From Chicago Tribune

GOP congressmen in heated suburban races forced to defend votes on Ryan budget plan

Democrats zero in on proposed Medicare changes for future retirees

For Illinois Republican congressmen, Tuesday’s election represents a voter referendum on the GOP’s two-year control of the House that has centered on a conservative drive to cut government spending and reform entitlement programs.
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From Medill Reports Chicago

From Crain’s

In a sign that Election Day can’t come too soon now, the Republican National Committee has demanded that a local Democratic candidate for Congress stop breaking the law — by running a picture of its elephant logo. (more…)

From Crain’s Chicago Business

All of the big super PAC money that’s suddenly sloshing around this election cycle certainly poses some real questions about why certain interests are providing so much help to certain politicians. (more…)

From Progress Illinois

In an effort to build momentum in the final days leading up to Election Day, Democratic candidates competing in two of the most hotly-contested congressional races met with supporters in Arlington Heights on Saturday to urge voters not to wait until November 6 to cast their ballots. (more…)

From the Tribune:

Schneider presses Medicare issue in waning days of campaign to unseat Dold

Democrat seeks to refocus North Shore congressional race with TV ad attacking Republican’s votes. (more…)

Dold, Schneider Show Differences in Last Debate

Candidates express variations in ideas on taxes, health care and same sex marriage.

A few clear cut differences emerged during a debate Tuesday on WTTW between Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) and his Democratic opponent, Deerfield management consultant Brad Schneider. (more…)

From Progress Illinois:

Dold is not the poster child for the Tea Party. But the more important fact for 10th district voters in Cook and Lake Counties is that their representative mostly sided with a rightward-moving Republican Party. We offer a closer look at the 10th congressional district race between incumbent Robert Dold and Democratic challenger Brad Schneider. (more…)

Brad Schneider Calls on Congressional Republicans to Stop Wasting Taxpayer Dollars Defending Unconstitutional Discrimination

Sixth Consecutive U.S. Court Ruling Finds So-Called Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional

NORTHBROOK – Earlier today, the 2^nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled thatthe so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional and a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Speaker Boehner and Congressional Republicans have wasted $1.5 million in taxpayer money defending DOMA, even though now six consecutive courts have ruled the 1996 law unconstitutional.

  “Today’s ruling is an important decision for equality,” said Schneider. “The courts and the people want to see the end of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, and yet Rep. Dold and his Republican colleagues remain beholden to an extreme, ideologically-driven segment of their party. For Republicans to so readily waste millions of dollars defending a law that perpetuates a two-tiered system of marriage is both egregious and irresponsible. I’m calling on all Congressional Republicans to stop using taxpayer dollars defending what should not have been defended in the first place.”

In the 10^th district, where Democratic Nominee Brad Schneider has earned the endorsement of the Human Rights Campaign for his strong support of equality in marriage, the workplace, and the military, this topic has been raised frequently on the campaign trail. Schneider’s Republican opponent, Rep. Dold, voted twice to support DOMA, opposes the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and voted to delay the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal – all positions catering to the most extreme elements of his party and an extreme minority of the population.