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Voters Picket Schilling's Office
A group of Galesbug residents say Congressman Bobby Schilling needs to do more in order to solve the current political and financial situation.

About six Galesburg residents showed up at Schilling's office in the Galesburg Commerce Center Wednesday morning, looking to hand him what turned out to be a small stack of signs that all say "Don't Default on the American Dream."

The group was made up of members of the Knox County Progressives, some of whom also purport to be members of MoveOn.org.

One of those is Joel Ward.

"Asking him to save our middle class, our nation, whatever it is that our members are interested in saving. We have a pile of petitions here from residents of the 17th Congressional District to take in to him."

Schilling was one of the "yes" votes Tuesday on the plan that was in the house which would have lead to the debt ceiling being raised, which didn't sit too well with some of the members.

The petitions were handed to Schilling's Galesburg office assistant.

Shilling said on the floor of the House Tuesday that passing the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act would create economic certainty.


(A group of six Knox County Progressives supporters prepare to give petitions to Rep. Bobby Schilling's Galesburg office Wednesday. WGIL News Story and Photo by Will Stevenson."
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