How local lawmakers voted on transit bailout
SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a mass transit bailout backed, in part, by higher sales taxes in the suburbs. Because Gov. Rod Blagojevich changed the deal, it will face another vote in order to become law.
The Illinois Senate approved the deal 30-25. It needed 30 votes.
Area senators voting for it:
Dan Cronin, Elmhurst Republican
Kirk W. Dillard, Hinsdale Republican
Susan Garrett, Lake Forest Democrat
Don Harmon, Oak Park Democrat
Dan Kotowski, Park Ridge Democrat
Terry Link, Waukegan Democrat
John J. Millner, Carol Stream Republican
Michael Noland, Elgin Democrat
Arthur "AJ" Wilhelmi, Joliet Democrat
Area senators voting against it:
Pamela J. Althoff, McHenry Republican
Michael Bond, Grayslake Democrat
Linda Holmes, Aurora Democrat
Randall M. Hultgren, Winfield Republican
Chris Lauzen, Aurora Republican
Matt Murphy, Palatine Republican
Carole Pankau, Roselle Republican
William E. Peterson, Long Grove Republican
The Illinois House approved the deal 62-51. It needed 60 votes.
Area representatives voting for it:
Linda Chapa-LaVia, Aurora Democrat
Paul Froehlich, Schaumburg Democrat
Carolyn H. Krause, Mount Prospect Republican
Sidney H. Mathias, Buffalo Grove Republican
Rosemary Mulligan, Des Plaines Republican
Elaine Nekritz, Northbrook Democrat
Kathleen A. Ryg, Vernon Hills Democrat
Eddie Washington, Waukegan Democrat
Area representatives voting against it or "present":
Mark H. Beaubien Jr., Barrington Hills Republican
Robert A. "Bob" Biggins, Elmhurst Republican
Franco Coladipietro, Bloomingdale Republican
Sandy Cole, Grayslake Republican
Fred Crespo, Hoffman Estates Democrat
Tom Cross, Oswego Republican (House Republican leader)
Joe Dunn, Naperville Republican
Mike Fortner, West Chicago Republican
Jack D. Franks, Woodstock Democrat
Brent Hassert, Romeoville Republican
Patricia Reid Lindner, Aurora Republican
James H. "Jim" Meyer, Naperville Republican
Ruth Munson, Elgin Republican
JoAnn Osmond, Antioch Republican
Sandra M. Pihos, Glen Ellyn Republican
Randy Ramey, Carol Stream Republican
Dennis Reboletti, Elmhurst Republican
Angelo "Skip" Saviano, Elmwood Park Republican
Timothy L. Schmitz, Batavia Republican
Ed Sullivan Jr., Mundelein Republican
Michael Tryon, Crystal Lake Republican
Absent:
Suzanne "Suzie" Bassi, Rolling Meadows Republican
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