John Shimkus News

House Republicans will unveil legislation that affirms Yucca Mountain as the nation's sole repository for spent nuclear fuel, House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton told The Hill.

A list of the dumbest things ever said about global warming is, sadly, almost impossible to curate in any comprehensive fashion.

WASHINGTON — The U.S Army Corps of Engineers will not review the broader climate-change impacts of proposed coal export terminals in the Pacific Northwest, an agency official told Congress on Tuesday, June 18. The much-anticipated decision is a significant victory for the supporters of three coal terminals in Washington and Oregon — ... (more)

Pro-ethanol Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee see no reason to worry about their panel's probe of the Environmental Protection Agency's biofuel mandate, which the GOP-friendly oil industry is fighting hard to repeal.

That's how John David Dingell Jr. plans to celebrate day 20,997 on the job as a congressman: low key.

Four Republican-authored bills to give states more authority over environmental regulation passed through a House subcommittee with little opposition on Thursday and will now head to the full panel.

SALAZAR JOINS WILMERHALE: Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is joining the law firm WilmerHale as a partner.

You can't find a more passionate supporter of the Yucca Mountain repository on Capitol Hill than Rep. John Shimkus .

Erika Harold announces her intention to seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Representative in the 13th Congressional District of Illinois at the front entrance to Urbana High School on Tuesday June 4, 2013.

The Illinois Republican Party's governing board, the state central committee, is scheduled to meet this Saturday, June 1, at the Hilton in Springfield to pick a new state chairman.

The metro-east delegation includes two freshmen congressmen: U.S. Rep. Bill Enyart, D-Belleville; and U.S. Rep.

Gov. Pat Quinn plans to start Monday by marching in the Park Ridge Memorial Day parade in suburban Chicago.

After a decade of the Democratic party dominating all levers in government the state of Illinois is a mess.