Aaron Schock

Aaron Schock

Aaron Schock is a Republican politician from Illinois. Check back for more coverage of Aaron Schock, congressional elections and other Illinois politics. Aaron Schock is a staunch conservative. Soon after being sworn in to Congress... [more]

Aaron Schock is a Republican politician from Illinois. Check back for more coverage of Aaron Schock, congressional elections and other Illinois politics.

Aaron Schock is a staunch conservative. Soon after being sworn in to Congress, Aaron joined the conservative Republican Study Committee.

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Washington PostNames and Faces: Sean Penn, Tara Palmeri, Paula Abdul, Aaron SchockWashington PostSpotted: Former "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul and Rep. Aaron Schock at a National Young Leaders Conference event on the Hill on Thursday (the Illinois ...and more »  
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On Feb. 23, I had a chance to interview Congressman Aaron Schock (R-Ill.). He brought to the discussion a refreshingly direct approach.Contributor: Gary DavisPublished: Feb 26, 2010  
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Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock opposes the stimulus, but defends the overall role of federal spending.Add this to your queueAdded: Fri Mar 19 02:46:07 UTC 2010Air date: Thu Mar 18 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 01:50  
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from Congressman Aaron Schock Washington, DC – Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) offered three amendments today to H.R. 2701, Fiscal Year 2010 Intelligence Authorization Act, regarding those terrorists who may be transferred from Guantanamo Bay to United States soil. Unfortunately, these...  
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from Congressman Aaron Schock Washington, DC – Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) today issued the following statement on the one year anniversary of the Democrats’ ‘stimulus’ program: “1400 Caterpillar employees were right. After President Obama spoke to CAT workers to tout...  
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A heated exchange took place during NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday when MSNBC host Rachel Maddow accused Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) of hypocrisy for railing against a spending bill in public while touting its benefits in his home district. Appearing alongside each other during a panel session, Maddow pivoted from a discussion on job creation to note that Schock had appeared at an event on Friday touting a grant program that he had voted...  
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If you're going to go toe-to-toe with Rachel Maddow, remember to bring either a brain, a clue or a fact with you: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy It gets worse: Hat tip to...  
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Illinois' downstate congressman Aaron Schock made his first appearance on NBC's Meet the Press this Sunday, and the appearance didn't go exactly as planned for the Capitol Hill hunk. During a diatribe about the lack of bipartisanship in Washington, Schock was interrupted by guest Rachel Maddow who called Schock, the youngest Congressman, a hypocrite for railing against stimulus money in public and touting its benefits back home...  
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from Congressman Aaron Schock Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Aaron Schock (IL-18) hailed a commitment Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) made to Senator George Voinovich (R-OH), in which he pledged to bring forth a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill...  
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 With an economy struggling to rebound, U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock said Monday he is supporting policies that promote growth, including research and development tax credits.   "As I travel around the 20 counties I represent, whether I'm in Peoria or down in Beardstown or one of the small communities in between, the economic issues are really what are on the hearts and minds of people," said Schock, R-Peoria. "When I talk to...  
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from Congressman Aaron Schock Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Aaron Schock (IL-18) announced his recent cosponsorship of legislation that would enable Illinois manufacturers to continue to receive cost-effective services from the Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center (IMEC). This follows a letter...  
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from the office of U.S. Congressman Aaron Schock Washington, DC – On Monday, Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) spearheaded a letter to Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt and Ranking Member Paul Ryan in support of true discretionary spending freezes and cuts...  
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Schock is an complete idiot. He voted against the bill, but then shows up at an event crowing about how he secured money for his district. HYPOCRITE. FYI, the Stimulus Bill was nowhere close to the largest spending bill in history. Nearly $300 billion of the bill is for tax cuts. The spending that he is complaining about comes to about $500 billion. The annual defense budget is over $600 billion so you have to be an idiot or a liar to...  
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The stimulus closet. Aaron Schock voted against the stimulus. He regularly rails against the stimulus. But what did he do once the stimulus monies hit his district in Illinois? He held a press event taking credit for it.Here's Rachel Maddow on Meet the Press destroying Schock on this very point - the relevant part of the video starts around 2:20 in the video below (the video isn't working for me, but give it a try).Appearing alongside each...  
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Rep. Dan Maffei (D-NY), Financial Services Cmte. Member, and Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL), Small Business Committee Member, discussed congressional efforts to spur job growth, provide economic relief to struggling Americans, and where health care reform goes from here.Length: Published: Today at 7:45am (ET)  
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Lauding the work of MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is a popular pastime in the lefty blogosphere these days.  The way they tell it, Maddow regularly eviscerates, obliterates, calls out, destroys, and "bitch slaps" right-wing liars.  Her recent Meet the Press appearance opposite freshman congressman Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) drew virtual applause from the netroots almost instantly. Maddow, they say, took young Schock to school on the Abdulmutallab...  
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The aging infrastructure along the nation’s waterways is in dire need of investment, U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Peoria, said Tuesday.   Schock was speaking to members of an organization who would be unlikely to disagree — at the 2010 annual conference of the Upper Mississippi, Illinois and Missouri Rivers Association.    
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Afghan leaders told a congressional delegation a premature withdrawal of U.S. troops would leave the country with a government that would fall to terrorist fighters. U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Peoria, is one of eight members of the delegation that met with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal and some Illinois troops Monday in Kabul. They discussed government corruption, ground strategies and...  
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Filed under: Politix Congressman Aaron Schock lost control of his car after sliding over an ice patch in Illinois yesterday -- and banged into another vehicle on the streets of Peoria. No one was injured in the accident, which Schock's rep described as "minor." We're ...Permalink  
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Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) joined 81 of his colleagues in writing to President Barack Obama requesting the Administration exercise its authority to designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) pursuant to section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”)....  
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Today on Meet the Press, Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) had an unfortunate run-in with the facts of the Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab case, courtesy of MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. After listening to Schock regurgitate the current GOP talking points about how the case of Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab shows the Obama administration’s national security policies were making Americans [...]  
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Nation's youngest congressman, Illinois' U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock holds his own against MSNBC's liberal attack queen Rachel Maddow on "Meet the Press" this past Sunday ... Do you agree/disagree with his answer? Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and...  
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Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) issued the following statement Friday after the Department of Labor reported the national unemployment rate for December remained at 10 percent, with 85,000 jobs lost last month: “Almost one year ago, President Obama traveled to our...  
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Are U.S. Rep. AARON SCHOCK, and his chief of staff, STEVEN SHEARER, trying to influence who gets on the Republican State Central Committee? And if so, why? Those questions are being asked by some Republican county chairmen in central Illinois. And ...  
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At the advice of Congressman Aaron Schock's office, council members voted Tuesday to wait a week before finalizing the three projects. The projects suggested by The Ferguson Group, a lobbying firm co...  
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Congressman Aaron Schock from Peoria was part of a heated Sunday morning on talk shows. The first-term Republican Congressman made his first appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" as part of the politic...  
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The U.S. House of Representatives will honor Peoria native Nancy Brinker on Wednesday for receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom.   A resolution, which was authored by U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Peoria, will be read about 9:45 a.m. on CSPAN.  
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Sent to me by a friend. Read today's JS article on Aaron Schock attendance in East Peoria to announce the awarding of $410,000 stimulus dollars to "update police camera systems and portable radios" after Schock had voted against the ridiculous stimulus plan. Schock was quoted as saying "Democrat over-spending" does not preclude him from advocating for his district.Frankly, I care ot for Rachel Maddow or the other guy, Olbermann, I believe. I...  
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Are U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock and his chief of staff trying to influence who gets on the Republican State Central Committee?  
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U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Peoria) was sworn into office one year ago today. Schock sat down with Peoria Times-Observer News Editor DeWayne Bartels to discuss what his first year in national politics has been like. Look for the story in the 1/13/10 issue.    
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Filed under: Who'd You Rather? Former Cosmopolitan magazine centerfold turned Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown (left) and Republican Congressman Aaron Schock (right) are very liberal when it comes to flaunting their buff pecs and abs.Question is ... See Also Claudia vs. ...Permalink  
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Chris Matthews just works him like a speedbag. Via Progress Illinois, which has much more on the Thomson situation, including Mark Kirk Jan Schakowsky on The Rachel Maddow Show. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]  
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An attorney and a former Caterpillar employee are vying for the chance to square off against Republican U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock in November’s general election.Facing off in Tuesday’s primary will be Democrats Deirde “DK” Hirner, a 56-year-old...  
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Washington, DC – Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) issued the following statement after Speaker Pelosi’s Stimulus II legislation passed the House today by a vote of 217 to 212. “As the old axiom goes, the definition of insanity is doing the...  
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Meet Aaron Schock, he is hot Illinois congressman. Reportedly, he has been involved in a automobile accident. Find out more revealing details and see photos and a film right here. Apparently, the congressman is said to have hit a patch of ice, resulting in a crash with another vehicle in Peoria, Illinois. As a biography, [...]  
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Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Peoria, and Rep. Phil Hare, D-Rock Island, debated moving some Guantanamo Bay detainees to Thomson prison on MSNBC’s "Hardball" with Chris Matthews.   When asked if he would have stopped waterboarding as President Obama did, Schock said he would not limit waterboarding or any other “alternative torture technique” if it means saving American’s lives.  
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Aaron Schock: Unambiguously Pro-TortureAtlantic Online (blog)Before this interview, I only knew two things about Aaron Schock: he was the youngest person in Congress and people gossiped about his great abs. ...and more »  
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U.S. troops in Afghanistan appear boosted by news that more troops and support, including equipment and funding, are on the way, said U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, who is on his way back from visiting the war-torn country.   “I could not have been more impressed by their ambition, their desire to continue the effort here,” Schock told reporters via a conference call on Tuesday. “Despite many of them being here three and four times, they did not seem...  
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Aaron Schock looked at the photo of his swearing in as the U.S. representative for the 18th District and smiled. The question posed to him was whether Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, smiling broadly in the photo, still smiled at him like that after a contentious year with the freshman Republican. Schock laughed. “She still smiles,” he said. “Despite our disagreements, we still have a cordial relationship.”  
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A bipartisan coalition of members of Congress, including U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, is questioning the Environmental Protection Agency's recent decision to delay increasing the ethanol blend wall in gasoline from 10 percent to 15 percent.Schock, along...  
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Schock collided with another vehicle on an icy road, his spokesman said. (CNN) - Rep. Aaron Schock fell victim to the six inches of snow that fell on Peoria, Illinois Thursday afternoon, getting into what his office is describing as a "minor fender-bender" on his way to an event. According to spokesman David Natonski, Schock skidded on [...] TMZ (subscribe) : Aaron Schock in Minor Car Crash, Abs Unscathed ...Right Celebrity (subscribe) : Aaron...  
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by Rep. Aaron Schock The same people who have brought you 10 percent unemployment, government run health care and a national energy tax are now attempting to bequeath you with another unwanted holiday gift. This time, however, the stakes are...  
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On this morning's "Meet The Press", MSNBC's Rachel Maddow called out Republican Congressman Aaron Schock (IL-18) for opposing President Obama's Recovery Act and then claiming credit for the projects it created in his district. WATCH: Schock isn't the only one. Check out the DCCC's House GOP Hypocrisy Hall of Fame >> TRANSCRIPT: MADDOW: "You, in your district, I just read that you were at a community college touting a $350,000 green...  
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"Aaron Schock's latest comments in support of the use of torture are just another in a line of reckless and ill-informed statements . . . that undermine our credibility as a nation as we lead the world in the fight against terrorism," said Deirdre "DK" Hirner, in a news release Wednesday.  
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In a cable news debate, area reps Aaron Schock “The Monkey” and Phil Hare talk about bringing Gitmo detainees to Illinois. In the process, Schock, the sniveling, fear-mongering coward that he is, endorses torture as U.S. policy. What a disgrace. Surely there is some despotic third world country he could better represent.Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy  
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I have come to regret the vote that I cast for Aaron Schock in the last election because I view Americans as a moral and honorable and only the bad guys torture. In a recent appearance on “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” our representative came out in favor of torture and, specifically, waterboarding.  
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SPRINGFIELD - Republican U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock of Peoria met with General Stanley McChrystal and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Monday in a trip to the country with other federal lawmakers. Schock supports President Barack Obama's plan to ...  
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DOWNLOADS: (8) PLAYS: (58) From Meet the Press Rachel Maddow calls out Rep. Aaron Shock for taking credit for what the stimulus bill has done for his...  
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SPRINGFIELD — Republican U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock of Peoria met Monday with Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai in a trip to the country with other federal lawmakers. Schock supports President Barack Obama’s plan to send ...  
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U.S. troops in Afghanistan appear bolstered that more troops and support, including equipment and funding, are on the way, said U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, who is on his way back from visiting the war-torn country. "I could not have been more impressed ...  
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Republican U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock of Peoria met with Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Monday in a trip to the country with other federal lawmakers. (AP File Photo/Charlie Neibergall) SPRINGFIELD -- Republican U.S. Rep ...  
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Today on Meet the Press, Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) had an unfortunate run-in with the facts of the Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab case, courtesy of MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. After listening to Schock regurgitate the current GOP talking points about how the case of Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab shows the Obama administration’s national security policies were making Americans [...]Raw Story (subscribe) : Debunked: ‘Christmas day bomber’ read Miranda rights...  
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Aaron Schock, of Peoria, met with Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Monday during a trip to the country with other federal lawmakers. Schock supports President Barack Obama’s plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghan  
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Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) departs from the Dick Cheney script: Yes, we tortured detainees and we should do so in future. Watch....  
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A Democratic candidate for Congress from Springfield is blasting U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock for saying that in extreme cases to save American lives, torture would be acceptable.  
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