Veteran Illinois Congressman Don Manzullo is bringing in his most recent colleague to speak on his behalf for a Friday noon fund raising luncheon in Rockford.
Tickets are still available for the 27-year old congressman’s appearance.
Manzullo’s 16th congressional district is being targeted by liberals because of how well Barack Obama did last fall. He carried McHenry County, for instance.
Still time to buy tickets. Details below:
Manzullo Welcomes Rising GOP Star to Rockford on Friday for Congressional LuncheonROCKFORD – Congressman Don Manzullo (R-Egan) will host a fundraising luncheon in Rockford on Friday. His special guest is 27-year-old Congressman Aaron Schock (R-Peoria) who will be speaking on “Reclaiming the American Dream.”
More than 400 seats have already been reserved for “The Congressional Luncheon” that will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 1 at Giovanni’s Restaurant, 610 N. Bell School Road in Rockford.
Rep. Schock was elected last November to serve the Peoria-based seat vacated by now-U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
Aaron’s political career began at an early age when the board president of his school district denied his request to graduate early from high school. When he turned 19, he ran against that school board president — and won!
At the age of 23, he was simultaneously the youngest school board president in history and the youngest Illinois State Representative.
At the age of 27, he is now the youngest Member of Congress, where he sits on the House Transportation, Small Business & Oversight and Government Reform Committees. He was also chosen by Leadership to serve as Deputy Republican Whip. He is the first Member of Congress born in the 1980s.
Manzullo, a Member of the House Financial Services Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will also briefly discuss the work he has been doing in Washington on behalf of his constituents.
Tickets are $50 per person and can be obtained by calling the Manzullo for Congress campaign headquarters at (815) 394-1992.
Manzullo’s 16th congressional district is being targeted by liberals because of how well Barack Obama did last fallI don’t think Manzullo’s being targeted just because of Obama’s success here, but also due to Manzullo’s TOTAL LACK OF EFFECTIVENESS AS A CONGRESSMAN. Let’s look at the latest example – Manzullo was on WGN radio recently and stepped-into some silly comments:
He tended to agree that “waterboarding” was torture, but that it would be too difficult to go-after those responsible for leading the U.S. to perform likely illegal acts:
“Because then you are going to have to go back and you’re going to have to go through every single interrogation and every single memo and the whole purpose of this is to relive again the fact that somebody made the decision to allow this.”I wonder if he thought his job as Congressman was to be all long-lunches and rose parties. I, for one, want a representative who fights for what’s right and doesn’t allow his constituency to have to feel that problems are better swept under the rug.
So, to Congressmen like Manzullo, I’m sure there are well-intentioned men and women of any political party who are more than interested in allowing you the time and space to ease-into a life of luxury. I’d say “you’ve earned it,” but in Manzullo’s case, I don’t know if that’s true!
Manzullo just voted AGAINST the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2009 – one of only 70 congressmen to do so.
“The measure would prohibit so-called double-cycle billing and retroactive rate hikes and would prevent companies from giving credit cards to anyone under 18.”I don’t know WHY Manzullo thought it a good idea to vote against such a measure, but it continues to baffle me: what is he doing there, anyway?