| Full Name: | Melissa Bean |
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| Gender: | Female |
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| Family: | Husband: Alan; 2 Children: Victoria, Michelle |
| Birth Date: | 01/22/1962 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, IL |
| Home City: | Barrington, IL |
| Religion: | Serbian Orthodox |
Summary
Melissa Bean
Issue Category:
- Select One down
- Abortion
- Abortion and Reproductive
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals and Wildlife
- Arts and Entertainment
- Budget, Spending and Taxes
- Business and Consumers
- Campaign Finance and Elections
- Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- Conservative
- Crime
- Death Penalty
- Defense
- Drugs
- Education
- Employment and Affirmative Action
- Energy
- Environment
- Executive Branch
- Federal, State and Local Relations
- Foreign Affairs
- Gambling and Gaming
- Government Operations
- Guns
- Health and Health Care
- Housing and Property
- Immigration
- Indigenous Peoples
- Judicial Branch
- Labor Unions
- Legislative Branch
- Liberal
- Marriage, Family, and Children
- Military Personnel
- National Security
- Science
- Senior Citizens
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Social
- Stem Cell Research
- Technology and Communication
- Trade
- Transportation
- Unemployed and Low-Income
- Veterans
- Women
Recent Key Votes
HR 847 - 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
Legislation (Yea)
Dec. 22, 2010 - Establishes the World Trade Center Health Program, beginning July 1, 2011, to provide the following (Sec. 101): Medical monitoring and treatment benefits to ...
HR 2751 - FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
Legislation (Yea)
Dec. 21, 2010 - Specifies that if the Secretary determines, based on gathered information, that there is a reasonable probability that ingesting an article of food will cause ...
HR 3082 - Continuing Appropriations
More Key Votes
Legislation (Yea)
Dec. 21, 2010 - Amends "The Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011" to extend the expiration date from December 3, 2010, to March 4, 2011 (Sec. 1). ...
Recent Public Statements
Letter to Lana Pollack, Chair of the U.S. Section International Joint Commission and Joseph Comuzzi, Chair of the Canadian Section
Oct. 7, 2010 - U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is urging members of the joint U.S.-Canadian commission that oversees the Great Lakes to support banning Canadian oil and gas drilling ...
Letter to The President
Sept. 28, 2010 - Today 181 Members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging the President to address China's unfair trade practices that ...
Bean Joins Obama at Signing of her Small Business Lending Bill
More Public Statements
Sept. 27, 2010 - As a national advocate for small business credit issues, Congresswoman Melissa Bean proudly joined President Obama today as he signed Bean's Small Business Lending Fund ...
Recent Interest Group Ratings
| Span | Name | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-2010 | Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress Net Congressional Score | 62% |
| 2009-2010 | Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress Regressive Action Score | 11 |
| 2009-2010 | Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress Progressive Action Score | 35% |
Campaign Finances
| Election Cycle | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Total Income | $0.00 |
| Total Spent | $25,239.79 |
| Cash On Hand | $0.00 |
| Debt | $0.00 |
| Source | OpenSecrets.org |
| Updated | 03/31/2011 |
Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
Melissa Bean refused to tell citizens where she stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2010 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.
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View Melissa Bean's Congressional Election 2004 National Political Awareness Test
