
Illinois state Sen. Steve McClure considers some of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s policies regarding the COVID-19 pandemic to be somewhat misguided and unfair to the state's small business owners.
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McClure responds to governor's latest COVID-19 lockdown threat: 'We can’t afford to go in reverse'
Day by day, veteran state Sen. Steve McClure’s criticism of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s handling of COVID-19 seems to build.
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McClure doubts inquiry will impact House speaker: Madigan may think he can survive all this by just waiting it out
Veteran state Sen. Steve McClure shudders to think of what the state's General Assembly has become under the longtime rule of Democratic lawmakers.
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McClure on Madigan revelations: 'It’s painfully obvious that the General Assembly must address ethics reform'
In some ways, state Sen. Steve McClure views the ongoing federal corruption inquiry that longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan now finds himself at the center of as an indictment against all of Springfield.
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As ruling goes against governor, McClure laments 'some businesses will never recover from having been handcuffed like this'
In the mind of veteran state Sen. Steve McClure, the verdict concerning Gov. J.B. Pritzker has long been in.
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McClure warns Illinois residents that Pritzker's 'philosophically believes people should pay a lot in taxes'
In the eyes of state Sen. Steve McClure, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has a lot more invested in his progressive income tax proposal than just the $51 million he recently contributed to a ballot initiative committee working to get the legislation passed in November.
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McClure wonders how Pritzker can still be unaware that 'everyone’s struggling, especially our small businesses'
State Sen. Steve McClure wonders why Gov. J.B. Pritzker doesn’t seem to see the same thing everyone else does when he looks at Illinois' economy.