January 2, 2015: Minority Oppressor for 2015? You Guessed Wrong.
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5. Congressional Black Caucus. CBC Chair Marcia L. Fudge’s Statement on the Murder of NYPD Officers. December 21, 2014. http://cbc.fudge.house.gov/press-releases/cbc-chair-marcia-l-fudges-statement-on-the-murder-of-nypd-officers/, retrieved January 1, 2015.
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January 3, 2015: When are Lower Taxes a Bad Thing? Ask Bruce Rauner.
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2. Ibid.
3. Office of the Governor Pat Quinn. Securing Illinois’ Financial Future. Governor Pat Quinn’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Address. p. 4. http://www2.illinois.gov/gov/Documents/Budget/FY15%20Budget%20Address.pdf, retrieved January 3, 2015.
January 4, 2015: House GOP Leadership Should Promise Real Trust
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3. Speaker.gov. Rodney Davis. Weekly Republican Address: A New Congress & A Renewed Focus on Jobs. January 2, 2015. http://www.speaker.gov/press-release/weekly-republican-address-new-congress-renewed-focus-jobs, retrieved January 4, 2015.
4. Speaker.gov. John Boehner. Weekly Republican Address: “Your Priorities Will Be Our Priorities.” November 7, 2014. http://www.speaker.gov/press-release/weekly-republican-address-your-priorities-will-be-our-priorities, retrieved January 4, 2015.
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8. Speaker.gov. Brand Wenstrup. Weekly Republican Address: Putting Jobs & The Economy First. Op. cit.
January 8, 2015: Religion Kills While a Plane Crash Brings Unity
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3. Ibid.
January 11, 2015: Poor Students Learn Lesson About Being Needy
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4. Institute of Education Sciences. National Center for Education Statistics. Fast Facts. Educational Attainment. Op. cit.
5. Ibid.
January 15, 2015: Legacy of the Left Destroyed by Tyranny, Not Empathy
1. U.S. Department of State. Remarks on the Terrorist Attack in Paris. January 7, 2015. http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2015/01/235651.htm, retrieved January 14, 2015.
2. The White House. Readout of the President’s Audience with His Holiness Pope Francis. March 27, 2014. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/03/27/readout-president-s-audience-his-holiness-pope-francis, retrieved January 15, 2015.
January 17, 2015: Worst State in the U.S. Just Got Better?
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January 18, 2015: Why Working Families Must Suffer
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January 22, 2015: Did Obama Apologize? No, but the GOP Might.
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3. Speaker.gov. FULL TEXT: Sen. Joni Ernst Delivers the Republican Address to the Nation. January 20, 2015. http://www.speaker.gov/press-release/embargoed-full-text-sen-joni-ernst-delivers-republican-address-nation, retrieved January 21, 2015.
4. Ibid.
5. The White House. Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address. Op. cit.
6. Ibid.
January 24, 2015: Ernst Speech, Blackburn Vote: Trouble for Conservatives
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2. Mike Coffman. U.S. Representative Mike Coffman Statement on Immigration Vote. January 14, 2015. http://coffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/us-representative-mike-coffman-statement-on-immigration-vote, retrieved January 14, 2015.
January 25, 2015: 2016 Election: Conservative Candidates Won’t Win This Battle
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January 29, 2015: Lazy, Weak Americans Ready to Give Up Self-Government?
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January 31, 2015: Vaccine Refusal Too Dangerous to be a Right
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7. Ibid.
8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Measles Vaccination. http://www.cdc.gov/measles/vaccination.html, retrieved January 31, 2015.
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