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Bobby Schilling

Dems Aim To Reverse GOP's 2010 Gains In Illinois Races

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 10.02.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Elections 2012, Chicago Politics, Video, Illinois Elections 2012, Illinois Politics, Cheri Bustos, Tammy Duckworth, Joe Walsh, Bobby Schilling, Chicago News

CHICAGO -- Pizzeria owner Bobby Schilling catapulted to Congress two years ago with robust tea party support, the endorsement of "Joe the Plumber" and...

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GOP Congressman Disses Latinos Learning English

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 09.18.2012 | Politics
Read More: Bobby Schilling English, English-Only Government, Video, Cheri Busto, Bobby Schilling Spanish, Eric Reyes, Bobby Schilling, Politics News

Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-Ill.) said during a campaign forum that some Latinos can't learn English as a second language because they don't know how to s...

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Cole Stangler

Congresswoman Joins Factory Workers To Demand Bain Capital Stop Outsourcing To China

HuffingtonPost.com | Cole Stangler | Posted 08.23.2012 | Politics
Read More: Video, Don Manzullo, Bain Capital, Jan Schakowsky, Cheryl Randecker, Sensata, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Bain, Sensata Technologies, Schakowsky, Bobby Schilling, Politics News

Employees at an Illinois Sensata Technologies plant delivered a petition to Bain Capital Tuesday night, demanding that the private equity firm step in...

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Tea Party Congressman To Supporters: 'Grow Up'

Posted 04.17.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Joe Walsh Child Support, Video, Joe Walsh Tammy Duckworth, Tea Party Tax Day, Joe Walsh Tax Day, Tax Day 2012, Joe Walsh Tea Party, Chicago Tax Day, Illinois Politics, Tammy Duckworth, Joe Walsh, Bobby Schilling, Chicago News

In the days leading up to Tax Day Tuesday, Tea Party-affiliated U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) made the rounds to a series of Tea Party rallies in Illin...

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The 112th Congress -- How Not to Do Government

Joe Moreno | Posted 02.21.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Glen Beck, Tammy Duckworth, Cheri Bustos, Rahm Emanuel, Joe Walsh, Barack Obama, Bobby Schilling, Chicago, Tea Party, John Boehner, Chicago News
Joe Moreno

Cheri Bustos would be an exciting candidate in any election cycle, but the current state of affairs in Congress elevates her candidacy (and many others) to more than exciting; it makes it important.

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Sam Stein

Obama: I'm Sure Boehner 'Will See The Light' On Infrastructure

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.05.2011 | Politics
Read More: Debt Ceiling, House Freshmen, House Spending Requests, Government Spending, Federal Spending GOP, Federal Spending, Bill Johnson, Infrastructure Spending, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Projects, Politics News, Fincher Spending, Debt Spending, Debt Ceiling Negotiations, Bill Johnson Spending, Stephen Fincher, Gop Spending, Bobby Schilling, Department of Transportation, Congress Infrastructure, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Recent changes in rhetoric from Republicans on Capitol Hill have provided a sliver of hope about the prospects of getting an infrastruct...

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Sam Stein

GOP Freshmen Lobby For Millions In Government Cash

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.04.2011 | Politics
Read More: Steve Palazzo, House Freshmen, Debt Ceiling, Kristi Noem, Rick Crawford, Wildfires South Dakota, House Spending Requests, Government Spending, House Tea Party, Tea Party Republicans, Federal Spending GOP, Pork Barrell Spending, Federal Spending, Bill Johnson, Crawford Spending, Ray Lahood, House Pork, Cates Landing, Fincher Spending, Debt Spending, Bill Johnson Spending, Debt Ceiling Negotiations, Stephen Fincher, Gop Spending, Bobby Schilling, Department of Transportation, Politics News

With Reporting By Alex Becker WASHINGTON -- For years, Tennessee lawmakers have advocated for the construction of a major port on the northwest cor...

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Congressman Sued Over Party Prank Gone Wrong

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 08.14.2011 | Chicago
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WASHINGTON — An Illinois man is suing Rep. Bobby Schilling, his wife, son and three others after he was severely burned in a prank gone wrong du...

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Will Guzzardi

Democrats See Big Gains In Proposed Congressional Maps

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Guzzardi | Posted 07.27.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Redistricting, Illinois Redistricting 2010, Randy Hultgren, 2010 Redistricting, Illinois Republicans, Illinois Redistricting, Adam Kinzinger, Chicago, Illinois, Joe Walsh, Robert Dold, Bobby Schilling, Chicago News

Not only did the Republicans take a majority in the U.S. House in last November's elections, but they also claimed majorities in a historic number of ...

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Freshmen Politicians Arriving With Questions

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Nan Hayworth, Sean Duffy, Freshmen, Elections 2010, 112 Congress, Allen West, Eric Cantor, Cedric Richmond, Democrats, Bobby Schilling, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Where to live? Whom to hire? What's a voting card – and where are the bathrooms? More than 100 members of Congress arrive in ...

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WATCH: Flood Of Third-Party Ads In Illinois Races

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Pacs, Il-10, Illinois Senate, Illinois Governor, Karl Rove, Debbie Halvorson, Bill Foster, Phil Hare, Chicago, Il-14, Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois, Il-11, Bill Brady, Personal PAC, Slidepollajax, Bobby Schilling, Chicago News

Ah, yes, October. Time for changing leaves, enormous pumpkins, and tens of millions of dollars in political advertising on the airwaves. Things are...

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