Danny K. Davis

Occupy D.C. protest draws congressional scrutiny

2012-01-24 16:37:31

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Requests pouring in for inaugural tickets

2008-11-12 00:00:00

As the price skyrockets for an ostensibly free ticket to Barack Obama's inaugural swearing-in -- and as federal legislation to outlaw their sale looms -- questions remain about how to legally obtain the tickets. Members of the Joint Congressional...

Fight gangs, not each other

2013-06-05 00:00:00

It was a knee-jerk reaction to a knee-jerk reaction. That's my assessment of Rep. Bobby Rush's incendiary assault on Sen. Mark Kirk's gang-fighting proposal. Rush, a Chicago Democrat, slammed suburban Republican Kirk's proposal to round up all of the...

Kirk, Rush to meet about senator's controversial gang proposal

2013-06-03 17:48:00

Sen. Mark Kirk's proposal for mass arrests to dismantle Chicago's Gangster Disciples triggered a small protest outside his Chicago office Monday just as Rep. Bobby Rush — who dismissed the plan as an "upper-middle-class, white-boy solution" —...

Red Line rehab poses political challenge for Emanuel

2013-05-21 19:02:00

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday lauded Chicago Transit Authority workers for their "flawless" rollout of a five-month Red Line reconstruction that has shuttle buses replacing train service. So far, they're breathing a sigh of relief at City Hall. The...

Community organizers who taught Obama the ropes get an invitation to the inauguration

2013-01-20 00:00:00

At their wedding reception in 1992, Barack Obama and his bride, Michelle, made their way to a table to greet three women who had taken him under their wings as a young community organizer. Loretta Augustine-Herron, one of the women in his memoir, "Dreams...

Jackson Jr. mum amid plea deal reports

2013-02-08 17:22:00

With his lawyers seeking the least-damaging end to a federal corruption investigation against him, former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. maintained his silence Friday amid reports he had agreed to terms to plead guilty to misusing his campaign funds. Jackson&...

Former U.S. Rep. Cardiss Collins dies

2013-02-05 16:21:00

Former U.S. Rep. Cardiss Collins, the first African-American woman to represent Illinois in Congress, died of natural causes at age 81 on Saturday, Feb. 2, in Washington, D.C., according to a statement from Rep. Danny Davis, who replaced Collins as...

The moutza is for what really bugs us

2012-11-01 00:00:00

Is it bad manners to give the moutza to a dead man who killed himself by cockroach? This is not a philosophical question. Today is the day we hand out the venerable Moutza of the Month award, this time for October. As loyal readers know, the moutza is...

Kassopedia: The cure for Verpes, Rahmifications and Karen Lewis Withdrawal Syndrome

2012-09-21 00:00:00

As I light my pipe, take up my quill pen and sheepskin and once again prepare to write another volume of The Kassopedia — the repository of the world's great knowledge — I'm reminded of a snarky reader. She calls herself, "Your long...

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. on medical leave, exhaustion cited

2012-06-26 03:00:00

U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s office says the veteran Democratic congressman has been on medical leave from Congress for the past two weeks and is being treated for exhaustion. The 17-year Illinois congressman’s office declined to say...

Mayoral candidates split on elected Chicago school board idea

2010-12-29 16:32:38

U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis announces his bid for mayor of Chicago Sunday at a press conference at the Hotel Allegro in downtown Chicago with his wife Vera by his side.

2010-11-14 00:00:00

U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis announces his bid for mayor of Chicago Sunday among a crowd of supporters at a press conference at the Hotel Allegro in downtown Chicago.

2010-11-14 00:00:00

U.S. Rep. Danny Davis listens during the funeral services for former Dolton Mayor William Shaw at New Zion Christian Fellowship Church in Dolton on Thursday.

2008-12-04 00:00:00