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Peter J. Roskam (born September 13 1961 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is a personal injury lawyer and a Republican member of the Illinois State Senate representing Illinois' 48th district. Roskam is currently the Republican candidate in a highly competitive election for U.S. Representative for Illinois' 6th congressional district to replace retiring 16-term Republican incumbent Henry Hyde.

Personal history

Roskam was born in Hinsdale, Illinois and was raised in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, graduating from Glenbard West High School. Roskam received his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.

In 1984, Roskam taught history and government at All Saints High School in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. In 1985, Roskam served as a legislative assistant to Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX), and in 1986 as a legislative assistant to Rep. Hyde. In the late 1980s, Roskam served as the Executive Director of Educational Assistance Ltd., a scholarship program for disadvantaged children. In 1992, Roskam was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, serving from 1993 to 1999. In 2000, he was appointed to the Illinois State Senate where he currently serves. Roskam resides in Wheaton, Illinois with his wife Elizabeth and their four children.

Roskam is a partner in the law firm Salvi, Roskam & Maher, a personal injury firm. He was named "Best Oral Advocate" by the American College of Trial Lawyers. The firm Salvi, Roskam & Maher is politically notable because former Republican Senate candidate Al Salvi and former Republican House candidate Kathy Salvi are also partners in the firm.

In 1989 the Wheaton Leader noted Roskam's actions as a private citizen in organizing a recycling program in Wheaton.

Roskam is a member of the Anglican Mission in America, an offshoot of the Anglican Church.

Roskam worked with his mother, Martha Roskam, to return lost dog tags from the Vietnam War to military personnel or their surviving relatives.

On October 3 2006, Jillian Lindeen filed a malpractice lawsuit against Roskam in the DuPage County court. The suit alleges Roskam failed to use due diligence in pursuing Lindeen's personal injury case and that as a result Lindeen's case was dismissed on 1 August 2006.

Illinois State Senate

Roskam is currently the Republican Whip, the Republican spokesman on the Executive Committee, and a member of the Rules Committee, Environment and Energy Committee, Insurance and Pensions Committee, and Judiciary Committee. In the Senate Roskam has sponsored legislation giving the Supreme Court of Illinois authority to reverse a death penalty sentence, has sponsored legislation increasing the penalties for repeat D.U.I. offenders, worked to streamline education programs, and was the lead sponsor of a law to maintain courts' power to hold deadbeat parents in contempt to ensure child support. Roskam has authored or co-authored fourteen bills to cut taxes.

In 1992, Roskam's state campaign was investigated by the Illinois Attorney General and the Internal Revenue Service for failing to report campaign contributions from a 501(c)3.

In the mid-90s, according to the Daily Herald, Roskam was involved in a campaign fund-raising scheme that appeared to some Republican House members to be selling his vote on tort reform for campaign contributions from other trial lawyers.

On another occasion in 1998, when Al Salvi was running for Illinois Secretary of State, Roskam asked the Illinois Comptroller's office for a list of state employees. At the time, Roskam told the Chicago Tribune that the request was for personal use. However, Roskam gave the list to Salvi, who used the list to send numbered campaign fund-raising tickets to state employees. The numbering allowed the campaign to keep track of who contributed and who didn't. One watchdog group called the scheme "classic Illinois political prostitution with a twist."

In January 2005, Roskam fought the passage of the Illinois Human Rights Act on the grounds that it would require churches and religious organizations that view homosexuality as a sin to hire homosexuals. Supporters of the act believe this claim to be a misrepresentation, stating that the act contains an explicit exemption for churches and religious organizations.

In the Senate, Roskam fought State Comptroller Dan Hynes' proposal to fund stem cell research. Supporters of the bill argue that it could have enticed investment and benefited the state economy. Roskam faced opposition from Republican State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, State Senator and DuPage County GOP Chairman Kirk Dillard, and Republican House Minority Leader Tom Cross. Major medical and educational institutions, such as Northwestern University, supported the proposal.

Political positions

Taxes

Roskam advocates renewing the national 2003 tax cuts, and has sponsored or co-sponsored fourteen pieces of legislation for lower taxes, including child tax credits and reducing the income tax, and has stated support for a research and development tax credit. As an Illinois General Assembly legislator, Roskam authored and supported several pieces of tax reduction legislation.

Social Security

On May 20, 2005, Roskam missed a vote in the Illinois Senate on a resolution to protect Social Security. Roskam has said in a WBBM post debate press conference, "I am against privatizing Social Security, I am against raising taxes for Social Security benefits, and I'm against benefit reductions for Social Security.

On September 21, 2006, the newspaper The Hill reported on Roskam's position on Social Security:

In Illinois’ 6th congressional district, Democrats attacked state Sen. Peter Roskam (R) for his answers to questionnaires by two pressure groups, the AARP and the National Taxpayers Union (NTU). In the NTU’s questionnaire, Roskam said he would "work and vote for Social Security Choice that will allow younger workers to have the choice of investing much of their Social Security taxes in regulated individual retirement accounts." In his AARP questionnaire, Roskam wrote that Social Security "must be protected" and that he does not favor increasing taxes, reducing benefits, raising the retirement age or privatizing the system. A direct mail piece sent by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) says that, "In Congress, Peter Roskam will protect Social Security for Illinois retirees. He opposes any plans that touch even a dime of benefits for seniors and those nearing retirement." Roskam told The Hill that he opposes any measures that would add private savings accounts or slice up the current program to create a private account.

Stem-cell research

Roskam supports adult and umbilical cord stem cell research. Roskam has fought against embryonic stem sell research in the Illinois Senate. Describing the issue in 2004, Roskam said, "You're being asked to take one human life and cast it aside for the benefit of another." Roskam's campaign manager, Ryan McLaughlin, said that adult and umbilical cord research "is where the results are really occurring for individuals across the country", and said that other issues are more pressing for the Sixth district. However, the National Institutes of Health claims embryonic stem cells have greater potential. The Chicago Tribune, reporting on Roskam's views, noted, "Adult stem cells, usually from bone marrow transplants or umbilical cord blood, are widely considered less flexible than embryonic stem cells in forming many types of tissue."

Gun politics

Roskam's campaign manager says that Roskam supports "common-sense gun control provisions" in the gun politics debate. Roskam opposes the 1994 Federal assault weapons ban, for which Hyde voted. Roskam sponsored a bill in the state Senate which would have allowed retired military and police personnel to carry concealed weapons.

On July 15 2006, Roskam appeared at a National Rifle Association (NRA) rally in Addison, Illinois. His appearance was protested by local families of victims of gun violence who oppose his position on gun control. The NRA has given $4,950 to Roskam's campaign.

While in the state Senate, Roskam sponsored gun legislation with two major components. One part called for the destruction of background check records within 90 days of a gun’s purchase. The other part closed the gun show loophole by requiring background checks on potential gun purchasers at gun shows. The Tribune noted that gun-control advocates were supportive of closing the gun-show loophole; however, Roskam received criticism from police for the proposed destruction of background check records. Police use those records to investigate straw purchasers who buy guns for criminals and to prepare themselves when serving a warrant or making an arrest at a home. The proposed 90-day time limit is more lenient than federal standards, which require the FBI to destroy this type of record within 24 hours.

O'Hare Airport

Roskam opposes plans to expand O'Hare International Airport, and instead favors building a third regional airport in Chicago's southern suburbs. Many business groups, including the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, support O'Hare expansion. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, a Republican from Illinois, supports O'Hare expansion, as does the local Republican leadership from DuPage County.

Other positions

Peter Roskam is pro-life and opposes abortion except when the life of the mother is at risk, making no exceptions for rape or incest. Roskam supports the death penalty, and opposes same-sex marriage and civil unions.

Roskam supports allowing the use of earmarks in federal budgeting.

Roskam supports tort reform. However, the Chicago Tribune noted that Roskam earned over $615,000 in 2005 as a personal injury trial lawyer. Terrence Lavin, the former president of the Illinois Bar Association, said that Al Salvi and Roskam promised, "We will never, ever vote for tort reform," when they asked Lavin for a $25,000 donation to a political action committee. Roskam has been criticized for his law-firm's advertisements in the yellow pages. Roskam supports CAFTA.

In 2005, Roskam received a 67% rating from the Illinois Environmental Council. In 2004 he scored 100%, while in 2003 he scored 40%. In a 19 October debate with Duckworth at the College of DuPage, Roskam called global warming "junk science".

On the War in Iraq, Roskam has said that US troops should not return home until Iraq is safe.

Roskam supports the House bill on immigration reform. He has called the Senate version, which his opponent supports, the "Ted Kennedy amnesty bill" and decribes it as "making a mockery of the law." He would send National Guard troops to the border and supports Republican House legislation to make illegal presence in the country a felony and require the building of fences along 700 miles of border.

According to the October 2006 issue of Esquire magazine, Roskam would like to strike all mention of suicide from public-school curricula — including Romeo and Juliet and It's a Wonderful Life

1998 Congressional campaign

Roskam ran for Congress in 1998 in Illinois' 13th Congressional District (Map) to replace retiring Congressman Harris W. Fawell, but lost in the Republican primary to Judy Biggert. Roskam received 40% of the vote to Biggert's 45%. In that race, Biggert accused Roskam of protecting gambling and tobacco interests after he opposed her vote in support of an education reform package that raised taxes on gambling boats and cigarettes.

In 1999, at Biggert's request, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) investigated a mailing sent out by a Political Action Committee (PAC), the Campaign for Working Families (CWF), in support of Peter Roskam. The FEC found CWF at fault for not reporting the cost of mailings and radio ads within the 24-hour requirement. The improper expenditures exceeded $69,000. However, the FEC did not conclude that the Roskam campaign was at fault or complicit in CWF's error, or that the Roskam campaign asked for the mailing to be sent out. The PAC was led by conservative Gary Bauer.

The Roskam campaign failed to file a report on time with the FEC for the third quarter of 1998.

A complaint was filed with the Federal Election Commission, which noted Roskam failed to pay a vendor for services provided. Roskam's campaign finance reports state there are no outstanding debts, the complaint alleges this is a misrepresentation.

2006 Congressional campaign

Roskam is currently running to fill Henry Hyde's open seat in the 6th Congressional district. He ran unopposed in the Republican Congressional Primary. His opponent in the November general election will be Democrat Tammy Duckworth. Hyde has endorsed Roskam.

2005

Roskam held a media event with and received support from Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.

In 2005 Roskam ran afoul of FEC regulations for failing to report his fundraising expenditures for the third quarter of 2005 on time.

On September 22 2005, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay hosted a $500 per plate ($1,000 for PAC donors) fundraising lunch in Washington, D.C. for Roskam. Roskam had earlier said that he had "not had any contact with essentially for 20 years." Roskam also said, "Knowing what I know now about what Tom DeLay's been accused of, my attitude would be to support him." At that point in time, DeLay had been indicted on four charges.

Spring 2006

On May 9 2006, Duckworth accused Roskam of "standing silent in the face of bigotry." Roskam had missed his scheduled National Day of Prayer speech in order to vote in Springfield. Organizers substituted talk radio host Sandy Rios. In her speech, Rios said that the Christian god is preferable to the Muslim god because "he does not demand the blood of innocents to satisfy him. There is no other God like that. No Hindu God; no other God. Allah is not like that. Allah is a God of vengeance." Roskam has said that Rios' views are not his views, but declined to condemn the speech.

On May 9 2006, two local labor unions, the Teamsters, and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150, endorsed Roskam for the congressional seat. The largest union in the state, the Illinois AFL-CIO, gave Roskam a rating of 23% in 2005 and 15% in 2004, and endorsed Duckworth. On the same date, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Lynn Sweet reported, "The EMILY's List help may become grist for the Roskam campaign. Most of Duckworth's political money comes from outside the congressional district, and Roskam is making an issue of it...Roskam, who has been a state senator for the past 12 years, has a long voting record that Duckworth is taking aim at. Duckworth, who is making her first run for office, has no record to attack."

Summer 2006

On August 20 2006, conservative political commentator Robert Novak reported, "National Republican strategists are deeply concerned about the possible loss of the district and have brought in an ace political operative to try to save the campaign...Jason Roe, chief of staff to Rep. Tom Feeney of Florida and an experienced campaign manager, has been brought in to buck up Roskam's flagging effort."

In August 2006, the Roskam campaign was one of several that copied the Republican Party's talking points and included parts of the answers as their own for an American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) survey. The answers related to Medicare, Social Security, insurance plans and retirement. This has been criticized as plagiarism.

On August 30 2006, The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) asked Roskam "to publicly denounce and repudiate" a National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) direct mailing that the ICIRR claims is inaccurate and that treats immigrants as "some type of disease." The Roskam campaign has declined to repudiate the mailer.

Fall 2006

On September 10 2006, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that "Roskam is trying to use immigration as an issue against his Democratic rival, Tammy Duckworth, in their race for the House seat being vacated by Republican Henry Hyde."

On September 15 2006, the Chicago Tribune reported that the Roskam campaign had sent out fliers to voters that described Roskam as having been endorsed by the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police; however, the group had not endorsed Roskam and in fact ended up endorsing Roskam's opponent. Roskam's spokesman said that the pieces were left over from the primary; however, the pieces referred to a September 12 2006 endorsement by the US Chamber of Commerce.

On October 5 2006, Republican U.S. Congressman Ray LaHood, referring to the Mark Foley page scandal said: "But let's face it, all of us are facing questions from our constituents. I do think people like Peter Roskam and David McSweeney and Andrea Zinga – this presents a real problem for them."

A fundraiser for Roskam and David McSweeney was held on October 12 2006 at the Chicago Hilton. President George W. Bush and embattled Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert headlined the event.

Poll results

In June 2006, the Cook Political Report, an independent non-partisan newsletter, rated the race as a "Toss-Up", meaning that either party has a good chance of winning. Previously, The Cook Political Report had rated the race as "Lean Republican."

An August 27-August 29 survey conducted by polling service Constituent Dynamics showed Duckworth leading Roskam, 47% to 46%. The poll had a sample size of 1,069 and a margin of error of 3.1%.

On October 4 2006, the Evans-Novak Political Report rated the district as "Leans Republican".

On October 4 2006, a Reuters poll revealed that Duckworth was leading Roskam in the Sixth district, 43% to 38%.

Debates

A July 26 2006 Suburban Life newspaper article reported the candidates are expected to speak on WTTW/Channel 11 (October 23), WBEZ radio (October 19) and WBBM radio (September 24) -- all debates that will be broadcast -- and at the College of DuPage (12 October).

Roskam is seeking more public debates in district communities, while Duckworth wishes to limit the joint appearances to the initial four that have been planned. Roskam accepted an invitation from the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Elmhurst Kiwanis for a debate on August 19, but Duckworth declined.

Campaign contributions

According to FEC filings, both 6th district congressional candidates have received donations from various political action committees.

Roskam trails Duckworth slightly in fundraising. Roskam has raised $1.86 million vs. Duckworth's $1.88 million. Roskam has more cash on-hand due to not having a primary challenger. Roskam has been more dependent on contributions from PACs. 60% of Roskam's donations came from individuals, while 76% of Duckworth's were from individuals.

FEC disclosures show Roskam has received financial support from Americans for a Republican Majority, a PAC formed by Tom DeLay. Roskam accepted financial support from the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, where Jack Abramoff worked as a lobbyist.

Roskam has accepted donations from several members of the Van Der Molen family, whom were associated with the Mallard Lake Landfill in DuPage County, prior to selling to BFI. The landfill has contaminated the well water in Carol Stream, Hanover Park, Bartlett, and Wayne Township with a carcinogen, vinyl chloride.

FEC filings show that Roskam received donations from Exelon Corporation's PAC. Donations were also rececived from the CEO, John W. Rowe, and numerous officers directly. Exelon is the parent company of Commonwealth Edison, the electric utility serving Roskam's district.

Roskam's campaign has criticized Duckworth for raising funds from outside the district. This was noted in a April 24 Chicago Sun-Times article entitled "Duckworth rakes in cash -- but not from 6th District." Roskam received 92% of his donations from within Illinois, while Duckworth received 61% from within Illinois. A breakdown of cash donations by zip code appears to indicate a higher percentage of contributions to Roskam are from within the 6th Congressional District.

On October 3 2006, according to Crain's Chicago Business, Roskam's opponent charged that Roskam should return the $40,000 in campaign contributions that he received from House Speaker Hastert and other House leaders who she accused of covering up the Mark Foley sexual harrassment scandal. Duckworth also noted that Roskam's campaign has received heavy donations from the House Republican Campaign Committee, to which Foley gave $500,000 over the past decade. Roskam responded that Hastert acted correctly and added that "the Democrats have had lots of scandals of their own." As of June 30 2006, Roskam has received more contributions from political committees formed by sitting legislators than any other non-incumbent Congressional candidate in the nation. A Roskam campaign spokesman credited House Speaker Dennis Hastert for those contributions: "That's related to how important is for us in this race."

Chicago Tribune admonishment

On October 16 2006, the Chicago Tribune printed an editorial entitled, "Don't quote us on that". Roskam advertisements claim that "Tammy Duckworth would give welfare and Social Security benefits to illegal aliens," citing the Chicago Tribune as the source. Roskam's ad refers to a September 23 2006 story that mentions Duckworth's support for the U.S. Senate's immigration bill. The story did not mention welfare or social security, but says the bill "would allow illegal immigrants to apply for citizenship after learning English, staying employed for a prescribed length of time and paying a fine and back taxes." The article ends:

A word to Mr. Blagojevich and Mr. Roskam. If you choose to quote us, please take care to relate what we said, not what you wish we'd said. Get it right--or leave us out of it.

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9. "Voters will judge these episodes from Roskam’s past" Eric Krol Friday, September 22, 2006 Daily Herald
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External links

• Roskam's congressional campaign website
• Roskam's GI Dog Tag website
• opensecrets.org Total Raised and Spent: Illinois District 6
• Salvi, Roskam & Maher law firm website

Video

• Video of Roskam TV ad on YouTube
• Video of Roskam being mentioned on Keith Olbermann on YouTube

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