(Moline, Ill) -- On Thursday, October 11, Quad City residents will join to support Congressional Candidate Cheri Bustos at WQAD TV station in Moline as Bustos debates Mr. 1% candidate Bobby Schilling.

"We have to stop Bobby Schilling (IL 17) from getting re-elected, not because he's a bad man, but because he does not understand the issues and instead votes for tax cuts for millionaires," said Lynda Harper, a Rock Island resident. "He calls himself a moderate but the truth is he voted with the Republican Party 92% of the time.  He won't sign the Bring Jobs Home Act and is currently allowing good jobs to be shipped overseas.  He hasn't stood up for seniors or children and says he will support a Romney/Ryan healthcare bill and economy --he is out of touch.  Whereas Bustos has promised to represent working families and make the richest 1% pay their fair share in taxes as well as keep middle class jobs here in the U.S."

For months, constituents of Rep. Bobby Schilling have asked him to back an economy that works for everyone but he just keeps rubberstamping a 'trickle down' economic approach that only makes the rich richer.  Schilling says he will support a Romney Economy and this means one thing: profits before people.

WHO:  99% Voters" from IL 17 Congressional District

WHAT: Rally to Support Bustos for Congress (IL 17) - Say "No" to Mr. 1% Candidate Bobby Schilling

WHEN: 5:45 p.m. Thursday, October 11, 2012

PLACE: In front of WQAD TV Station, 3003 Park 16th Street, Moline, Illinois

NOTE: This effort by 99% Voters in the community and members of Action Now Illinois is NOT
authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

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[Moline, Ill] The Bain Worker Bus tour will arrive in Moline, Illinois today. Current and former employees of Bain Capital-owned companies launched the month-long journey across the country to persuade voters in key states to reject Mitt Romney's economic vision for our country.

The tour kicked off with a rally in St. Louis, Missouri and is taking the Bain workers' message straight to voters as it winds its way across the country, culminating in a day of action in Boston, Massachusetts where both Romney's campaign and Bain Capital are headquartered.

On Monday, September 24, Quad City area residents, many of them underemployed and jobless will greet the Bain Worker Bus with a rally and welcome signs.

After kicking off in St Louis, MO, the tour stopped in Freeport, IL, where 170 workers at a Bain-owned Sensata plant are facing imminent outsourcing of their jobs to China and calling on former Bain CEO Romney to intercede on their behalf. Workers then travel to the Quad Cities today in Illinois...then Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, and on to the presidential debate in Hempstead, NY.

Activities planned at various stops of the Bain Worker Bus include rallies and other public events, as well as meetings with voters, canvassing, and other voter contact activities. Each tour participant?a current or former worker at a Bain-owned company?will spend anywhere from one night to a few weeks traveling on the bus, bringing their messages to voters and low-wage workers they meet along the way.

The Bain Worker Bus Tour is being sponsored by the 99% movement, a coalition of progressive organizations such as Stand Up Chicago, Progress Missouri, and SEIU, that has been advocating for economic policies that benefit working Americans.

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