Phil Hare

Phil Hare was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the Seventeenth Congressional District of Illinois from 2007 to 2011.

Environmental record
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Biography
Born in Galesburg, IL, Hare was raised in Rock Island. He worked as a factory worker and union organizer before his friend, Lane Evans, was elected to Congress in 1982, at which point he left his job to become Evans' District Director. He and his wife Becky have two daughters. 

2006 elections
Hare defeated Republican Rep. Andrea Lane Zinga 57%-43% to replace retiring Rep. Lane Evans in the 2006 congressional elections. 

Money in politics
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Committees and Affiliations

 * House Committee on Education and Labor
 * Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education
 * Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
 * Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
 * House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
 * Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
 * Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
 * House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
 * Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
 * Subcommittee on Health

Resources

 * Phil Hare for Congress, official campaign site.

Local blogs and discussion sites

 * Philosophe Forum
 * Prairie State Blue - Statewide Illinois Progressive Politics Blog