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Thoughts of a Regular Guy (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Melissa Bean. She voted for TARP. She voted for Obama's stimulus. She voted for Cap & Trade. She opposed the Stupak amendment, and then voted for the healthcare bill. She ran as a social moderate and a fiscal conservative, and voted like a down-the-line liberal. It's time for voters in northern Illinois to bring her home, and to make it up to the rest of the country by sending to...
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The Whig (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... included language making it harder to develop wind power in western states and a section by Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.) to prevent regulatory action she said could shut down the multitrillion-dollar market for over-the-counter derivatives. And Republican leaders made all sorts of promises during the infamous three-hour vote in 2003 to pass Medicare prescription drug coverage. They...
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illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
from the RNCC The controversy over the stimulus package continues, both nationally and in Illinois – creating a political problem for the Illinois Democrats who blindly supported the bill that has created more government, but not more jobs. All three of Illinois’ vulnerable Democrats in the House- Melissa Bean , Debbie Halvorson and Bill Foster – voted for this $787 billion boondoggle...
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Across the Great Divide (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... a 38-29 margin, but three Democrats joined with all Republicans voting no. Those three Democrats--Melissa Bean (D-IL), Dan Maffei (D-NY), and Gregory Meeks (D-NY)--received an average of $99,483 from banks' PACs in the last two years, 119% more than the average of $45,358 received by the 38 Democrats voting for tougher regulation. Comparing the averages implies that the financial...
