(R-Illinois) Rep. Aaron Schock resigns

[Cigar]

I bet he was for cutting food stamps and not raising the min wage, while being for tax cuts for the rich and tax breaks for corporations

Well he's a Conservative Republican

[texan]

So he is for good jobs then. Dems are for part time low paying minimum wage jobs. Why do you think they want that minimum wage raised so badly? Can't produce good jobs?

[Bob]

I saw this coming a mile away ... the Illinois AG was on it.

Won't surprise me if the Illinois AG is put into prison. That state has the worst reputation.

[Bob]

Why is every jerk on the Democrats side bleating about tax cuts for the rich? Really???????????

When Bush cut taxes, he cut them for all of us. Same with Reagan and same for Kennedy. No Democrat screeches that Kennedy cut taxes for the rich.

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[texan]

Illinois is the most crooked state in the country, then New Orleans..................
Rod Blagojevich

[gamewell45]

The Sage makes some brash statements about the guy, just because you are a business man doesn't mean you automatically don't know anything about life. So unlike the ideological bombs thrower I looked him up on WIKI. Looks to me like he lost his way a bit to ambition. I don't much about him, but he doesn't fit the description posted above:
Early life, education and career

Schock was born in Morris, Minnesota,^[3] the youngest of the four children^[4] of Janice Marie, a homemaker, and Richard Schock, a family practice physician and former school board member.^[5][6][7] During his early years, the family lived on a rural farm site where the children were given the responsibility of tending a three acre patch of strawberries and selling the fruit.^[8] When he was in fourth grade, his family moved to Peoria. In 1995, he was elected to the executive board of the Illinois Association of Junior High Student Councils.^[9]
Schock began working during the fifth grade, doing database management as an independent contractor for a bookstore chain.^[10] He later bought event tickets for a licensed ticket broker, using six phone lines and thirteen credit cards, and investing his earnings in the stock market.^[10] When he was in the eighth grade, he began doing the accounting work for a gravel pit, a job he kept throughout his high school years.^[10] Schock started his own Individual Retirement Account at age 14.^[11]
Schock attended Richwoods High School.^[8] By his junior year of high school, he had completed nearly all of his graduation requirements, and had few course options available because the school district had recently discontinued most of the advanced placement and other advanced courses due to budget cuts.^[12][13] School district policy did not allow him to graduate early, and the board members refused his requests to change the policy.^[8][12] He began attending classes at Illinois Central College in East Peoria, earning dual credits toward high school and college graduation.^[13] He graduated from high school in 2000.^[8]
Schock received his Bachelor of Science degree from Bradley University in 2002,^[3] with a major in finance.^[14] During college, he invested in real estate and ran Garage Tek, a garage organizing business.^[10] Schock sold his Garage Tek franchise in 2004 before running for state representative.^[15]

That's great, but apparently this guy is a crook. I will say that he did the right thing and resigned from office since there was overwhelming evidence facing him.

[Cigar]

Won't surprise me if the Illinois AG is put into prison. That state has the worst reputation.

since 2003 Lisa Madigan

[exotix]

Schock lawyers up

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/0...up-115476.html

Rep. Aaron Schock has hired two prominent Washington defense attorneys and a public relations firm to respond to the swirling controversy and a potential ethics probe over how he has financed his lavish lifestyle.

The move by the embattled Illinois Republican comes amid continuing questions about his use of campaign and office accounts to pay for pricey travel and accommodations.

His office has refused to respond to specific questions from POLITICO, including issues raised over the past week about a trip he took to London nearly four years ago as part of an annual event featuring Prince Charles.

Schock has hired William McGinley and Don McGahn of the Washington law firm Jones Day to lead his legal team.

Veteran GOP communications operatives Ron Bonjean and Brian Walsh are helping manage his response, according to sources close to the matter.

Schock’s decision to hire outside help to manage the continuing fallout signals a new, more serious stage of the unfolding scandal.

He has flown on private jets, stayed in five-star hotels and collected tens of thousands of dollars in mileage reimbursements from his campaign and the government.

In addition, Schock used his campaign account last year to purchase a nearly $74,000 Chevy Tahoe that he uses while in the district.


Schock’s office said he is conducting an internal audit to review his spending practices.

“After questions were first raised in the press, Congressman Schock took the proactive step of assembling a team to review the compliance procedures in his official office, campaign and leadership PAC,” a spokesman said.

“The purpose of the review is to identify any areas that need improvement and to assist with designing and implementing any changes.

The congressman takes his compliance obligations seriously, which is why he took this proactive step to review these procedures.”

But his staff declined to answer more detailed questions about his activities.


POLITICO has repeatedly sought information regarding Schock’s trip in June 2011 to London.

He stayed at Claridge’s, a five-star hotel where the least expensive rooms currently cost $500 per night.

He also was scheduled to visit the city’s posh clothing stores and dined at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, according to the documents.

The trip, which included events organized by the nonprofit Prince of Wales Foundation, was not an official government trip and was not reported as a gift.

Schock’s office would not say whether he paid for it.
If he personally covered the cost of the trip, Schock would not be required to disclose it.

The London trip was discovered as part of a cache of documents obtained by POLITICO detailing several years of Schock’s personal, political and governmental travel.


House rules require the Ethics Committee to sign off on any trip paid for by a private source, including charities such as the Prince of Wales Foundation, or a donor.

The Prince of Wales Foundation has not responded to multiple requests for comment.

If the trip was approved by the Ethics Committee, Schock then would have had to disclose the itinerary and who paid for it to the ethics panel and on his annual financial disclosure form. Schock did not report the trip.

If it was a political excursion, Schock could have used campaign funds.

However, the London itinerary does not appear to involve any congressional or political activities.

Barbara Allbritton, the mother of POLITICO owner Robert Allbritton, is on the board of directors of the Prince of Wales Foundation.

[Cigar]

Illinois is the most crooked state in the country, then New Orleans..................
Rod Blagojevich

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