Articles by Jan
Rep. Jan Schakowsky: "Climate change is real and is the most serious threat to our environment, our health, and our planet. On Friday, climate scientists found that carbon dioxide has reached a concentration level unseen in about 3 to 5 million years. We can no longer ignore the serious threat that climate change poses to our health and our environment. As a member of the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, I'm committed to reversing the impacts of climate change.
WGN News
March 1, 2013
With deep, federal spending cuts looming, members of Illinois' Congressional delegation are weighing in on the budget battle that's polarizing Capitol Hill.
$85 billion worth in spending cuts will automatically kick into effect sometime before midnight on Friday.
Democrats Tammy Duckworth, Bill Foster, and Jan Schakowsky attended an event for seniors at the Frisbie Center in Des Plaines on Friday morning.
The Chicago Sun Times, February 27, 2013
By Rep. Jan Schakowsky
The word "sequester" remains a mystery to most Americans, but the impact of $85 billion in automatic spending cuts could change people's lives, like those of Sharna Ivy and her 4-year-old son, Ethan.
Every morning at 6 a.m., Sharna wakes up Ethan to get ready for school. Ethan has to be at the Mary Crane Center in Chicago's East Garfield Park neighborhood promptly at 7 a.m., and Sharna does not want her son to miss a minute of a lesson.
By Sam Baker
February 15, 2013
A group of House Democrats is trying to persuade the White House to back away from a proposed cut in Social Security – just like it did with raising the Medicare eligibility age.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) said Thursday she's been talking to White House officials and trying to explain the consequences of the Social Security cut, particularly in combination with other changes such as increased cost-sharing for Medicare.
"We're hoping that they'll make the right decision," she said.
Politico, February 13, 2013
By Rep. Jan Schakowsky
By Kerry Lester
February 7, 2013
A suburban mother who lost her son to gun violence less than three months ago will be Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky's guest at Tuesday's State of the Union address.
Carolyn Murray of Evanston, whose 19-year-old son Justin was shot in front of his grandmother's Evanston home Nov. 29, has long been a proponent of gun control, participating in area gun buyback programs and candlelight vigils years before Justin's death.
The American people deserve to know the potential fallout of the fiscal cliff battle
- Roll Call | By Rep. Jan Schakowsky
- Dec. 3, 2012, 7:19 p.m.
There has been a lot of talk lately about how to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. Now it's time to get specific – not just about numbers but about how the proposals would affect real people.
By Sam Baker - 12/03/12 02:53 PM ET
Federal healthcare programs should cover the children of illegal immigrants, a group of House Democrats says.
Democrats are asking the Obama administration to make healthcare available to children who are able to stay in the U.S. under the deferred-action immigration policy that President Obama announced earlier this year.
By Jonathan Easley - 11/30/12
A group of House Democrats has formed its own "Gang of Six... to push for progressive tax reform – in which the expiration of the Bush-era tax rates for the wealthiest Americans is "just the beginning....
By Rep. Jan Schakowsky
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/10/24/the-sham-of-simpson-bowles/
Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson deserve some kind of medal for creating the widely held perception that their plan for reducing the deficit and debt is anything other than a bad proposal.