Rep. Melissa Bean

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 01/22/1962 Birthplace: Chicago, IL District: represents IL-08 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Serbian Orthodox. Education: BA, Political Science, Roosevelt University, 2002 AA, Oakton Community College, 1982. Last elected in 2006 receiving 93,355 (51.0%) votes. Official website
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Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $2,220,569 (#52) Spent 42% (#493) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 45% (#338) From PACs 54% (#153) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 27 (#215) Total cost $22,134,700 (#342) Received 25 (#226) Total cost $12,412,300 (#396) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 21% left-wing (#217) Predictable 89% (#384) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 4 times (#303) Avg. length 809 words (#280) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 283 (#493) Introduced 23 (#426) Debated 3 (#400) Enacted 1 (#358) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) NAACP 85% (6/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) AFL-CIO 76% (10/13 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 60% (3/5 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 57% (4/7 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 28% (4/14 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Chuck M. Gately $15,820 from September 16, 2004 to June 27, 2007 2 Paul Liebman $13,800 from March 25, 2004 to February 16, 2007 3 Gregg Steinberg $13,800 from June 27, 2002 to June 30, 2007 4 Glen Tullman $13,500 from April 10, 2004 to March 20, 2007 5 Anthony T. Dean $13,300 from November 5, 2002 to May 7, 2007 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $843,384 2 Retired $486,814 3 Medline Industries $31,800 4 Pepper Construction $23,500 5 International Profit Associates $22,000 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Shirley Bloomfield - Qwest Communications Intl, Inc. $15,000 2 Bruce R. Byrd - At&T Services, Inc. And Its Affiliates $5,000 3 Mr. Douglas P. Crew - Caterpillar Inc. $5,000 4 Ms. Ruth E. Omonijo - American Resort Development Assn $5,000 5 Mr. John E. Collingwood - Bank Of America, N.A. $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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