Ill. GOP: When will Rep. Bill Foster end his silence on Gitmo North?

Bill Foster (D-Batavia) was elected to the district previously represented by former House Speaker Dennis Hastert. I'm hoping the GOP can win back the seat next year.

As does the Illinois Republican Party, which issued this press release:

CHICAGO – Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady today called on Congressman Bill Foster to end his silence on Governor Quinn and Senator Durbin's plan to build a new Gitmo facility in Thomson, Illinois to house up to 215 Al Qaeda terrorists.

On October 15, 2009, Foster was one of only 25 Democrats in Congress who voted to keep Gitmo open and strip language from the Homeland Security Appropriations bill allowing terrorists to come to the United States for civilian prosecution (Roll Call 783). But when asked his view on the Quinn-Durbin plan to bring Al Qaeda terrorists to Illinois, Foster told the Daily Herald he was “still studying the issue.”

Stop studying and start acting.
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