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Rebecca Mannion Illinois Moderate
 * the rep. I agree most with Michael J. Madigan**


 * Five Interesting Facts About Illinois:**
 * The world's first Skyscraper was built in Chicago, 1885.
 * Peoria is the oldest community in Illinois.
 * The first Mormon Temple in Illinois was constructed in Nauvoo.
 * The Sears Tower, Chicago is the tallest building on the North American continent.
 * Metropolis the home of Superman really exists in Southern Illinois
 * Illinois had two capital cities, Kaskaskia, and Vandalia before Springfield.
 * The NFL's Chicago Bears were first known as the "Staley Bears". They were organized in 1920, in Decatur.

**1)** -Illinois state senator, backed at least a dozen animal protection laws, including those to strengthen the penalties for animal cruelty, to help animal shelters, to promote spaying and neutering, and to ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption. **2)**- activists have formed powerful organizations to protect everything from domestic pets to chickens and even whales. **3)**-hazardous waste can ca use serious health issues.
 * Five Important Facts Related to my issues:**
 * 4)**-hazardous waste is a threat to animals and wildlife
 * 5)-**cleaning up hazardous waste is a very complex process

1.//**Animal rights**//- Traditionally the law has had no rights upon animals, but in the past 2 centuries more people have come to argue that animals don't have moral rights and should have legal rights. This is a serious issue to many people, many belive that animals should have the same legal rights as humans. I believe that animals should have some rights, we do need some animals for food tec. but they should have some legal rights. 2. //**Hazardous waste disposial**//- Hazardous waste can be very dangerous and damaging to humans as well as wildlife. It can cause many serious health complications. Hazardous waste is burned at high temperatures. Lastly, hazardous waste can explode. I think that we should do our best to safely get rid of hazardous waste. 3.//**Health care**//- Health care is also another important issue to me, For most people today, the costs of health care for a serious illness/ injury are very high and they can't expect to cover the costs with their own income.Health care costs have generally been rising faster and harder to pay. In the past the role of the federal government in health care was very limited, now it is very important.I think that everyone should have access to health care, its not fair for people to not get operations or treatments when they are turley needed, some people just cannot afford it and we should do our best to help.
 * Important issues to myself-**
 * my bill**: My bill is to use laptops in schools instead of using the large amounts of paper needed. It will work because if every student had a laptop of their own avaliable it would help them in many ways, they could go on online textbooks which would eliminate the cost of textbooks per year. This would save the school alot of money and chaos. It will also in a way help the environment because we will be using less paper. People should vote for this bill for many reasons. It will help further education, save money , and its a exciting new things for students to use rather than taking notes from a textbook.
 * Sources:**
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Hoeflich, Michael H. "Animal Rights: Overview." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 8 Apr. 2011. 2. http://issues.abc-clio.com/Topics/Display/1075588?cid=41&terms=hazardous+waste 3 .http://issues.abc-clio.com/Topics/Display/913392?cid=41&terms=health+care 4. []
 * Newton, David. "Hazardous Waste Disposal: Overview." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 8 Apr. 2011**
 * Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs. "Health Care in America: Overview." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 8 Apr. 2011.**
 * **5.http://www.housedem.state.il.us/members/madiganm/