District Newsletters


Listed below are summaries of recent electronic communications to 8th District residents. Click on any topic to view the entire newsletter.

June 24, 2008 Update from Congresswoman Melissa Bean It's been a busy few weeks in Washington, and I've been grateful for the chance to speak with many of you during our recent telephone town halls. What I've heard are the same things I've been told by many of you at the grocery store, our schools and at local businesses - concerns about the economy and rising gas prices.

April 30, 2008 Update from Congresswoman Melissa Bean As spring finally arrives in our Northwest suburbs, many of us are taking the opportunity to get back outdoors, look forward to summer, and for those with kids preparing for college, even look toward the fall.  As your representative in Congress, I wanted to take this chance to update you on legislation I’ve been working on in Washington that affects you and your families.

March 26, 2008 Tax Tips from Congresswoman Melissa Bean This time of year, many of you are completing your tax returns, and I wanted to give you some important information you may want to keep in mind.  This email includes some facts about several credits and deductions that qualified taxpayers often forget to claim when they prepare their returns.

March 2, 2008 Green Innovation Initative I'm writing to tell you about my Green Innovation Initiative, a trio of bills I just introduced to provide incentives to builders, businesses and homeowners to invest in green technology and green buildings.

February 27, 2008 Information on Economic Stimulus In the past few weeks, my colleagues in Congress and I came together with the President in a bipartisan way to swiftly pass a stimulus package to help our faltering economy. I worked to ensure that small businesses, the engines of our community economy, were included in the bill and provided with the tools they need to continue investment and growth. I believe that these temporary measures will strengthen the economic health of our businesses, our nation and our families.

February 13, 2008 Stimulus bill now law! Today I was honored to join my Congressional colleagues at a White House ceremony to mark the President’s signing of H.R. 5140, the bipartisan economic stimulus package. 

January 22, 2008 Update from Congresswoman Melissa Bean: CN Rail Congestion Thank you for your overwhelming response to my invitation to attend one of the Surface Transportation Board’s scoping meetings last week. Almost 1,700 people showed up at the scoping sessions at the Crown Plaza in Mundelein and the Makray Memorial Golf Club in Barrington. Residents from across the district attended and I was told by one Surface Transportation Board employee they had never seen anything like it.