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The House Financial Services Committee today advanced two bills supported by the American Bankers Association as part of a package of proposed legislation on topics ranging from fighting scams to artificial intelligence. Both bills passed by unanimous vote.
At Tuesday night’s Committee of the Whole meeting, Mayor John Laesch honored Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) and Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL-11) for bringing nearly $1.1 million in federal funds to the City of Aurora, supporting the continued removal and replacement of lead service water lines.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced the 20 Community Project Funding requests he submitted on behalf of Illinois’ 11th Congressional District for Fiscal Year 2027.
Community Project Funding allows Members of Congress to request direct funding for projects that benefit the communities they represent. These projects are restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities are permitted to receive funding.
Following a call from organizers for “no school, no work, no shopping,” people around the suburbs and across the country rallied to honor workers on May Day Friday.
More than 200 people filled the square in front of the Wilder Park Promenade in Aurora, toting signs, chanting and cheering on a series of speakers before taking to the streets for a march through the city’s downtown.
The tech companies have ideas. In early April, OpenAI — whose most cheery prediction says 18 percent of jobs will soon be automated — rolled out a plan for a “New Deal” for workers: a 32-hour workweek, a public wealth fund, a tax on capital gains.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced a resolution in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) role in the promotion of nuclear security. The resolution reasserts the agency's position as an essential partner in ensuring international nuclear safety, and it encourages the United States to play an active role to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Autofill Act. This legislation would create a voluntary tax filing program that allows individuals to use a secure IRS website to download a tax form automatically populated with information the IRS already collects from employers, the Social Security Administration, and financial institutions. The information from the populated tax forms would be available as both a printable document and a computer-readable file compatible with existing tax preparation software.
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The AI industry is encountering a key bottleneck in its race to supply the demands of computing power: finding and training enough electricians, lineworkers and welders to build out data centers and support the new critical infrastructure.
U.S. Rep. Bill Foster spoke about the Iran war, immigration and whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office at a town hall on Wednesday in Crystal Lake.
The Democrat from Naperville said the previous 48 hours saw tremendous and rising tensions in what he called the president’s “war of choice.”
Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement:
"The President of the United States openly threatening to wipe out an entire civilization is nauseating and un-American. A president's words carry real consequences, and they should be used to de-escalate conflict, not push us closer to the brink. This is precisely why our Founding Fathers gave Congress the authority to declare war, rather than any single power-crazed individual.