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      <excerpt>...a portion to the Defense Department to run a military prison for Guantanamo detainees. Illinois House Republicans and Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.) are against the plan. Schoenberg is the Senate co-chair of the 12-member state Commission on Government Fore</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>WASHINGTON--Illinois State Sen. Jeff Schoenberg (D-Evanston) briefed me Thursday on what is involved on the state end in selling Thomson Correctional Center in northwest Illinois to the federal government. 
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      <excerpt> Moderate Democrats, led by Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.), proposed an amendment that would exempt national banks from this additional regulation, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> US Rep. Melissa Bean, D-8th, could be unopposed in the February Democratic primary if the state election board ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Democratic Rep. Melissa Bean of Barrington said she remains &amp;quot;opposed to transferring Guantanamo detainees to Illinois, or anywhere in the United States, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...2008 net worth ranged from $135,015 to $432,000 (299th). In 2007, it was $137,014 to $459,000 (307th). Democratic Rep. Melissa Bean's 2008 net worth was somewhere between $36,026 and $369,000 (325th). In 2007, it ranged from $66,027 to $468,000 (317th).</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Our representative in Congress, Melissa Bean, listened to her constituents&amp;#39; concerns, declined to take a stand and when the time came for a vote on health ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Ryan followed the presidential campaign trail in Illinois and Ohio and covered numerous other races, including the Phil Crane and Melissa Bean battle. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Mark Beaubien, R-Wauconda, US Rep. Melissa Bean, D-Ill., and several members of the college&amp;#39;s Board of Trustees were on hand for the event, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Melissa Bean 1701 E. Woodfield Road Suite 200. Schaumburg, IL 60173. Phone: 847-517-2927. Fax: 847-517-2931. Rep. Zack Space 315 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515. Phone: (202) 225-6265. Fax: (202) 225-3394. Rep. ...</excerpt>
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