SCHAKOWSKY, JANICE D

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SCHAKOWSKY, JANICE D
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: Experience: House: District 9, 1999-Present; Home State: Illinois; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,096,831Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Janice 'Jan' D. Schakowsky

Gender: Female

Family: Husband: Robert Creamer; 2 Children: Ian, Mary; 1 Stepchild: Lauren

Birth Date: 05/26/1944

Birth Place: Chicago, IL

Home City: Evanston, IL

Religion: Jewish

Education

BS, Elementary Education, University of Illinois, 1965

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1998-present

Chief Deputy Whip, United States House of Representatives, present

Democratic Floor Leader, Illinois State House of Representatives, 1994-1998

Representative, Illinois State House of Representatives, 1990-1998

Candidate, Cook County Board, 1986

Current Legislative Committees

Energy and Commerce, Member

Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce), Member

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Energy and Commerce), Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Secretary, Conference of Women Legislators

Member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

Member, Congressional Caucus on Womens Issues

Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Vice Chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus

Member, Democratic Homeland Security Task Force

Member, Democratic Steering Committee

Founding Member, Equality Caucus

Vice Chair, House Democratic Caucus Special Committee on Election Reform

Member, Advisory Board, Illinois Task Force on Child Support

Chair, International Workers Rights Caucus

Member, Manufacturing Caucus

Founding Member, Out of Iraq Caucus

Member, Populist Caucus

Member, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Member, Trade Working Group

Delegate, White House Conference on Aging

Vice Chair, Women's Caucus

Appointee, Evanston Energy Alternatives Task Force, 1989-1993

Professional Experience

Executive Director, Illinois State Council for Senior Citizens, 1985-1990

Program Director, Illinois Public Action, 1976-1985

Teacher, Head Start, 1965-1967

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Governing Council, American Jewish Congress, Midwest Region

Member, Advisory Board, Better Existence with HIV

Member, Advisory Board, Child Care Center of Evanston

Member, Policy Council, Citizen Action of Illinois

Member, Board of Directors, Council for Disability Rights

Member, Advisory Board, Help Network

Member, Illinois Pro-Choice Alliance

Member, Board of Directors, Illinois Public Action

Member, Advisory Board, Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership

Member, Advisory Board, Infant Welfare Society of Evanston Incorporated

Member, Advisory Board, Interfaith House

Chair, Jewish United Fund, Government Agency Division

Member, Advisory Board, Midwest Palliative and Hospice Care Center

Member, Mother's Voices

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Member, National Organization for Women (NOW)

Member, Advisory Board, Neighbors at Work

Member, Advisory Board, Rogers Park Community Action Network

Member, Skokie Chamber of Commerce

Member, Advisory Board, Ted Fund

Member, Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees

Member, Advisory Board, Women Employed

Member, Advisory Board, Women for Economic Security

Member, Advisory Board, Women's Treatment Center

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Support Abortion should be decided by a woman herself. It is an important part of their health rights and reproductive freedom.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Strongly Oppose The death penalty should be abolished. We should let judges and juries decide what penalties to apply in each case.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Support A progressive income tax is necessary in modern society. That is the right way to run our tax system.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Support The federal government should intervene in the economy and inject as much funding as needed to recover from the Great Recession, including direct federal job creation.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Oppose Public schools are an important component of American society. We should improve public schools rather than destroying them with vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier	Support Voter ID laws just make it harder for people to vote, but what we should do is to make voting easier.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Support Overuse of fossil fuels causes serious problems that we should deal with immediately. And green energy is absolutly a good option for us to Stop Global Warming.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Oppose Expanding the military is not important and integrant for U.S. now. But when the country meets with defiance or agression, it is acceptable to continue expanding our military.
11. Support & expand free trade	Oppose Trade should be Fair, not Free. Free trade poses a risk to job security, causes humanitarian problems overseas, or results in environmental damage.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Oppose Availability of guns should be absolutely limited, because more guns mean more killing.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Support Very few Americans have adequate health insurance. The government should make funds available for all citizens.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Support Immigration restrictions are racist because they keep out Hispanics and other non-whites. Social services should be offered to all residents of the United States regardless of immigration status.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Oppose Animals have inherent rights, and nature has inherent value. It is necessary to support vegetarianism and protect environment.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Oppose Church-state separation precludes the involvement of religious institutions in social services. Basically, we should not violate the Constitutional principle in this case.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Support Past discrimination should be corrected. Government should enforce Affirmative Action laws in companies.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Support In free country, people are free to choose their mate, whichever gender they like. Homosexual partners or marriages are equal with heterosexual ones.
20. Privatize Social Security	Oppose Social Security should remain under federal control, but you also want reforms on how the Trust Fund is handled.

Total: 218

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
05/16/2017	H.R.2439	Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2017	05/16/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
05/04/2017	H.R.2392	Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017	05/04/2017 Referred to House Ways and Means (All Actions)
04/26/2017	H.R.2124	BOARD Fairly Act	04/26/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. (All Actions)
04/07/2017	H.R.1969	Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2017	04/07/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. (All Actions)
03/31/2017	H.R.1776	Improving Access To Affordable Prescription Drugs Act	03/31/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/09/2017	H.R.1451	Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act	03/09/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
02/03/2017	H.Res.64	Recognizing the roles and contributions of America's Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their role in providing quality healthcare for the public.	02/03/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
01/24/2017	H.R.636	Fairness in Taxation Act of 2017	01/24/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
01/24/2017	H.R.635	CHOICE Act	01/24/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
12/16/2016	H.R.5798	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 Davis Street in Evanston, Illinois, as the "Abner J. Mikva Post Office Building".	12/16/2016 Became Public Law No: 114-303. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
12/06/2016	H.Res.932	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to third-party charges on consumer telephone bills.	12/06/2016 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
09/28/2016	H.Res.900	Providing for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 769) terminating a Select Investigative Panel of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.	09/28/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. (All Actions)
09/22/2016	H.R.6128	Water, Cosmetics, and Unwanted Pharmaceuticals Study Act	09/22/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
09/22/2016	H.Res.883	Supporting the designation of a week as National Federal Nurse Recognition Week.	09/22/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
09/19/2016	H.R.5496	Family and Medical Leave Act Protections for Part-time Workers Act of 2016	09/19/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. (All Actions)
09/15/2016	H.R.6043	Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2016	09/15/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
06/23/2016	H.R.5573	PRICED Act	06/23/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
06/23/2016	H.R.5572	Protect Consumers from Phony Phone Charges Act of 2016	06/23/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
06/09/2016	H.R.5442	STURDY Act	06/09/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
06/08/2016	H.Res.769	Terminating a Select Investigative Panel of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.	06/08/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. (All Actions)

Total: 6330

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
06/20/2007	H.R.1927	To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.
06/19/2007	H.Res.227	Calling for the adoption of a Sensible, Multilateral American Response Terrorism (SMART) security platform for the 21st century.
06/19/2007	H.Con.Res.80	Calling on the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to recommit to a political solution to the conflict in northern Uganda by engaging in good-faith negotiations, and urging immediate and substantial support for the ongoing peace process from the United States and the international community.
06/19/2007	H.R.369	Transparency and Accountability in Security Contracting Act of 2007
06/19/2007	H.R.156	To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who died on or before September 30, 1999, under the same eligibility conditions as apply to payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who die after that date.
06/18/2007	H.R.2762	To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes and Indians under that Act.
06/18/2007	H.R.1344	To improve Federal nutrition programs.
06/18/2007	H.Res.137	Honoring the life and six decades of public service of Jacob Birnbaum and especially his commitment freeing Soviet Jews from religious, cultural, and communal extinction.
06/15/2007	H.R.2746	Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2007
06/15/2007	H.Res.489	Commemorating the Work of United Nations Peacekeepers on International Day of United Nations Peacekeeping.
06/14/2007	H.R.2723	Children's Health Care Quality Act
06/14/2007	H.R.2715	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include heavier vehicles in the limitation on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles.
06/14/2007	H.R.1625	Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Act
06/13/2007	H.Con.Res.118	Congratulating the City of Chicago for being chosen to represent the United States in the international competition to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and encouraging the International Olympic Committee to select Chicago as the site of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
06/12/2007	H.R.2591	To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and to exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty.
06/12/2007	H.R.2519	Federal Employees Responsible Investment Act
06/11/2007	H.Res.431	Recognizing the 40th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia legalizing interracial marriage within the United States.
06/07/2007	H.R.2606	340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007
06/07/2007	H.R.2604	United Nations Population Fund Women's Health and Dignity Act
06/06/2007	H.R.2596	Access to Birth Control Act

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