Melissa Bean Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies

Melissa Bean’s Recent Voting Records and Legislative History in Congress

Indications of Corruption or Ethical Dysfunction

Earmarking Summary

State: Illinois Party: Democrat Former Occupation: Sales, Business Representative Since: 2005 Next Election: 2010

(Note: all corruption will not be listed. Since "corrupt" is a yes/no descriptor, further investigations become redundant after one incident is uncovered.)

Melissa Bean Corruption Investigation Results and/or Ethical Deficiencies Found:

Paybacks:

History of rewarding campaign contributors with taxpayer funds. Seattle Times Favor Factory Investigation uncovered 3 2008 earmarks totalling $3.4 Million for Recon Optical, a subsidiary of Bourns, after receipt of $3070 in campaign donations.

Melissa Bean Voting and Legislative Records in Congress:

• Tort Reform - Medical Malpractice Reform S11 7/03:

  No, Representative Bean opposes reform

• Balanced Budget Amendment:

  No, Bean has not supported requiring Congress to spend within government means.

• Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) HouseVote#831 8/07, HR4761 6/06:

  No, Melissa Bean prefers dependence upon importation of oil, opposing energy independence efforts that include drilling for US oil supplies.

• Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:

  Yes, Bean supports increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.

• Amnesty/Citizenship for Illegal Border Crossers S2611 5/06:

  Yes, Melissa Bean supports granting citizenship to those who manage to slip into the country illegally.

• Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 4173 12/09:

  Yes, Melissa Bean supports federal government expansion of involvement and control over private industry.

• Auto Company Bailouts HR 7005 12/08:

  Yes, supports taxpayer bailouts of private industry

• Bank Bailouts -TARP HR1424 10/08:

  Yes, Bean supports taxpayer bailouts for financial institutions that gamble and lose

• 2009 Stimulus Bill HR1 2/09:

  Yes, Supported the $787 Billion spending plan

• 2009 Omnibus HR1105 3/09:

  No, Representative Bean opposed the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill

• Health Care HR3590 03/10:

  Yes, Supported laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery

Melissa Bean Earmark History:

• Light Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives

  • $9,605,314 of taxpayer money requested by Melissa Bean in 2009 budget specifically for entities and projects not considered worthy of financing through transparent means in the official federal budget.(Ref: Center for Responsive Politics and Taxpayers for Common Sense)

Charted Comparison of House Colleagues to Melissa Bean Voting Records

Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for House of Representatives Colleagues of Bean