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Schock, Schilling, Durbin React to Obama Speech
(IRN) -- Republicans in Illinois' Congressional delegation did not think much of President Obama's jobs speech Thursday night.

U. S. Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Peoria) said Obama should take a page from his predecessors and put together a six-year highway plan if he is serious about infrastructure. He says he heard little that would assure someone who is out of work. He points to, for example, $50 billion in construction spending that is a repeat of an idea that Republicans say was not effective the last time Obama tried it.

U. S. Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-Colona) says he went in -- and came out -- with an open mind but is still waiting to hear the details. One idea he said Obama could use is a tax break for offshore-headquartered companies to move back to the U. S. Schilling noted Obama's style was uncharacteristically tentative and that, like almost everyone who spends a few years in the White House, has gone quite gray.

Meanwhile, U. S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is optimistic the Obama jobs plan will become reality, and he shoots down criticism that it won’t affect the people who are unemployed now. "If you are giving a payroll tax cut to working families, you're putting more spending dollars in their hands. That creates demand," Durbin said. "If you are refinancing mortgages, and he talked about reducing the mortgage interest rate four percent, you are creating a demand for people to go and consider buying or refinancing a home."

(Illinois Radio Network)
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