This program has been successful in other states, and it won’t cost downstate or suburban schools any money. After years of your tax dollars going to failing schools, this bill will also hold Chicago Public Schools accountable for their performance.

Is your legislator standing with the kids who need help, or with the teachers unions who oppose this bill?

We’ve attached a list of undecided legislators below.

Not sure who your legislator is?  Click here.

When it comes to Pat Quinn’s tax hike, Republicans don’t just need to be the party of “No.”

We need to be the party of, “Hell, no!”

After mortgaging our state’s future through eight years of pension schemes, Big Labor giveaways, waste, fraud and abuse — it’s simply wrong that the Democrats in Springfield want to punish us in a bad economy with higher taxes.

By texting “NO” to 77007, you will receive an immediate link on your phone allowing you to immediately call Pat Quinn’s office.

We’ve already sent him thousands of emails in the past few months — now it’s time to hit the phones.

While many are focused on the damaging taxes being proposed at the federal level — we can’t let Pat Quinn off the hook here in Illinois.

This week, as we mark Tax Day 2010 — let Pat Quinn we’re not going to accept his tax hikes without a fight.

Please text “NO” to 77007 today.

Well, Rod Blagojevich was fired again. This time, it wasn’t the Illinois General Assembly who gave him his pink slip — it was Donald Trump on “Celebrity Apprentice.” Meanwhile, Blago’s former apprentice, Pat Quinn, is proving that he deserves to be fired, too.

Do you think Illinois should “trump” Blago’s apprentice Pat Quinn and send him into retirement?

Vote in our online poll and then contribute $10 to the Pat Quinn Retirement Fund.

Your support today will help us give Pat Quinn his walking papers in November. We are the only Republican organization in Illinois building a statewide online grassroots network to retire Pat Quinn and stop his massive tax hike.  But we can’t do it without your help.

Please click here and vote in our online poll and then contribute towards the Pat Quinn Retirement Fund.

By helping us today, you will help us defeat Quinn’s tax hike and make sure he is defeated on Election Day.

Illinois’ unemployment rate is at 12%.

Major Illinois employers, such as Caterpillar and John Deere, stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars due to the ObamaCare boondoggle.

And yet Pat Quinn wants to further hurt Illinois employers and workers with a massive 33% income tax hike.

Click here to email Governor Quinn to tell him “No Way, No How, No Tax Hikes!”

Caterpillar is already fighting to recover from the economic downturn in which they had to lay off thousands of Illinois workers. Last week, they announced that ObamaCare threatens this recovery — costing them $100 million in the first year of the program alone.

Another Illinois employer, John Deere, says the health care legislation will cost them upwards of $150 million.

These massive costs threaten Illinois jobs.  Pat Quinn’s tax hike will only add fuel to the unemployment fire.

Even Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan seems to understand the real threat of Pat Quinn’s tax hike:

“Let’s be straightforward about this. The people of Illinois, they don’t want tax increases. They’re hurting. The American economy is in bad shape. People are out of work. They don’t want to hear about tax increases.”

Why is Pat Quinn continuing to push for a massive tax increase that is both unpopular with the people of Illinois and the state legislature?

Click here to email Pat Quinn today. Tell him, “No Way, No How, No Tax Hikes!”

We call these the L.I.F.T. Principles:  Limited Government, Individual Freedom, Free Enterprise and Traditional Values.

That is why we have released our Third Annual Scorecard of the Illinois General Assembly.

The Republican Party has traditionally been the party of those who champions these principles — but, as we all know, not all Republicans share these values.  The scorecard is a quantifiable measurement of each legislators record.  We hope it will remind each legislator to think about the consequences of his or her vote when they return to work later this month.

The L.I.F.T. Principles upon which this scorecard is based represent a new and larger definition of conservatism:  one that speaks to all aspects of society, rather than the narrow interpretation that liberals propagandize.

Please click here to view the 2009 Legislative Scorecard.

As you will see, we recognize as “L.I.F.T. Leaders” those legislators who scored 75% or higher on the scorecard.

Did your legislator make the grade as a L.I.F.T. Leader?  Click here to find out.

Conservatism won the day each time with the help of independent-thinking Americans like you.

No other organization in Illinois is better positioned to lead the way to victory in November than the conservative United Republican Fund, an independent political action committee that promotes limited government, individual rights, free markets and traditional values — the LIFT principles.

The URF is focused on helping candidates that hold tight to those principles and is doing all we can to communicate far and wide how the LIFT movement can energize community activism, electrify online networks and jolt Illinois’ political battlefield toward a modern day American Revolution.

Please take time today to give $20, $50 or more towards our joint effort as we prepare to launch unity, revolution and freedom the day after the February 2 Primary.

The next victory for conservatives will be in Illinois, Obama’s home state. Sounds great, doesn’t it?

Join us. Be a part of making history.