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SCHAKOWSKY TO PRESIDENT BUSH AND SPEAKER HASTERT: ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN MUST BE MAINTAINED AND STRENGTHENED SEVEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM ILLINOIS SIGN ON TO SCHAKOWSKYS LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT AND TO THE SPEAKER URGING SUPPORT FOR BAN
May 29, 2003
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MAY 29, 2003

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

SCHAKOWSKY HONORS FALLEN HEROES ON MEMORIAL DAY
May 26, 2003
Press Release
MAY 26, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY HONORS FALLEN HEROES
ON MEMORIAL DAY
SCHAKOWSKY: TAX BILL IS A JOB KILLING PACKAGE CHAMPIONED BY REPUBLICAN JOB KILLING MACHINE THAT COST NATION 2.7 MILLION JOBS SO FAR
May 22, 2003
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MAY 22, 2003

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.

DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSAL TO HONOR AMERICAS SERVICE PERSONNEL
May 22, 2003
Press Release
MAY 22, 2003

DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSAL TO HONOR AMERICA'S
SERVICE PERSONNEL
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
May 21, 2003
Press Release
MAY 21, 2003

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
May 14, 2003
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MAY 14, 2003

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."

ANALYSIS OF REPUBLICAN TAX CUTS BY LEADING NATIONAL NEWSPAPER FINDS IT SKEWED TO THE WEALTHY
May 13, 2003
Press Release
MAY 13, 2003

ANALYSIS OF REPUBLICAN TAX CUTS
BY LEADING NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
FINDS IT "SKEWED TO THE WEALTHY"
SCHAKOWSKY CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE TO UNEMPLOYED WORKERS SUFFERING IN THE BUSH RECESSION
May 12, 2003
Press Release
MAY 12, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE
TO UNEMPLOYED WORKERS SUFFERING
IN THE BUSH RECESSION
SCHAKOWSKY: SARS EPIDEMIC CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES HOW CRITICAL IT IS FOR THE US TO REINVEST IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM
May 8, 2003
Press Release
MAY 8, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY: SARS EPIDEMIC CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES HOW CRITICAL IT IS FOR THE US TO REINVEST IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM
SCHAKOWSKY ADDRESSES HUNDREDS OF NURSES DURING RALLY IN SUPPORT OF SAFE STAFFING RATIOS
May 6, 2003
Press Release
MAY 6, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY ADDRESSES HUNDREDS
OF NURSES DURING RALLY IN SUPPORT
OF SAFE STAFFING RATIOS