Voting Record
- 2003 - Voted to end discrimination in the cost of college by allowing the children of immigrants to pay the same tuition rates as everyone else in their high school graduation classes.
- 2005 - Upheld our obligations to those who give their lives to public service by voting down a law that would force them to help pay for their own pensions.
- 2007 - Strengthened our school system by voting to prohibit the State Board of Education or local school boards from giving tax payer support to low quality online forms of Primary and Secondary education.
- 2009 - Voted to impeach the corrupt former Governor Rod Blagojavich.
- 2009 - Voted against forcing political candidates to claim legal expenses under campaign finance.
- 2011 - Voted against the expansion of gambling.
- 2012 - Voted to uphold our First Amendment rights by allowing citizens to record the actions of the police in public areas.
- 2012 - Voted to lessen the environmental impact of plastic bag usage by making manufacturers responsible for recycling of the bags they produce.
- 2012 - Voted against providing short-cuts that would allow criminals back on our streets.
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