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
03/06/2015	H.R.1181	Vehicle Safety Improvement Act of 2015	03/06/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. (All Actions)
02/27/2015	H.R.952	Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act of 2015	02/27/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
01/16/2015	H.R.265	Public Option Deficit Reduction Act	01/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
01/14/2015	H.R.389	Fairness in Taxation Act of 2015	01/14/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
12/19/2014	H.Res.778	Supporting the designation of a week as National Federal Nurse Recognition Week.	12/19/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
11/19/2014	H.Res.760	Expressing support for designation of October 2, 2014, as World MRSA Day.	11/19/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
09/19/2014	H.R.5654	Vehicle Safety Improvement Act of 2014	09/19/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. (All Actions)
08/01/2014	H.R.5373	Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act of 2014	08/01/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
07/31/2014	H.R.5372	Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act	07/31/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
11/22/2013	H.R.3504	Consumer Protection and Rate Review Act of 2013	11/22/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
11/21/2013	H.R.3571	International Violence Against Women Act of 2013	11/21/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
09/27/2013	H.Res.365	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives commending efforts by the United States to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution.	09/27/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
06/13/2013	H.R.2352	Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2013	06/13/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
09/19/2013	H.R.3137	Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act	09/19/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
08/02/2013	H.R.2983	Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2013	08/02/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. (All Actions)
07/31/2013	H.R.2874	Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2013	07/31/2013 Referred to House Armed Services (All Actions)
07/08/2013	H.R.1617	Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act	07/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. (All Actions)
07/08/2013	H.R.1385	Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act of 2013	07/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. (All Actions)
06/27/2013	H.R.2539	Prioritizing Energy Efficient Renewables Act of 2013	06/27/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
06/03/2013	H.R.1907	Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2013	06/03/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)

Total: 6330

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
06/13/2017	H.R.2895	To provide a requirement to improve data collection efforts.
06/13/2017	H.R.627	Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2017
06/12/2017	H.Res.380	Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
06/08/2017	H.R.2854	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual who is subject to a requirement to present identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to meet such requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual's identification, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017	H.R.2840	To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each State to ensure that each individual who provides identifying information to the State motor vehicle authority is automatically registered to vote in elections for Federal office held in the State unless the individual does not meet the eligibility requirements for registering to vote in such elections or declines to be registered to vote in such elections, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017	H.R.2837	To amend title 38, United States Code, to grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017	H.R.2827	To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
05/19/2017	H.R.2572	To establish humane practices for the repatriation of aliens at the border, establish effective standards for the treatment of certain aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
05/19/2017	H.Res.347	Expressing support for designation of May 2017 as "National Brain Tumor Awareness Month".
05/19/2017	H.Res.344	Recognizing the contributions of senior volunteers.
05/18/2017	H.R.2539	To reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.
05/18/2017	H.Res.274	Condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.
05/18/2017	H.R.1677	Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017
05/18/2017	H.Res.197	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Canadian Government does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin.
05/18/2017	H.Res.128	Supporting respect for human rights and encouraging inclusive governance in Ethiopia.
05/17/2017	H.R.2499	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to meet standards for the location and operation of polling places used in elections for Federal office, including a standard requiring States to ensure that no individual waits for longer than one hour to cast a vote at a polling place, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	H.R.2498	To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit.
05/17/2017	H.R.2493	To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require individuals nominated or appointed to Senate-confirmed positions or to positions of a confidential or policymaking character to disclose certain types of contributions made or solicited by, or on behalf of, the individuals.
05/17/2017	H.R.2491	To impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	H.R.2484	To ensure that the United States promotes the meaningful participation of women in mediation and negotiation processes seeking to prevent, mitigate, or resolve violent conflict.

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