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Crosstown Expressway clears Illinois House vote
A coalition of Chicago and Downstate lawmakers fought for hours to defeat the Crosstown Expressway bond bill, but HB2414 passed 110 to 54. The measure raises transportation bond authority by 162 million, sending the bill to the Senate as adjournment nears.
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Tom Wellman
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
House
Senate
Downstate
Clarence Darrow
D-Rock Island
John Dunn
D-Decatur
Jim McPike
D-Alton
Richard Mulcahey
D-Durand
Larry Stuffle
D-Charleston
Rolland Tipsword
D-Taylorville
Robert Winchester
Crosstown
Joe Lucco
D-Edwardsville
Siu-Edwardsville
Lucco
Ilinois
Monroe Flinn
Dcahokia
Douglas Kane
James Thompson
Chicago
Michael Bilandic
Crics
Bills
Illinois House