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Illinois' two U.S. senators want to advance parts of President Barack Obama's rejected jobs bill.U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., is in favor of some tax provisions in the original bill."

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said lawmakers need to fund disaster relief in order to avert a partial government shutdown.The Senate is scheduled to vote Monday afternoon on a measure that would keep the government running into November.

Parts of President Barack Obama's proposed $450 billion jobs plan are getting bipartisan support from the Illinois congressional delegation.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says House Republicans are pushing the country to the brink of an economic disaster.

Thousands of contractors have been ordered to stop work on airport construction projects Monday.

The prosecution has begun an aggressive cross-examination of Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich at the ousted Illinois governor's corruption retrial.Prosecutor Reid Schar asked Blagojevich if he was a convicted liar.

An Illinois bill that could help tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants attend college is a step closer to becoming law.