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'''Cheri Bustos''', is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], representing the 17th district of [[Illinois]]. She defeated incumbent Bobby Schilling (R) in the November 2012 election.<ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress-legacy/the-new-faces-of-the-113th-congress-20121105 ''National Journal'' "The New Faces of the 113th Congress," November 15, 2012]</ref> | '''Cheri Bustos''', is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], representing the 17th district of [[Illinois]]. She defeated incumbent Bobby Schilling (R) in the November 2012 election.<ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress-legacy/the-new-faces-of-the-113th-congress-20121105 ''National Journal'' "The New Faces of the 113th Congress," November 15, 2012]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 10:51, 13 November 2014
Template:TOCnestleft Cheri Bustos, is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 17th district of Illinois. She defeated incumbent Bobby Schilling (R) in the November 2012 election.[1]
Background
A former investigative journalist in Illinois’ Quad Cities focusing on crime, city government and health care, she gained public attention for her hard hitting investigations of public corruption. These included police department officials that withheld arrest reports of prominent and politically connected people and a fire chief who made a practice of submitting fraudulent restaurant receipts for reimbursement.
After leaving journalism, Bustos entered the nonprofit sector and worked in community relations and communications for health care providers. She served as the Vice President of Public Relations and Communications at Iowa Health System, the nation’s fifth largest nonprofit, nondenominational health system in the nation.[2]
2012 CLW House victories
2012 Council for a Livable World House Victories were;
Ron Barber (D-AZ), Ami Bera (D-CA), Tim Bishop (D-NY) Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Joe Garcia (D-FL), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Denny Heck (D-WA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH), Dave Loebsack (D-IA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Rick Nolan (D-MN), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Brad Schneider(D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter(D–NH), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ),Mark Takano(D-CA) and John Tierney(D-MA)..[3]
The Council said of Bustos;
- Bustos supports further nuclear weapons negotiations with Russia to build on the success of the New START treaty. She supports full funding for efforts to retrieve and secure dangerous nuclear weapons that are vulnerable to terrorist threat and favors ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Bustos also sees these measures as small but significant steps toward a world free of nuclear weapons.
- Bustos recognizes that a belligerent and unilateral global military posture does not make the United States safer from a terrorist threat. She supports the goal of withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan by 2013. She also recommends stressing diplomatic rather than military approaches to dealing with Iranian and North Korean nuclear ambitions.[4]