Press Releases
SCHAKOWSKY JOINS EFFORT TO PASS FINANCIAL CONSUMER BILL OF RIGHTS
WILL RE-INTRODUCE
"SAVE OUR HOMES"
LEGISLATION TO PROTECT
HOMEOWNERS/BUYERS FROM PREDATORY LENDERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today applauded Financial Services Committee ranking member John LaFalce's (D-NY) efforts to protect consumers from predatory financial practices. Schakowsky joined other Democratic members of the Committee at a news conference to unveil LaFalce's Consumer Bill of Rights for Financial Services.
SCHAKOWSKY INTRODUCES PROVISIONAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 2001
HAILS COMPREHENSIVE VOTING RIGHTS BILL BY REPRESENTATIVE CONYERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today introduced the Provisional Voting Rights Act of 2001. The legislation would ensure that voters are not turned away at the polling place because their names do not appear on the list of registered voters. Representative John Conyers, ranking Democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee, is a cosponsor of the bill
STATEMENT OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVE SCHAKOWSKYON REPUBLICAN TAX-CUT-TO-THE-RICH
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today voiced opposition to passage of the first installment of President Bush's tax-cut-to-the-rich. The House passed an income tax rate reduction bill that favors the top one-percent of taxpayers, with a total cost of $1.2 trillion.
Below is Schakowsky's statement:
SCHAKOWSKY, DEMOCRATS AND ADVOCATES RALLY IN OPPOSITION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S CUTS IN HOUSING BUDGET
"AS A RESIDENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING, PRESIDENT BUSH SHOULD BE MORE EMPATHETIC"
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined Democratic leaders and advocates to oppose President Bush's proposed cuts in the housing budget. This year's proposed Housing and Urban Development (HUD) budget is cut by $2.28 billion.