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The construction permit for 1418 North Capitol St. was issued in October 1884 to a man named Henry Keller. He wanted the building to be two stories tall, tin-roofed, 24 feet wide and 60 feet deep, large for what he planned to use it for, which was a blacksmith shop. The most useful of useful trades — an occupation built on making things, on skill.
Over the course of a few years, Henry expanded the shop. He had 11 children, only two of whom made it to adulthood, one of whom also became a blacksmith, and he had retired by the time the 1920 Census rolled around.
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It's been a busy three months for Bill Foster.
The representative for the recently redrawn 11th U.S. Congressional District has a constituency that stretches from North Aurora to New Lenox, Shorewood to Woodridge. Its border cuts a jagged diagonal across Naperville, the southwest half of which also lies in the 11th.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster, along with Congressman Mike Quigley, introduced the Autofill Act of 2013 to simplify the process of filling out Federal income tax forms, saving taxpayers time and money.
Each year during the tax filing season, taxpayers face the stress of spending countless hours locating tax information stubs and filling out information that the IRS already has on file. Taxpayers spend an estimated 6.1 billion hours a year complying with the tax code and an average of over $200 on tax preparation fees.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) submitted the following statement for the Congressional Record congratulating the city of Naperville, Illinois on receiving the “Sunny Award” for local government transparency.
Read more about the award here.
A full transcript is below.
Washington, DC—Today on Equal Pay Day, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) called on Congress to take action to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. Equal Pay Day is the day that on average, after three additional months of work, women’s wages catch up to what their male counterparts made the year before.
Women have been working for free from December 31 until today, speakers at an equal pay rally in Chicago said.
That's because April 9 marked the day when a typical woman worker's salary finally caught up with a man's from 2012.
"I am not happy that here in the 21st century we still have to have a rally because women are not getting equal pay for equal work," said Attorney General Lisa Madigan at today's event.
Joliet, IL – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) joined protesters in Joliet where he called for comprehensive immigration reform. Foster released the following statement on today’s rally: