Open Congress : News Articles for Robert T. Schilling

Bustos priority: jobs

2012-12-19T01:00:00Z

...word: jobs. The East Moline Democrat, who will be sworn in Jan. 3 to take the 17th Congressional District reins from Rep. Bobby Schilling, R-Colona, reflected on her new position during a Wednesday morning interview over coffee in downtown Moline. She s

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Seniors gather to seek protection of benefits

2012-12-15T01:00:00Z

...they say they depend on to survive. The seniors and their supporters held a brief news conference outside outgoing U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling's shuttered congressional office in Moline. The event was organized by the Alliance for Retired Americans. Parti

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Bustos names staff members

2012-12-12T01:00:00Z

...to U.S. Rep. Lane Evans as her district director. Ms. Bustos, who beat incumbent 17th Congressional District U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling, R-Colona, in the Nov. 6 election, will be sworn in next month Allison Jaslow, who managed Ms. Bustos's election campa

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Bustos announces two top staff positions

2012-12-12T01:00:00Z

...to be her new chief of staff and a former aide to Rep. Lane Evans to lead her district operation. Bustos defeated Rep. Bobby Schilling, R-Ill., in the 17th Congressional District race last month and much of her time since then has been going through ori

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Bustos seeks seat on Armed Services panel

2012-12-11T01:00:00Z

...spending is under threat from the fiscal cliff, the end of the war in Iraq and the drawdown in Afghanistan. U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling, R-Colona, who lost his re-election bid to Ms. Bustos last month, sits on the Armed Services Committee. Ms. Bustos said

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Doctors ask Congress to avert Medicare reimbursement cut

2012-12-11T01:00:00Z

...Jan. 1 to do so, Dr. Werner said during a Tuesday meeting with the editorial board of The Dispatch/Rock Island Argus. U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling, R-Colona, later said by phone that he expects Congress will pass another temporary "doc fix" to prevent a st

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CR casino opponents’ hired strategists had a good election cycle

2012-12-10T01:00:00Z

...by a margin of 15 points. Rep.-elect Cheri Bustos of Illinois utilized Link Strategies for research and unseated one-term GOP Rep. Bobby Schilling, despite millions being spent against her. Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord used Link Strategies’ resea

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Kinzinger talks fiscal cliff

2012-12-08T01:00:00Z

...the ones who are “paying the bills of reckless spending of generations prior.” He said he was “disappointed” that U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling, R-Colona, was unseated by Democrat Cheri Bustos in the 17th District, which represents all of Whiteside

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Record-setting spending in final days of Bustos, Schilling race

2012-12-07T01:00:00Z

...to $13.9 million, by far a record for the Quad-City area. Democrat Cheri Bustos won a convincing victory Nov. 6 over Rep. Bobby Schilling, a fresman Republican who was seeking to hold onto a district that had been in Democratic hands for nearly all of t

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Congressional Election Stat Porn-- How The GOP Stole The House In 2012

2012-12-06T01:00:00Z

...old district: Reps. Dan Lungren (R-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Joe Walsh (R-IL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Bobby Schilling (R-IL), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Nan Hayworth (R-N

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Letter: Thanks for your service, Schilling, Morthland

2012-12-05T01:00:00Z

...would like to personally give my heartfelt thanks to Congressman Bobby Schilling and state Rep. Rich Morthland. They did an outstanding job during their brief time in office. Some of our past congressmen have said they were concerned about supporting ou

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Schilling closes offices preparing to hand power to Bustos

2012-12-04T01:00:00Z

...Rep. Bobby Schilling, R-Colona, has closed his offices as he prepares to hand power over to Congresswoman-elect Cheri Bustos. Rep. Schilling's district office at 3000 41st St., Suite 2, Moline, closed last Friday, as did his office in Washington, D.C. R

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67 years later, a big thank you for wartime service

2012-12-02T01:00:00Z

...Brandon accepted the glass-encased shadow box containing his grandfather's awards from Sgt. Maj. Andrews and U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling, R-Colona. "What an awesome story." Rep. Schilling said. During his remarks, Mr. Clong told Brandon, "Now you know wha

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Schilling willing to trade higher taxes for spending cuts to avoid fiscal cliff

2012-11-30T01:00:00Z

...Rep. Bobby Schilling, R-Colona, says he's prepared to support higher taxes on the richest Americans in order to pull the nation back from the fiscal cliff. But he'll only do so if Democrats come to the table with immediate and serious spending cuts, he

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Payroll taxes likely to go up

2012-11-29T01:00:00Z

...with in a meaningful way.” Others are just as non-committal about the payroll tax holiday’s future. A spokesman for Rep. Bobby Schilling, R-Ill., said he would review all proposals “thoughtfully and in their entirety” but the bottom line is defi

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my message was forwarded to retiring GOP congressman Elton Gallegly. Please, forward it to all retiring congressmen and senators

2012-11-22T01:00:00Z

...use of forged IDs and a stolen SSN. Tea party leaders went to Joe Walsh, Mary Bono Mack, Brian Bilbray, Dan Lundgren, Bobby Schilling, Allen West. and a number of others. They refused to do anything, as they were afraid to lose their jobs. As a result t

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Opinion: Gerrymandering = Democracy

2012-11-20T01:00:00Z

...who was defeated in a primary after being drawn into the same district as Rep. Adam Kinzinger; as well as Joe Walsh, Bobby Schilling, Bob Dold and Judy Biggert. In the current Congress, Republicans have an 11-8 advantage in Illinois. In the Congress, De

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Democrats savor wins, look ahead to 2014

2012-11-17T01:00:00Z

...reversed most of those gains. Mike Smiddy took State Rep. Rich Morthland's District 71 seat, and Cheri Bustos defeated U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling, R-Colona. Democrats also fought off Republican challenges to seats held by State Rep. Pat Verschoore, D-Mil

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Letter: Some thoughts on the 2012 Election in the QCA

2012-11-16T01:00:00Z

...17th Congressional District Bobby Schilling's loss means no representation in the majority on the House Armed Services and Agriculture committees. Mr. Schilling had secured from the Republican chairman of the Armed Services Committee a pledge to maintai

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Tea party wasn't an election loser

2012-11-14T01:00:00Z

...by) the Republican establishment who failed to run on the winning message of economic freedom. House incumbents like Bobby Schilling (Illinois.), Nan Hayworth (New York), Roscoe Bartlett (Maryland), Frank Guinta (New Hampshire), and Chip Cravaack (Minne

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