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Where's Weller?
Found: 3 Days 10 Hours 39 Minutes ago
Herald News - U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller's spokesman said the congressman won't miss the next vote that could save the nation's economy. But if Weller misses that vote, as he did Monday, it probably won't come as a shock to local political and community leaders who have seen much less of Weller since he decided not to run for re-election.
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Readers weigh in on Weller
Found: 3 Days 11 Hours 11 Minutes ago
Herald News - We asked for your responses to U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller missing in action, and here’s what some of you wrote:
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Weller skipped EJ&E vote, too
Found: 3 Days 11 Hours 15 Minutes ago
Herald News - U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller, R-Morris, has received a lot of attention for being the one member of the U.S. House to miss Monday's vote on the $700 billion bailout plan. But he also missed a vote Saturday on a bill that would have forced railroad regulators to give the interest of local communities greater weight when deciding whether to approve Canadian National Railway's bid to buy the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway.
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Have you seen me? Weller MIA for big vote
Found: 3 Days 11 Hours 34 Minutes ago
Herald News - Every member of the House of Representatives cast a vote for or against the historic $700 billion bailout bill except for one lone legislator. Where is Jerry Weller? A staffer for the Morris Republican said Weller was in the country, but wherever he happened to be, or whatever he was doing, the some-time resident of Guatemala wasn't participating in Monday's vote that ended up killing the emergency rescue bailout bill.
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Weller: 'I apologize to my constituents'
Found: 3 Days 11 Hours 45 Minutes ago
Herald News - U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller, R-Morris, apologized Thursday for missing Monday's vote on the bailout bill but said he has been a more active congressman than The Herald News has portrayed in reports this week. "... I apologize to my constituents for missing those votes," Weller said.
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Weller apologizes for missing bailout vote
Found: 3 Days 11 Hours 48 Minutes ago
Herald News - U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller, R-Morris, apologized today for missing Monday’s vote on the bailout bill but said he’s been more active than what The Herald News has portrayed in reports this week.
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Where was Weller?
Found: 3 Days 11 Hours 48 Minutes ago
Herald News - U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller, R-Morris, and his spokesman did not return
calls Monday when reporters tried to find out why he was the only
member of Congress to miss the crucial vote on the $700 billion rescue
plan for the financial markets. Here's what it took to get an answer on
Tuesday.
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Halvorson, Ozinga clash over senior vote
Found: Minutes ago
Herald News - Democratic congressional candidate Debbie Halvorson has picked up the endorsement of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. The endorsement could be key, as Republican Marty Ozinga's campaign has tried to paint Halvorson's positions as risky to senior citizens.
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Republican state rep. says Weller should resign
Found: 3 Days 12 Hours 2 Minutes ago
Herald News - Republican Congressman Jerry Weller is the only U.S. House member who was a no-show on the financial bailout bill, and he's getting an earful about that in his district.
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Weller only House member not present for bailout vote
Found: 3 Days 12 Hours 34 Minutes ago
Morris Daily Herald - Where's Jerry? Congressman Jerry Weller, R-Morris, on Monday missed what some would call one of the most important votes in Congress ever, and he could not be found today, despite repeated calls to his staff in the Joliet and Washington, D.C., offices....
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