bobby schilling

Despite a report in Roll Call earlier this week that former Congressman Bobby Schilling was considering a run to replace Rep. Aaron Schock in the 18th Congressional district and speculation by, well, me that a press conference scheduled for this morning likely was to be the launch of a campaign, that is not what happened...

Former Congressman Bobby Schilling has been a frequent guest on the program, dating back to his first run for office back in 2010. After winning the 17th District Congressional seat, Bobby lost a remapped 17th to current Rep. Cheri Bustos in 2012 and was defeated in a rematch in 2014 ...

Bobby Schilling served one term in the House as Illinois’ congressman from the 17th district. He’d like to return to Washington, but first he must win a rematch with the current Congresswoman, Cheri Bustos. Since his time in D.C., the district has been redrawn by Illinois Democrats to make it even more favorable to Rep...

Bobby Schilling served one term in the House as Illinois’ congressman from the 17th district. He’d like to return to Washington, but first he must win a rematch with the current Congresswoman, Cheri Bustos. Schilling joined the show earlier this week to explain his priorities for a potential return to D...

Bobby Schilling served one term in the House as Illinois' congressman from the 17th district. He'd like to return to Washington, but first he must win a Rocky II-type rematch with the current Congresswoman, Cheri Bustos. Much has been made in the past week or so about a promise that Bustos made in front of the Chicago Tribune editorial board that she has yet to make good on...

Caterpillar made it official on Friday, as feared. The company will consolidate its Anchor Coupling plants in Sterling and Dixon and move them jobs and manufacturing to Michigan. The announcement had been rumored since early May when Cat said it was looking to consolidate those plants somewhere in North America...

Riley & I had the pleasure of welcoming former 17th District Congressman (and current candidate for that seat) Bobby Schilling to our studios. Schilling represented the 17th District from 2011-2013 and now will rematch against the incumbent Democrat Rep. Ch...

Former Congressman Bobby Schilling isn't a fan of the President's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour.  Joining "Riley & Scot" Wednesday morning, he said a move like that would only result in fewer jobs available for those just starting out in the labor market: One of the things that he doesn't talk about is the fact that the majority of these minimum wage jobs that