Bobby Rush
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"Bobby Lee Rush" is the United States House of Representatives/U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. The district is located principally on the South Side (Chicago)/South Side of Chicago with its population percentage being 65% African-American, higher than any other congressional district in the nation.

A member of the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic Party, he holds the distinction of being the only person to defeat United States President/President Barack Obama in an election, as he did in the Illinois's 1st congressional district election, 2000/2000 Democratic primary for Illinois' 1st congressional district.

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I'll be talking with the chairman of the transportation committee when i get back to Washington to see whether or not there's anything that can be done to look at this particular piece of track.

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The Lord called me to plant a church.

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There are communities that are moving forward now because (the Community Reinvestment Act) ... was the economic engine.

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Daley may not feel a moral responsibility to eliminate discrimination but he has a legal obligation to do so.

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We have to make people believe that the blues festival is here to stay, and that it's being done right. I think that this time people will see that we mean business, and they'll come back on board.

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If in fact New Orleans were populated by middle-class whites, then you would have seen a far different response.

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I want to cross over, not cross out.

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How ridiculous, how asinine, how insane can one be?!

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This is precisely the kind of insensitive, hurtful and ignorant rhetoric that Americans have grown tired of.

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