SPETRASH

SPETRASH

Political Party -
Independent

Congress Person I Agree With Most -
[|Bobby L. Rush]

Issues -
**Environment and Energy -** I think that environment is a big issue in the United States. Many areas are becoming more polluted, and a lot of it is from the Energy that we use up. For example, gasoline. Cars need gasoline to run, but, it pollutes the air. They are coming out with more and more cars that run on electricity, along with gasoline (hybrids), which I think is a good idea. Also, they are destroying natural habitats. On this one political cartoon that I saw, there was a guy who wanted to build something on the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon is a historical land mark, and I don't think that people should be building so many new things because of pollution, and the fact that some things they are building on can be natural habitats or historical landmarks. 
 * Education -** I feel that education is a very important issue. Education in the United States has been getting better - genderwise, and racewise. I feel that this is an important issue because now a days, the people that are more sucessful in life and their jobs are the people with better education. How would you have a good education without going to school or being taught?
 * Health Care -** Health Care is very important in the United States. Some people rely on this to survive. But, the cost for more of the serious illnesses are very high, and people can't pay them. The health care prices generally seem to "rise higher than the overall inflation"! I think that the economy also has a lot to do with this. But, I also think that the prices shouldn't be as high because of the fact that not everyone is able to pay these prices.

My bill -
HB 91 - This bill is about conserving energy, get better fuel efficiancy, use more renewable resources, and save more national parks.

**Five Facts - **
- On February 26th, 2009 in a press conference, Govener Patrick Quinn followed through on his pledge that he would reopen several state parks that had been shuttered because of cost-cutting measure by their former govener, Rod Blagojevich. - On October 22nd, 2008, a wind turbine blade came crashing to the ground, which stopped energy production at a small wind farm that is southwest of Wyanet. It was really loud, and some people even thought it was thunder. - On July 1st, 2006, "All Kids" was created. This is a program for kids that don't have healthcare insurance. The believe that kids should be able to recieve healthcare when they need it, not when a small problem becomes an emergancy. - Healthcare in Illinois has improved, but it still isn't the best. Better ways it improved include the following: percentage of poverty decreased .6 % and the infant mortallity rate has dropped from 10.8 deaths to 7.2 out of 1,000 per live births. Bad ways it improved are that only three states were ranked worse for the prevalence of binge drinking, Illinois being one of them. - Illinois spends a lot less on the education of poor children than it does for the wealthier. The difference between the gap is $2,065 per child. This affects the average school in many ways.

Citations -
- "No Child Left Behind Act (2002)." __Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society__. 2009. ABC-CLIO. 10 May 2009 [|http://www.issues.abc-clio.com]. - Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs. "Healthcare in America." __Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society__. 2009. ABC-CLIO. 10 May 2009 [|http://www.issues.abc-clio.com]. - 10 May 2009 []. - 10 May 2009 []. - __Blade breaks off wind tower near Wyanet, Illinois__. 23 Oct. 2008. 10 May 2009 []. - 2005. 10 May 2009 []. - 1994-2009. 10 May 2009 []. - __School Funding & Quality in Illinois: What's at Stake?__ 10 May 2009 []. - __Enchanted Learning__. 2001. 10 May 2009 []. <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">- __Facts for Kids: Illinois Indians (Illini)__. 1998 - 2007. 10 May 2009 [].