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Mitt Romney Gets Tax Break Off Firm Sending Jobs To China
WASHINGTON — Sensata Technologies is a healthy manufacturing company that employs nearly 200 workers at a factory in northern Illinois. The company has become the focus of national attention because it has been taken over by Bain Capital, which plans … Continue reading
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Rep. Bobby Schilling Gets a Visit from Bain Workers
The Bain Worker Bus Tour pulled into Moline, Illinois Monday for a rally outside the local public library, down the street from the campaign office of Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-IL). The traveling Bain workers were joined by Cynthia Rivers, an … Continue reading
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Doors Are Closing on the 99% In Illinois
Since arriving in Washington after the 2010 election, Tea Party Republican Bobby Schilling (R-IL) has proved time and again that he’s a puppet for the 1%. Schilling voted to repeal health reform, blocked the Bring Jobs Home Act, supported tax … Continue reading
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Bain Bus Tour: A Glimpse Into an Economy Run by Mitt Romney
They say you can’t predict the future, but today we got a pretty clear glimpse of what life might be like if Mitt Romney is elected president. Let us tell you, it’s not pretty. Hard-working Americans who work at Bain-owned … Continue reading
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Bobby Schilling Doesn’t Support Legislation to Keep Jobs In America
After working for the same company for more than 33 years, Tom Gaulrapp, a worker at Sensata Technologies in Freeport, Ill. will lose his job. Not because he’s retiring or because he resigned. Tom is getting laid off so his … Continue reading
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Old Habits Die Hard: Congressional Candidate Continues to Ignore Constituents
Looks like Illinois Congressional candidate Rodney Davis missed the memo—again. The Republican contender for Illinois’ 13th Congressional District has a bad habit of ignoring his constituents. He gave cold-shoulder treatment earlier this year to a voter who tried to ask … Continue reading
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Quad City, Peoria Illinois Residents say No to Romney Economy
Rock Island Dispatch (Aug. 30, 2012) Susan Edwards leads a group of protesters in front of the Rock Island County Republican headquarters in Moline on Thursday, August 30, 2012. About 25 protesters from the Quad Cities and Peoria showed up … Continue reading
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