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State Representative LaShawn Ford (D-Chicago) has introduced legislation (HB 4040) to criminalize parental discipline, embarrassment, correction, and/or scolding (written or verbal), in order to protect minor children from any "substantial emotional distress."If convicted,...

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer wants to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level. Pro-marijuana advocacy groups are working hard to garner support from federal lawmakers once Senator Schumer files his bill. We must let federal lawmakers know we don't want more mind-altering...

Numerous proposals to decriminalize and/or expand the accessibility of harmful street drugs are trying to make their way through the General Assembly. If passed, these bills will only increase drug use and destroy families. Urge your state lawmakers to oppose all bills...

HB 4244 requires healthcare providers to provide your vaccination records to the Department of Public Health to then be entered into a state immunization data registry.HB 4244 is a massive government overreach.HB 4244 is an invasion into the privacy of Illinois citizens...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) promised that if Republicans filibuster a voting rights bill supported by the entire U.S. Senate Democratic caucus, as they are expected to, he’ll schedule a vote on changes to the rules by January 17.  Currently, the...

H.R. 550 recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives and may soon be taken up by the U.S. Senate. This legislation allocates $400 million to create what has been called “improvements” to the Immunization Information System (IIS), making enforcement and implementation...

Over the past several months, we are again seeing an unprecedented surge of illegal immigrants arriving at the southwest border. The Biden administration has failed to understand how critical the situation is. Some have blamed the border crisis on the ending of border wall...

The Republican National Committee announced its first ever “RNC Pride Coalition” over the weekend, partnering with the Log Cabin Republicans - the kind that reject orthodox Judeo-Christian morality regarding sexuality. This in spite of the fact that this partnership is a...

Under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the governor can issue a state of emergency declaring a disaster within the state, giving himself 30 days of emergency power. The governor, in a state of emergency, has complete control over all state institutions and...

Last Friday, by a vote of 218 to 211, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a radical pro-abortion bill that would essentially codify Roe v. Wade. The so-called "Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021" (H.R. 3755) would create an absolute right to abortion in federal law,...

On September 14, State Rep. Cassidy (D-Chicago)  filed a bill in response to the Texas Heartbeat Act. Her bill (HB 4146) is titled the “The Expanding Abortion Services Act.” While this bill addresses pregnancies resulting from “sexual assault” and “domestic abuse,” it...

On September 9th, Joe Biden issued an executive order to “require COVID-19 vaccination for all of its Federal employees.”ACTION: Please send a message to the offices of the President, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth and your U.S. Representative to demand...

Intercessors for America has sounded the clarion call:An international group of scientists, headquartered in Illinois, has issued new “ethical” guidelines that are alarming. They are growing unborn babies in the womb for 40 days for the sole purpose of killing them for...

Critical Race Theory (CRT) has managed to sneak its way into government schools, corporate training programs and even within the federal government. Americans reject the insidious nature of this Marxist ideology that claims that racism (white privilege) is the primary evil...

State Senator Melinda Bush (D-Grayslake) and State Representative Katie Staurt (D-Collinsville) are sponsoring legislation (HB 3195) in Springfield which would mandate that if an existing single-sex multiple-occupancy bathroom is converted to a mixed-sex bathroom, a...

“LGBTQAP”+ activists and their ideological allies in Washington D.C. have once again introduced a bill that is deceptively titled the "Equality Act" (H.R. 5).  The purpose of the "Equality Act" (better titled the Inequality Act) is to provide special privileges to...

As a member of IFI's Gideon's Army, we are asking you to commit to responding to every action item we send out as soon as you get it. As we work to educate and encourage key lawmakers on these issues in the hope they will vote the right way, it is imperative that residents...