Federal Budget

Today, Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released the following statement after leading 172 representatives in sending a letter to House Leadership urging that no divisive policy provisions be included in the 2017 appropriations bills:

Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after the President released his budget proposal:

Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement after voting for legislation to fund the government:

“I supported the compromise Omnibus funding bill that prevented another disastrous government shut-down, a bill that had some important achievements as well as some provisions that I strongly oppose.

Washington, DC – Today members of the House Democratic Caucus joined public interest groups and progressive organizations to call on House Leadership to reject divisive policy riders in the FY 2016 Omnibus and to bring a clean spending bill to the floor.

More than 160 Members of Congress signed a letter to House Leadership calling on them to prevent another unnecessary government shutdown by rejecting poison-pill provisions and partisan brinksmanship.

The full text of the letter can be found here.

WASHINGTON, DC– “Over the past 35 years, economic productivity has grown 80 percent and the cost of living has risen along with it. Over the same time, incomes of hardworking American families have remained flat.

Yet, the Republican "Work Harder for Less" budget, released this week, attempts to balance the budget on the backs of the middle class, and those trying to reach it. It deeply cuts programs that our families need to get ahead - from nutrition assistance to Medicare and Medicaid, from job training to college affordability. At the same time, their budget includes an outrageous $50,000 tax cut for millionaires, among other gifts for the super-rich.