Committee To Elect Rick Laib
Recent News About Committee To Elect Rick Laib
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In wake of House speaker's ouster, Laib questions the difference his replacement will make
In the hours after longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan was finally shown the door, former 11th Congressional District Republican candidate Rick Laib is holding out hope for Illinois despite all Springfield's chaos.
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Laib points to outmigration as signal for change: 'People want to keep more of their own money'
Former Republican state House candidate Rick Laib fumes Illinois is getting just what it deserves with the state’s rising outmigration problem.
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Laib opposes lifting federal oversight on state hiring: 'I would like to hear the justification'
Former Congressional candidate Rick Laib couldn’t think of a more inappropriate time for Gov. J.B. Pritzker to be pushing to eliminate court-ordered federal oversight of state government hiring practices in the executive branch.
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Laib applauds voters' rejection of governor's progressive tax plan: 'We should cut spending'
Former Republican Congressional candidate Rick Laib feels he can finally breathe a sigh of relief now that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive tax proposal has been defeated.
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GOP Congressional candidate Laib blasts governor's shutdown: 'Current decisions are helping bankrupt our state'
Republican Congressional candidate Rick Laib is beyond puzzled by what he sees as Gov. J.B. Pritizker’s inexplicable handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Laib slams governor over results from latest COVID-19 shutdown: 'Less revenue, more unemployment, greater exodus'
Congressional candidate Rick Laib wants to see Gov. J.B. Pritzker adjust to the times, the science and the data in the battle to control COVID-19.
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Laib warns against governor's plan: 'Any increase in taxes allows for government to be less fiscally responsible'
Republican Congressional hopeful Rick Laib warns Gov. J.B. Pritzker clearly has the state heading in the wrong direction with his handling of the struggling economy.
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Congressional candidate Laib warns fair tax isn't the answer: 'It is a bully's move to target someone unfairly'
Congressional candidate Rick Laib is hoping the progressive tax measure is rejected by Illinois voters on Nov. 3 so Republicans can craft a real solution to solve the state's economic woes.
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Laib isn't surprised by Madigan's defiance: 'The speaker has positioned himself as a provider within his party'
Republican Congressional candidate Rick Laib argues it’s not hard to figure out why Springfield Democrats always seem to fall in line with House Speaker Mike Madigan the way they do.
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Laib argues that despite threats, Springfield Democrats' tax plan 'is a bad idea regardless of circumstance'
Republican Congressional candidate Rick Laib can’t think of a time and place the progressive tax system long championed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker would actually be in the best interest of the masses.
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Congressional candidate Laib believes Madigan views Special House committee probe 'as a publicity stunt'
Republican Congressional candidate Rick Laib fears House Speaker Mike Madigan still stands to be at the controls of Illinois politics, even as a bipartisan Special House committee has gained approval to look into some of his most questionable conduct.
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Laib rejoices that Illinois residents are 'starting to see some value in holding Mr. Madigan accountable'
Republican Congressional candidate Rick Laib rejoices at the thought that after almost five decades, Mike Madigan’s Springfield act may finally be wearing thin with voters.
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Laib argues greater transparency is key for House speaker to be appropriately disciplined
Republican Congressional candidate Rick Laib is hoping for transparency as a special Illinois House committee prepares to decide if actions House Speaker Mike Madigan is accused of should result in disciplinary actions up to his expulsion.
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Laib argues governor's progressive tax push has goal to 'make residents more reliant on the state'
Republican Congressional candidate Rick Laib has come to view Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s persistent push for a progressive tax system in the simplest of terms.
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Congressional candidate Laib calls for ethics reforms to 'expand on transparency and establish accountability'
Republican Congressional candidate Rick Laib isn’t opposed to the ethics reforms now being proposed by Democrats in Springfield; he just wonders if any of the measures are enough to do what needs to be done.
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Laib argues embattled speaker has created an 'absence of accountability and absence of prosperity'
Republican state House candidate Rick Laib wonders if donors have always gotten what they paid for with their support of House Speaker Mike Madigan.
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Laib wonders what metrics the governor is using to justify threat of more COVID-19 closures
Republican Congressional candidate Rick Laib thinks the people of Illinois deserve to see what Gov. J.B. Pritzker insists he’s looking at in coming to the conclusion the state could be headed for even more COVID-19 restrictions.
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Laib argues house speaker has been serving his interest, not Illinoisians, for many years now
Republican Congressional candidate Rick Laib argues that House Speaker Mike Madigan stopped being what’s best for Springfield long ago.
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Congressional candidate Laib argues formula to boost Illinois business is simple: deregulation and lower taxes
When it comes to tax structure, Republican Congressional candidate Rick Laib struggles to understand why Illinois is headed in the opposite direction of every other Midwest state.
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Laib: If Illinoisians don't like the flat tax, they certainly won't like a progressive one
Republican Congressional candidate Rick Laib can’t see how anyone can be surprised that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s so-called "fair tax" proposal seeks to hit more residents than it initially claimed it would.