Betsy Dirksen LondriganVerified account

@BetsyforIL

Running for Congress in . Former teacher. Wife. Mom of 3. Fighting for the middle class, affordable health care, jobs, and education.

Springfield, IL
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    Mar 24

    Please check for up-to-date information on public health recommendations for preventing the spread of the virus, available economic resources for those affected by this crisis, and ways to help those in need within our communities.

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  2. 4 hours ago

    The Mini O’Beirne Crisis Nursery is in good hands with Jen McMillin taking over as Executive Director. I hope you will join me in supporting their important work.

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  3. Jul 11

    The commutations of Blagojevich and Stone shows that this President has no regard for law and order when it comes to his friends. I hope Rep. will join me in condemning these ongoing and clearly corrupt actions.

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  4. Jul 10

    Just last week, Rep voted against bipartisan legislation to lower prescription drug prices after taking over $200K from pharma corporate PACs while in office. I’m not taking corporate PAC money, now or when I’m in Congress.

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  5. Jul 9

    Rep. voted twice against creating transparency for the PPP program. Taxpayers deserve to know where our hard-earned dollars are going and strong oversight to ensure loans are getting to the small businesses for which they’re intended.

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  6. Jul 8

    We should all be able to agree that voting in our democracy should be as safe and accessible as possible. Our elected officials must ensure that no one is forced to choose between their personal safety and voting.

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  7. Jul 6

    For years, Rep. has voted against our health care in DC then returned to Central IL and tried to convince people otherwise. We’re not buying it. Go to and look into his record for yourself.

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  8. Jul 4

    This 4th of July let us commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence by continuing to work to live up to its ideals that we are all created equal and endowed with unalienable rights. Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and safe .

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  9. Jul 2

    Today, as we celebrate the 56th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the protections it provides, we must also reflect upon how far we still have to go to achieve true equality for every American.

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    ON THIS DAY: In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act, which declared it unlawful to discriminate against any individual because of their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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  10. Jun 29

    Rep Davis is once again ignoring families in Central IL and is instead taking direction from his DC party bosses and special interest donors. We need real leaders who will do what is right. He will never fight for quality, affordable health care and it’s time for change.(3/3)

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  11. Jun 29

    This follows his support of the lawsuit to overturn the ACA. Ensuring access to quality, affordable health care is personal to me and personal to the families in Central IL that I hear from every day who are worried about affording their health care or losing it altogether.(2/3)

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  12. Jun 29

    Rep voted today against the bipartisan Patient Protection & Affordable Care Enhancement Act which would lower insurance premiums and prescription drug costs for millions while strengthening protections for those w/ preexisting conditions.(1/3)

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  13. Jun 29

    Following the devastating workplace shooting on Friday, the Springfield community is doing what I've seen our community do so many times throughout my life - pulling together to hold each other up.

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  14. Jun 27

    That the Commander-in-Chief knew Russia paid the Taliban to kill American soldiers and has done nothing is appalling. I call on Rep to join me in demanding answers from the administration immediately.

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  15. Jun 26

    Last night the administration filed their brief in the lawsuit Rep voted 3x to support, asking SCOTUS to overturn the ACA w/ specific language to remove protections for people with pre-existing conditions. In IL-13 that’s over 282,500 of us.

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  16. Jun 24

    The president said he told staff to “slow the testing down, please” Claimed he had “done too good a job” on testing Confirmed he wasn’t joking Now he ends funding for test sites, including in IL When will Rep take Trump’s threat seriously?

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  17. Jun 24

    If a once in a century health care crisis can’t stop Congressman Davis and the GOP congress from putting special interests over access to affordable care, then nothing will. The only way out is through the ballot box. (2/2)

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  18. Jun 24

    Despite the pandemic and the millions who would lose their health coverage, the administration is moving forward with its lawsuit to repeal the ACA and the protections it provides - a lawsuit Rep. has voted three times to support. (1/2)

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  19. Jun 22

    Over 120,000 are dead from COVID so far. We need MORE testing, not less. Rep. should condemn Trump’s comments about slowing down testing. Silence is not an option.(2/2)

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  20. Jun 22

    At his campaign rally on Saturday, the president announced that he told his staff to “slow the testing down, please” and then followed that up today by claiming he and the administration had “done too good a job” on testing.(1/2)

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  21. Jun 21

    In the words of Gwendolyn Brooks, “We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.” We must do better by our Black friends, colleagues, and neighbors and I am committed to the fight against systemic racism and inequity.(2/2)

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