U.S. House of Representatives Bobby Schilling

1 u.s. house of representatives

1.1 elections

1.1.1 2010
1.1.2 2012
1.1.3 2014


1.2 tenure
1.3 political positions
1.4 committee assignments

u.s. house of representatives
elections
2010

schilling grew democrat, has become more conservative on years , characterizes himself reagan republican. influenced radio , television personality glenn beck. schilling 1 of 9–12 candidates, group led beck, , signed 9–12 contract of principles , values. schilling has said inspired run office because preparing franchise restaurant, cancelled plans when saw then-presidential candidate barack obama telling joe plumber government needed spread wealth around. schilling announced candidacy in april 2009 , officially filed republican nomination in october 2009.

schilling vowed not participate in congressional pension program, keep private health insurance instead of congressional plan, donate pay raises receives, limit himself no more 8 years in congress, , not vote bill hasn t read. m not going make career out of this, says.

early in campaign, political websites rated 17th district race safe democratic. however, election day race rated leans republican realclearpolitics, cook political report, cq politics, , new york times. race profiled on cnn 1 of country s top 100 house races, in said, schilling trails in overall money race, s raised enough message out , give incumbent worry about.

in september 2010, schilling named national republican congressional committee s young guns program.

hare criticized schilling living 0.99 miles outside 17th district, though constitution requires congressmen live in state wish represent. schilling s wife notes family s restaurant in 17th , employs people , pays taxes there. says family fell out of district because of gerrymandering.

unopposed in primary election, in general election, schilling won unexpectedly large margin, taking 53 percent of vote hare s 43 percent. notably, carried hare s home county, rock island county, heavily democratic county home district s 2 largest cities, moline , rock island, 9 points. after election, schilling hired chief of staff mike roman, political consultant known posting video showing alleged voter intimidation during 2008 presidential election. roman, along policy director scott tranter, resigned schilling s office in april 2011.

schilling s campaign set off-year fundraising record challenger in 17th district, amassing $89,000 in 2009. schilling s campaign fundraising relied largely on individual donors, accounted 80 percent of $1 million raised campaign. hare depended more heavily on political action committees, contributed two-thirds of campaigns $1.3 million total. following election, schilling has relied more on political action committees retire campaign debt, bulk of december 2010 fundraising coming pacs, including wal-mart, american medical association, caterpillar inc. , archer daniels midland co.

schilling ended campaign total of $1,095,167 raised , $1,078,911 spent.

the following organizations endorsed schilling in 2010 run congress: illinois federation right life pac; catholicvote pac; quincy tea party group; john deere pac; , united states chamber of commerce.

individuals endorsed schilling included: u.s. representative aaron schock (r-il); u.s. representative michele bachmann (r-mn); former governor of massachusetts mitt romney; political figure , author joe plumber (joe wurzelbacher); and, sgt. john f. baker, jr., recipient of medal of honor.

newspapers evenly divided in endorsing schilling on hare, chicago tribune , sauk valley news among supporting schilling. in october 2010 schilling endorsed chicago tribune.

2012

schilling ran re-election in 2012 , faced democrat , former east moline city council alderwoman cheri bustos in general election. has been added national republican congressional committee s patriot program, designed defend incumbent republicans. bustos received significant assist 2010 round of redistricting. 17th had modest democratic lean, democratic-controlled legislature redrew district make more democratic. notably, quincy, decatur , district s share of springfield cut out, replaced more democratic portions of peoria , rockford. national journal s cook political report named schilling 1 of top 10 republicans vulnerable redistricting in 2012.

schilling has raised $1.4 million , had $950,000 cash on hand of june 30, 2011.

while rated lean-democrat race major sites, in september 2012, roll call, cook political report, , rothenburg political report upgraded race toss-up , cook saying schilling had advantage.

schilling endorsed chicago tribune, rockford register star, catholicvote, national rifle association, former congressman tom railsback, national federation of independent business, , galesburg register-mail, among other endorsements.

in november 2012 elections, bustos defeated schilling 53%–47% margin. according seattle post intelligencer, schilling looking forward focusing again on pizza business after losing second term.

2014

it expected political analysts schilling challenge bustos reclaim seat in 2014. on july 8, 2013, officially announced candidacy old seat in 2014 election. in announcement, said bustos has been failing middle class, , criticized not supporting budget plans in legislature.

according hill, schilling historically has not been strong fundraiser known skilled grassroots campaigner. during 2013, bustos raised approximately $1.1 million , schilling raised approximately $297,000.

schilling endorsed chicago tribune.

schilling defeated in november 4 general election bustos, 55%–45%.

tenure

schilling s wife , 10 children attended congressional swearing-in on january 5, 2011, attracting notice , interview diane sawyer. actions congressman included joining 25 other freshman republicans in voting against extending usa patriot act; schilling stated believed bill may not provide sufficient safeguards on allowed access personal information, , 45 minutes allotted floor debate inadequate discuss these concerns. following obama s late january 2011 state of union address in president said eager work critics of health care reform law, schilling sent letter obama requesting one-on-one meeting.

in february 2011, schilling joined 130 house republicans in voting against $450 million budget cut f-35 fighter-jet engine—a project u.s. department of defense had repeatedly tried kill, , defense secretary robert gates called waste of 3 billion. schilling voted package of cuts included $230 million federal grant build amtrak line chicago iowa city, though had supported project during campaign, calling critically important both economy , environment of midwest. planned rail line celebrated project many in district, including local mayors. schilling defended vote, arguing question of prioritizing, separating wants needs, , when looked @ big picture, rail service did not make cut. stated constituents elected him address national debt , deficit problems in washington, not take business-as-usual approach.

in june 2011, schilling introduced bill prevent members of congress receiving congressional pension before reach social security retirement age.

during 2011 debt ceiling crisis, schilling voted raise debt ceiling.

in october 2011, california resident issued death threat promising reward assassinated schilling. threat being investigated fbi , united states capitol police. schilling said advised authorities lay low while investigated threat , spokeswoman schilling said schilling family taking recommended precautions . according hill, person behind threat may 1 behind similar threats against george w. bush, several high-ranking current , former security , defense officials, , rep. mike coffman of colorado. schilling said, s general threat members of congress, called name out in threat. don t know people thinking...it s re not going take lightly.

schilling gave republican response president s weekly radio address on october 29, 2011.

in september 2012, schilling given friend of agriculture award stephenson county farm bureau. in october 2012, given no labels problem solvers seal .

political positions

schilling considered tea party candidate in 2010 election. holds following positions:

he pro-life, , spoke @ 2011 march life.
he opposes gun control legislation.
he has said federal government should stop regulating education , local schools should under local control.
he views health care reform top priority. supports repealing democrats version of health care reform, believing unconstitutional. supports tort reform , legalizing purchase of insurance across state lines.
he fiscally conservative, , believes in small government.
he supports term limits members of congress.
he opposes troubled asset relief program , american recovery , reinvestment act of 2009.
he supports lowering corporate tax rate.
he supports troop surge in war in afghanistan., , opposes bringing guantanamo bay detainees thomson, illinois; instead supports bringing detainees trial before military courts rather u.s. civilian, federal courts.
he supports expanding , updating missile defense systems.

committee assignments

committee on agriculture

subcommittee on general farm commodities , risk management
subcommittee on rural development, research, biotechnology, , foreign agriculture


committee on armed services

subcommittee on readiness
subcommittee on emerging threats , capabilities


committee on small business




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