Tammy Duckworth

Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows: 'The Confession'

2013-05-10 13:30:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 12 - 18, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black Paul (Dylan Bruce)...

Boston bombing amputees face tough, costly recovery

2013-04-21 04:45:00

BOSTON — Tammy Duckworth still remembers the anger she felt when well-wishers offered encouragement after she lost both legs when her helicopter was shot down over Iraq in 2004. "I thought, how the heck is my life ever going to get back to normal?...

House Republicans retain their majority in the chamber

2012-11-07 00:41:00

WASHINGTON — Republicans held on to their House majority in Tuesday's election, leaving Democrats well short of the net gain of 25 seats they needed to take control. "The American people have once again given the House of Representatives to...

Duckworth makes first trip to war zone since copter shot down

2013-05-15 13:14:00

WASHINGTON — Making her first trip to a war zone since she was gravely injured in 2004, Rep. Tammy Duckworth visited Afghanistan last weekend with five other congresswomen. Duckworth, who lost her legs when her Black Hawk helicopter was shot down...

Duckworth, other lawmakers visit Afghanistan

2013-05-16 00:00:00

— Making her first trip to a war zone since she was gravely injured in 2004, U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth visited Afghanistan last weekend with five other congresswomen. Duckworth, who lost her legs when her Black Hawk helicopter was struck by a...

Benghazi attack tops Sunday morning news menu

2013-05-10 11:47:00

The Benghazi attack will be the main topic this weekend on Sunday morning chat programs. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., talk to NBC's "Meet the Press" at 9 a.m. on WESH-Channel 2. They will discuss whether there was...

The president's feeble gesture

2013-04-08 09:00:00

"President Obama plans to give up 5 percent of his salary this year to draw attention to the financial sacrifice of more than 1 million federal employees who will be furloughed." -- The Washington Post, April 4 "Here's the plan. We get the warhead and...

Former Rep. Joe Walsh's radio show to start March 25

2013-03-14 13:24:00

Outspoken former one-term Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, who teased his dedicated tea party supporters with the prospect of a possible run for governor in 2014, is now officially headed to radio. Walsh released a statement today confirming that he...

Democratic congressmen support Illinois gay marriage, though they can't vote on it

2013-03-14 14:16:00

A day after Speaker Michael Madigan pronounced the gay marriage bill 12 votes short, a group pushing the issue tried to recapture momentum by announcing support from seven Illinois Democratic congressmen --- even though they don’t get to vote in...

Kirk: Lock up the 'chuckleheads'

2013-02-15 16:33:54

This soldier's skill had nothing to do with gender

2013-01-25 00:00:00

Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a hunter. She tracked men and she killed them. And no woman was ever better at it. She'd hide under bushes in the snow. Or she'd find a burned-out building and watch in the gray rubble in the cold, waiting for enemy soldiers....

Kirk hailed upon return to U.S. Senate

2013-01-03 20:41:00

Sen. Mark Kirk's halting, 18-minute climb up the Capitol steps Thursday came nearly a year after a major stroke left him so incapacitated that he was in critical condition for 10 to 15 days and had difficulty keeping his balance while sitting up. Those...

U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, center, and her husband, Major Bryan Bowlsbey, U.S. Army National Guard, chat during cocktail hour before the Illinois Inaugural Gala in Washington D.C.

2013-01-19 00:00:00

U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, right, leaves the National Mall on Saturday after speaking at a service summit in Washington D.C. during the National Day of Service. At left are scheduler Kelsey Druckman and A.S.A. Aide Emily Perez.

2013-01-19 00:00:00

U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, left, slips past U.S. Rep. John Delaney, a fellow freshman Democrat, from Maryland, as they volunteer on Saturday at Ideal Academy Public Charter School in Washington D.C. as part of the National Day of Service.

2013-01-19 00:00:00