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City and county won’t pay for Schock luncheon
Aaron Schock as the guest speaker. The annual luncheon is scheduled for June 13 at the Lincoln American Legion Hall. All proceeds will benefit the Lincoln and Logan County Development Partnership. Tables are going for $500 each, seating eight people.  
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Schock pushes for Medicaid reform and against Obamacare mandates
PEORIA - Congressman Aaron Schock (IL-18) has been on a mission to sound the alarm throughout Illinois and in Washington about the mounting budget pressures facing Illinois taxpayers on the dual threat of expanding Medicaid costs and the implementation of...  
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Groups File FEC Complaint Against Aaron Schock
Two nonprofit groups have asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate whether Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) violated campaign finance law by soliciting House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to make a large contribution to a super PAC.  
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Congressman Schock pushes Medicaid savings
The U.S. Senate could help Illinois realize $1.3 billion in Medicaid savings that state officials thought they would be able to capture under a bipartisan reform bill passed in 2010, U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock said Thursday.  
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Aaron Schock’s campaign, PAC have champagne taste
Appearances matter. Rep. Aaron Schock seems to understand this better than most members of Congress. After all, his chiseled physique and fashion sense has landed him, shirtless, on the cover of Men’s Health and in a photo spread in GQ in which he sported designer suits. Read full article >>  
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Aaron Schock gets ripped
Appearances matter. Rep. Aaron Schock seems to understand this better than most members of Congress. After all, his chiseled physique and fashion sense has landed him, shirtless, on the cover of Men’s Health and in a photo spread in GQ in which he sported designer suits. Read full article >>  
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Pink socks at the Capitol
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Aaron Schock, joined by his staff wore pink socks on the steps of the capitol building ... Honorary Race Chair Congressman Aaron Schock said he is challenging all men in the workplace to the 'Pink Sock Challenge.'  
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Schock honors Komen with pink socks
U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock and his D.C. office staff pose in their pink socks and other clothing on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. The office staff are taking part in a challenge to support the annual Race for the...  
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Watchdog groups file FEC complaint against U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock
Mr. Schock's $25,000 request to Mr. Cantor was first reported by Roll Call, a Capitol Hill publication ... to solicit large contributions to super PACs,” said Donald Simon, counsel to Democracy 21, in a statement from another Washington ...  
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Independent Lens Filmmaker Q&A: Aaron Schock on Circo
Aaron Schock wanted to make a documentary about Mexico that wasn’t about immigration, for a change. While scouting for subjects in the rural communities off the beaten path, he happened upon a traveling circus. The intimate, pastoral, and ...  
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Schock Continues Work Toward Comprehensive Tax Reform
From Congressman Aaron Schock - Washington, DC – Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL), a member of the Ways and Means committee, the chief tax writing committee in the House, issued the following statement today on the need for comprehensive tax reform...  
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Rep. Aaron Schock Accused Of Misusing Campaign Funds To Further Exercise Habit
Rep. Aaron Schock III, the toothsome hunk of lawmaking Republican mansteak who represents Illinois's 18th Congressional District, has come under fire for using campaign funds to purchase "P90X" home fitness DVD's. From The Hill: Schock, 30, purchased the P90X "Extreme...  
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Aaron Schock hit with FEC complaint
Aaron Schock violated federal campaign rules when he solicited a $25,000 donation from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to be used in a bitter Republican-on-Republican primary. The complaint by the Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 asserts ...  
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GOP Rep. Aaron Schock Used Campaign Cash For Lavish Vacations
Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL), the "hottie" Congressman, is at the top of a list of federal politicians who used campaign donations to reimburse himself for lavish vacations around the world.Perhaps most notably, Schock reimbursed himself for the cost of a personal training program, an item he specifically opposed for inclusion in the Affordable Care Act.  Full story here!  
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Aaron Schock Hit with FEC Complaint
Schock, according to the complaints, convinced House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to donate $25,000 to a SuperPAC that weighed in on the bitter contest between Republicans Don Manzullo and Adam Kinzinger in Illinois' 10th District, reports Politico.  
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Aaron Schock and the FEC: A Case Study of the Super PAC Era
Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) for use only in the Kinzinger-Manzullo race. "On Thursday, March 15, 2012, Leader Cantor was asked by Congressman Schock to contribute to an organization that was supporting Adam Kinzinger in the Illinois election of March 20.  
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Aaron Schock's Office Insists Super PAC Solicitation Was Legal
Rep. Aaron Schock's office today said it remains confident the lawmaker did not violate federal campaign finance laws when he solicited a $25,000 donation for a super PAC from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.).  
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Word on the Street: Schock defends new spending details
Several weeks back, the group Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington released an analysis of how lawmakers spent money from their campaign accounts and highlighted some patterns and individual expenses that raised some eyebrows.   One of the lawmakers they focused on was Rep. Aaron Schock. Their early report detailed some errors - later fixed...  
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Schock to address bureaucracy in his district
PEORIA - The sprawling growth of federal bureaucracy is a pretty common complaint. But Republican U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock is going to try to explain how exactly it affects the bottom line of local residents and businesses. The Peoria Republican...  
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Ripped Congressman Aaron Schock Denies Using Campaign Funds For Fitness DVDs
A Washington watchdog group alleges that U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock's campaign committee reimbursed him more than $300 for DVDs of the P90X training regimen, classifying them as a "health care" expense.  
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Rep. Aaron Schock Accused Of Misusing Campaign Funds To Further Exercise...
Rep. Aaron Schock III, the toothsome hunk of lawmaking Republican mansteak who represents Illinois's 18th Congressional District, has come under fire for using campaign funds to purchase "P90X" home fitness DVD's. From The Hill: Schock, 30, purchased the ...  
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Congressman Aaron Schock Used Campaign Funds For P90X…But Says State Shouldn...
Republican Congressman Aaron Schock reportedly used campaign funds to buy P90X workout DVDs, according to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Which is funny, given that he's opposed to Obama's healthcare laws, because he doesn't think the state should be paying for our health care. More »Post from: Blisstree  
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Schock takes issue with new regs
Standing in front of a conference table stacked with piles of paper adding up to 13 feet in height to represent regulations put into effect this year, U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock said Tuesday that federal rule-making has gotten out of control.  
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Congressman Aaron Schock Used Campaign Funds To Get A Six-Pack
The report claims Schock's campaign fund reimbursed him over $150,000 during the 2008 and 2010 campaign cycles for expenses ranging from a resort stay in Greece to $300 for a P90X workout video program. Judging from Schock's core, we'd say he ...  
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Joe. My. God.: REPORT: Rep. Aaron Schock Used Campaign Cash ...
Watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a report Friday claiming that a Republican Illinois congressman misused campaign funds for lavish hotels, cash reimbursements for his ...  
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Aaron Schock: Obama ‘team’ elected Blagojevich
Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock, who is campaigning for Mitt Romney in his state, charged Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s “Chicago machine” includes many of the “same folks” that got disgraced ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich elected to his ...  
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Lawmaker from Peoria repays campaign for Greek hotel stay
U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock used campaign funds to pay $1,100 billWASHINGTON — Rep. Aaron Schock of Peoria billed his campaign for a $1,136 stay at a luxury hotel in Greece in 2009, but repaid the money after a watchdog group reported it, an aide said Thursday.  
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Schock to host 700 teens at leadership summit in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD - Over 700 Illinois teens from the 18th CD will gather in Springfield Monday and Congressman Aaron Schock, the youngest member of the U.S. House, will be hosting what has become an annual leadership summit. Astronaut and Pekin native...  
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Aaron Schock Paid For P90X With Campaign Funds, Report Claims
Most surprising was a $319 "healthcare" expense paid on the "hottie" congressman's behalf to P90X, a fitness training company, according to CREW's report. Schock's critics have noted that this inclusion of healthcare expenses in his campaign ...  
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Schock: Congress making some progress
Despite attempts by President Barack Obama - who sees it as politically "to his advantage, for whatever reason, to say it's a do-nothing Congress" - to focus on gridlock, second-term Republican lawmaker Aaron Schock told the Journal Star's editorial board during a wide-ranging meeting that there's actually a little more progress going on than it might appear...  
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Rep. Aaron Schock ‘On the Record’
Check out our conversation with Congressman Schock and sound off on tonight’s Illinois primary!  
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Schock campaign spending questioned in report
PEORIA – U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, a Republican from Peoria, stayed at a five-star hotel in Greece and a luxury resort in Miami, then collected reimbursements for the trips from his campaign committee, according to a report from a watchdog group. A Schock spokesman acknowledged the Greece hotel reimbursement was a mistake and has been repaid.  
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Schock on hand for Supreme Court health debate
With a front row seat to history, U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock found Tuesday's Supreme Court debate on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act fascinating, lively and at certain points laugh-out-loud funny.   One thing the discussion did not do for Schock, R-Peoria, however, was change his mind about the legislation.  
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Schock to attend U.S. Supreme Court arguments Tuesday
WASHINGTON DC - Illinois' Congressman Aaron Schock will be one of four Congress members on hand Tuesday during the U.S. Supreme Court arguments on the challenged HHS mandate. Peoria's WJBC reports: Schock was chosen as one of four members of...  
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Watchdog group: Schock's spending 'crossed the line'
U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, a Republican from Peoria, stayed at a five-star hotel in Greece and a luxury resort in Miami, then collected reimbursements for the trips from his campaign committee, according to a report from a watchdog group. A Schock...  
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Rep. Aaron Schock talks on his cellphone as he waits to vote on an amendment during the House Ways and Means Committee markup of fiscal 2013 budget legislation April 18.  
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Romney, Santorum Spar on Illinois’ Election Eve
East Peoria, Illinois — Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, both of whom have been crisscrossing Illinois in recent days, opted to make their closing pitches less than ten miles apart. Speaking at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., tonight (the alma mater of Rep. Aaron Schock, who introduced Romney), Romney took aim at Santorum’s statement earlier that day that he didn’t “care what the unemployment rate is going to be.”Keep reading this post . . .  
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Democrat groups file FEC complaint on Schock
The controversy around investor Eric O'Keefe's non-partisan, anti-incumbent congressional PAC continues to cause friction among House Republicans. And now Illinois U.S. Rep Aaron Schock (R-18) is on the burner for soliciting funds through the PAC for U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger's...  
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Schock spending under fire
Aaron Schock, R-Peoria, got those washboard abs ... While $319 is relatively minor compared to the much-higher price tags on the other items in the CREW report, I do find it interesting — and more than a bit hypocritical — that Schock ...  
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The Caucus: Campaign Finance Watchdogs File Complaint Against Schock
Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center told the Federal Election Commission that Illinois Representative Aaron Schock's $25,000 solicitation shattered the F.E.C.'s $5,000 limit on such requests.  
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Schock remarks in favor of Small Business tax cut
WASHINGTON - On April 19, 2012 Congressman Aaron Schock (IL-18) delivered remarks on the House floor in support of the Small Business Tax Cut Act, H.R. 9.  
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Schock campaign spending questioned in report
PEORIA — U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, a Republican from Peoria, stayed at a five-star hotel in Greece and a luxury resort in Miami, then collected reimbursements for the trips from his campaign committee, according to a report from a watchdog group. A Schock spokesman acknowledged the Greece hotel reimbursement was a mistake and has been repaid.  
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Schock Announces Federal Grant
WASHINGTON- Peoria Congressman Aaron Schock announced 15 fire and ambulance first responders will be receiving a regional Assistance to Firefighters Grant.  
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Report: Schock’s luxury hotel stays reimbursed by his campaign committee...
PEORIA — U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, a Republican from Peoria, stayed at a five-star hotel in Greece and a luxury resort in Miami, then collected reimbursements for the trips from his campaign committee, according to a report from a watchdog group.  
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Shirtless Schock used campaign funds for exercise DVDs, five-star hotel...
Illinois Republican Rep. Aaron Schock, known for his relative youth and habit of posing shirtless, used campaign funds to buy exercise DVDs, finance fancy trips and reimburse his mother, according to a report from Citizens for Responsibility and ...  
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Aaron Schock responds to report critical of campaign reimbursements
The 347 page report details how they say members of congress used their positions to benefit themselves and their families.  
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Report: Campaign reimburses lawmaker's lavish Greek trip
PEORIA, Ill. -- U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, a Republican from Peoria, stayed at a five-star hotel in Greece and a luxury resort in Miami, then collected reimbursements for the trips from his campaign committee, according to a report from a watchdog group.  
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Report questions Schock's spending of campaign money
U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock's campaign committee reimbursed him $104,511 during the 2010 election cycle for such things as a trip to Greece and a stay at a five-star hotel and a luxury resort in Miami, according to a 347-page report on U.S. House members ...  
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Waterworth To Face Schock For 18th Congressional District Spot
PEORIA - In the newly drawn 18th congressional district, Steve Waterworth easily defeated Matthew Woodmancy for the democratic nomination and will face republican Aaron Schock this November.  
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