The Economist traveled to Peoria in late 2013, as Congress was paralyzed by wranglings between Democrats and Republicans over the federal budget, and found that, in “Anytown USA,” “pragmatic ways [were] being trampled by partisan purists who do not speak for the majority.”
Peoria
A digital companion to the biography Becoming Richard Pryor
How the Shutdown Plays in Peoria
Date: 10/12/2013
Citation:
[Lexington], "How the shutdown plays in Peoria," The Economist, Oct. 12, 2013.