worked to reduce property taxes on VFW and American Legion veterans' posts by 85% and placed a cap on future increases. Lauzen also started "Illinois Porkbusters," which sought to cut $5,000,000 in wasteful spending each year from the state budget. Lauzen helped secure over $48,000,000 for school construction grants, sponsored education license plates for future teachers' scholarships, and was the only senator to speak against and vote "No" on providing 2/3 tuition discounts to illegal immigrants at public universities. Lauzen launched a Prescription Medication Pilot Program that saved participants an average of 50% on the cost of prescription medication. He was also the original lead sponsor of the Breast Cancer Research voluntary check-off on the state personal income tax return. This check-off has raised more than $6,500,000 from voluntary contributions for breast cancer research in Illinois. While in the state senate, Lauzen also sponsored a ban on partial birth abortion and supported term limits for State Legislators. 1998 State Comptroller campaign In 1998, Lauzen ran for Illinois State Comptroller to replace retiring Republican Comptroller Loleta Didrickson. He won the Republican primary election by defeating Harry J. Seigle of East Dundee but lost in the general election to Democrat Dan Hynes. 2008 Congressional campaign Lauzen officially began his campaign for congress in Illinois's 14th congressional district on September 19, 2007. Lauzen ran to replace Dennis Hastert, who retired mid-term. Lauzen lost the Congressional campaign receiving 44% of the Republican vote to Jim Oberweis' 56%. Kane County Board Chairman Lauzen managed the County during the second year of a freeze on the property tax levy for the county, Forest Preserve, and the Fox Valley Park District. In March 2013, he also led members of the Kane County Board to a unanimous decision to refinance a large number of county bonds. This bi-partisan action saved the taxpayers over $2 million. Lauzen has been involved in the Longmeadow Parkway Bridge Corridor, a proposed project to build a bridge in northern Kane County over the Fox River. In 2018, Lauzen raised questions regarding possible insider payments from the executive director of the Upper Illinois Valley River Development Authority to companies he owns. The authority is one of 10 regional development authority bodies in Illinois. Its executive director is Andrew Hamilton and he is the head of 8 of the 10 bodies, including the Upper Illinois Valley agency that includes Kane County. The Illinois Policy Institute