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On December 17, 2021, Governor JB Pritzker signed HB 370 into law, effectively usurping parental rights in Illinois. This was done at the behest of abortion activists and left-wing lawmakers who lobbied for years in Springfield to repeal the Illinois Parental...

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and other abortion cheerleaders are pushing S. 4469, the “Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation Act” (SAD Act) would “direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting disinformation in the advertising of abortion services...

According to Americans for Prosperity’s (AFP) Public Opinion Strategies, a whopping  75 percent of Americans reported that the increase in costs has impacted their spending over the past year. Of that 75 percent, more than 60percent surveyed blame President Joe Biden...

H.R. 243 would “amend Title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions.” If passed, the legislation would stop federal family planning funds from being given to Planned Parenthood and other...

Federal legislation that would shield abortion rights nationwide and supersede state laws like Texas’ six-week abortion ban may come up for a vote in the U.S. Senate this week.Sponsored by left-wing U.S. Senator Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], the Women’s Health Protection Act...

Drafted by President Donald Trump in 2018, the Healthcare Workers' Conscience Rights allowed healthcare workers protection from retribution after refusing to participate in a medical procedure that violated their religious beliefs. Now President Joe Biden wants to remove...

Send a message to your U.S. Representative in Washington D.C. asking him/her to increase the standard itemized deduction for single taxpayers and those filing joint returns. Ask them to support “The Right to Give Initiative.”This simple change, which will be communicated by...

“LGBTQAP”+ activists and their ideological allies in Washington D.C. are pushing 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 people who...

Ask your state representative to co-sponsor and champion HB 5723. This proposal was introduced a few weeks ago by State Representative Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) and would cap the sales tax on gas at 18 cents per gallon for motor fuel and 80% of that amount for gasohol...

With only a few days left in the session, new abortion legislation has been introduced and fast-tracked.  House Bill 1464, seeks to protect "health care" professionals after they've been punished by other states’ laws protecting the lives of innocent pre-born humans...

HB 4116 weakens employer drug policies in the workplace. While HB 4114 states that "nothing in this Act prohibits an employer from ... implementing and enforcing workplace policies regarding the possession, use, or impairment of lawful products in the employer's workplace...

U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) recently introduced H.R. 648 in the U.S. Senate.  If passed, this proposal would require abortion providers to simply offer an ultrasound picture to women considering abortion.  The choice of whether or not to view the...

An Illinois House amendment to SB 828 would give incarcerated felons voting rights. It came 3 votes short of passing in the House earlier this year and was placed on postponed consideration so that the sponsors can call it again. If passed, it will move quickly to the...

State Rep. Lakesia Collins is pushing HB 4626 in Springfield, which if passed, would expunge every occurrence of the pronouns “he,” “she,” “his,” and “her” from existing laws pertaining to children. These left-wing lawmakers are also seeking to erase mentions of “uncle,...

State Representative Barbara Hernandez (D-Aurora), is sponsoring HB 4247, which requires all Illinois public colleges and universities to provide emergency contraceptives in an easily accessed vending machine. Each of the schools would have to provide at least one of the...

State Representative Sam Yingling (D-Round Lake Beach) has introduced HB 5162, which would prevent any state money from going to organizations that help people sort out the possible reasons for their homoerotic attractions and gender confusion:Provides that the State shall...

HB 4799 allows for up to 5 marijuana plants to be grown in homes.IFI strongly opposes this bill for the following reasons:The underground black-market will grow. In Colorado, where home grows are legal, the black-market operates in plain sight by buying and gutting large...

State Representative Lakesia Collins is pushing her bill, HB 4626, in the Illinois House which if passed, would expunge every occurrence of the pronouns “he,” “she,” “his,” and “her” from existing laws pertaining to children. These women (can’t be too sure these days) also...

HB 4640 will make private medical information available to several agencies for "the purposes of preventing or controlling disease." It would include "any and all public health data" including vaccine records, PLUS would give "supreme authority" to the Department of...

State Rep Mike Zalewski has filed HB 4424 which will allow all municipalities in Illinois to impose additional gas taxes in addition to Illinois' state gas tax. Illinois currently has the second highest gas tax in the nation with California as the highest.Tell your...

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...

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...

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