Alexi Giannoulias | Democrat for U.S. Senate

 The Daily Herald reports on Alexi Giannoulias' speech at the Kane County Democrats' annual Truman Dinner this weekend: 

When Giannoulias stepped to the podium, the problems of the nation all related back to the "failed and reckless economic policies of the Bush/Kirk administration over the past 10 years." 

Giannoulias laid out a generalized platform of ending tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas, investing and rewarding innovation, helping schools and colleges, establishing an energy policy that protects the environment and weens the country off foreign oil and having a balanced budget.

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky today endorsed Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias' bid for U.S. Senate, saying he will stand up to the insurance lobby and protect middle-class families from having their health care benefits capped when they get sick or having their coverage denied because of pre-existing medical conditions.  

What's Wrong

Despite the fact that we have the best doctors and medicines in the world, 45,000 Americans die every year because of a lack of health care. Forty-five million Americans do not have health insurance, and each day 14,000 Americans and 207 Illinoisans lose their coverage. A recent Harvard study found that of all personal bankruptcies in the U.S., 62 percent were caused by health problems —and 78 percent of those filers had insurance.