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Melissa Bean
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by Progress Illinois
10:25am
Mon Aug 10, 2009
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Health Care Roundup: Citizen Action Pressures Bean, Durbin "Open" To Alternatives

Dick Durbin

Here's the latest Illinois-centric health care news: Citizen Action Targets Bean, Halvorson, Foster In today's edition of Crain's, Paul Merrion writes that, when it comes to health care reform, suburban Reps. Melissa Bean, Debbie Halvorson, and Bill Foster are all &...

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by Adam Doster
11:08am
Thu Aug 6, 2009
7 comments

Health Care Roundup: Senate Deal Details, Bean Still Waffling

Dan Lipinski

Here's our latest health care round-up: Senate Finance Closer To Deal The Washington Post has the scoop of the morning, reporting that Senate negotiators in the crucial Finance Committee -- the only committee with jurisdiction over health care that hasn't yet ...

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by Adam Doster
4:30pm
Wed Aug 5, 2009
1 comment

Health Care Round-Up: Schock Misleads, Bean And Foster Still Undecided

Melissa Bean

As the national battle over health care reform enters a crucial
stage and lawmakers make their case to voters during the August recess,
we're going to be regularly tracking the latest health care news across
Illinois. Here's our first update:

Schock's Misleading ...

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by Angela Caputo
12:57pm
Tue Jul 14, 2009

Woodstock Institute's Call To Action

Consumer protection

Determined to curtail the financial industry's stranglehold on American consumers, Sen. Dick Durbin began pressing months ago
for the creation of an independent agency that would protect consumers
from predatory practices. Reining in the banks' extraordinary political
...

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by Adam Doster
4:26pm
Wed Jul 8, 2009
2 comments

Rep. Bean Considers A Second Stimulus

Stimulus bill

The nation's economic climate is still pretty grim. Unemployment,
which some predict will exceed 10 percent next year, is rising at a
quicker pace than the White House projected in January, weeks before
they passed their historic $787 billion stimulus package. And the
...

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by Adam Doster
4:01pm
Thu Mar 19, 2009
4 comments

Bean Backs AIG Bonuses (UPDATE)

Melissa Bean

On Sunday, we noticed an unsettling quote from suburban Democratic Rep. Melissa Bean. In an AP article
about the rising influence of “moderate” Democrats in Congress, Bean
made quite clear that she views the business community as her primary constituent:

“We’re ...

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by Adam Doster
2:34pm
Wed Mar 4, 2009
1 comment

Bean And The Blue Dogs

Dick Durbin

After a winter storm
blanketed much of the Washington, D.C. area on Monday, making it difficult
for lawmakers to get back to the capitol from their districts, the
House pushed back the items on this week’s agenda, including a possible vote on their version of Sen. Dick ...

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by Angela Caputo
6:21pm
Tue Sep 30, 2008
2 comments

Bean, Jackson Jr. Provide Contrasting Views On The Bailout Plan

Melissa Bean

Democratic Reps. Melissa Bean and Jesse Jackson Jr. both hit the airwaves today, adding their two cents to the ongoing conversation about a proposed Wall Street
bailout. While the pair cast diametrical votes on the House floor yesterday --
Bean supported the plan, Jackson ...

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by Adam Doster
12:45pm
Fri Jun 20, 2008
4 comments

Democrats Cave On FISA

Civil liberties

This morning, the House passed The FISA Amendment Act of 2008 by a vote of 293-129. Authored by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, it was billed as a bipartisan compromise. The Media Consortium's Brian Beutler writes that while it certainly did garner support from both ...