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Daniel William Lipinski (born July 15, 1966) is the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 3rd congressional district, serving since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The district includes much of the southwest side of Chicago, along with such suburbs as Oak Lawn and Brookfield.
Early life, education and career
Lipinski was born in Chicago, and is the son of former U.S. Congressman Bill Lipinski. He holds a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University (earned 1988), a master's degree from Stanford University (1989), and a Ph.D. in political science from Duke University in 1998.
During the summer of 1992, he interned at the United States Department of Labor. He served in that same capacity for U.S. Congressman George E. Sangmeister from 1993 to 1995. From 1995 to ...
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Western Springs, today introduced the Buy American Improvement Act, to create jobs by eliminating loopholes in existing Buy American laws so that taxpayer money buys products made in the U.S., not in foreign countries.
H.R. 2722 is part of Lipinski’s job-creation plan released last month.
Lipinski said loopholes in the Buy American Act and lax enforcement of the law by Washington bureaucrats are putting taxpayer dollars in the pockets of foreign workers at a time when 14 million Americans are unemployed.
The Buy American Improvement Act, he added, “will ...
fabo - in poll Dan Lipinski Even as Congress prepares to debate and vote on President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, behind the scenes, some lawmakers are talking about multi-year legislation to fund major transportation projects.
And as WBBM Newsradio Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports, the effort is reportedly bipartisan.
Trains rumbled by periodically as U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) talked Monday about spearheading a massive federal transportation bill. He had just participated in the groundbreaking for the Englewood Flyover, a federally funded rail project designed to ease congestion among trains.
But ...
fabo - in poll Dan Lipinski Mexican trucks filled with goods from south of the border could be rolling into Chicago as early as next month under a deal just signed by the Obama administration and the Mexican government.
In return for the U.S. allowing the trucks north of the border, the Mexican government is dropping tariffs on $2.3 billion dollars worth of American goods.
That means Christmas trees from Oregon and apples from Washington state will cost about 20 percent less in Mexico. Pork exports to Mexico are also expected to soar.
Farmers and business groups, excited at the possibility of doing more business with ...
fabo - in poll Dan Lipinski
