Press Releases
SCHAKOWSKY VOWS TO CONTINUE
FIGHT FOR OPEN AND FREE MEDIA
FCC DECISION IS AN ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY AND AN ATTACK ON CONSUMER PROTECTION
SCHAKOWSKY: REPUBLICANS DENY
MILLIONS OF MINIMUM WAGE FAMILIES
INCREASE IN CHILD TAX CREDIT
PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNS TAX BILL THAT BENEFITS MILLIONAIRES EVEN AFTER REPUBLICANS OMIT
PROVISION THAT HELPS LOW-INCOME FAMILIES
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) said that President Bush signed the tax bill even after a change in the eleventh hour by Republicans that prevents millions of low-income families from receiving the increased child tax credit.
SCHAKOWSKY TO PRESIDENT BUSH AND SPEAKER HASTERT: ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN MUST BE MAINTAINED AND STRENGTHENED
SEVEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM ILLINOIS SIGN ON TO SCHAKOWSKY'S LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT AND TO THE SPEAKER URGING SUPPORT FOR BAN
CHICAGO, IL - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) called on President Bush to stand by his promise to support the continued ban on assault weapons and not to allow it to expire next year. The assault weapons ban is supported by every major law enforcement agency in the country.
SCHAKOWSKY: TAX BILL IS A JOB KILLING PACKAGE CHAMPIONED BY REPUBLICAN JOB KILLING MACHINE THAT COST NATION 2.7 MILLION JOBS SO FAR
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) tonight said that H.R. 2, the tax bill, is in fact ".a job killing package put forth by the Republican job killing machine that has already cost our country over 2 million jobs and $7 trillion.
Below is Schakowsky's Congressional Record statement in opposition to H.R. 2.
PRESIDENT BUSH AND REPUBLICANS CONCENTRATE ON HELPING MILLIONAIRES INSTEAD OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS
GOP REFUSING TO EXTEND FEDERAL EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS SET TO EXPIRE MAY 31ST, 2003
WASINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today said President Bush and Republican Congressional leaders are refusing to pass legislation that would help 187,000 unemployed workers in Illinois and 3.4 million individuals nationwide.
SCHAKOWSKY JOINS NEARLY 100 HOUSE DEMOCRATS IN SUPPORT OF FREE
AND OPEN MEDIA
OPPOSE BUSH ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO DESTROY ALREADY WEAKENED MEDIA OWNERSHIP RULES
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today said, "The Bush Administration and the FCC have tuned out public voices and tuned in Rupert Murdock and all other media barons."