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BUSH ADMINISTRATION MISLED AMERICANS ABOUT THREAT POSED
BY IRAQI UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
AIR FORCE REPORT SAYS "BUSH EXAGGERATED PERILS OF UNMANNED IRAQI AIRCRAFT" - WALL STREET JOURNAL (9/10/03)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today said that the Bush Administration misled the American people and exaggerated the threat posed by Iraqi unmanned aerial vehicles (UVAs).
SCHAKOWSKY: REPUBLICANS CONTINUE
TO DELAY CHILD TAX CREDIT
TO WORKING FAMILIES
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined her Democratic colleagues in an effort to provide 6.5 million low-income working families with the expanded child tax credit denied them by Congressional Republicans.
Schakowsky expressed little surprise, however, when only four Republicans voted with Democrats to instruct House negotiators to accept a Senate provision to give those families making between $10,500 and $26,625 the expanded child tax credit.
SCHAKOWSKY CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUSH
TO KEEP HIS PROMISE
TO AMERICORPS VOLUNTEERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - I would like to thank all of you for being here today to fight for the future of AmeriCorps and for the very future of community service in America.
AmeriCorps provides the critical infrastructure that enables young men and women to serve their communities. Funding from AmeriCorps pays to set up the programs that provide essential services to local communities and it helps volunteers cover the cost of dedicating a year of their lives to providing these services.
SCHAKOWSKY JOINS SENIORS TO FIGHT
REPUBLICAN PLANS TO DISMANTLE MEDICARE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today delivered a speech to hundreds of seniors preparing to descend on Congress to lobby against a Republican bill that would eliminate Medicare. Schakowsky promised to continue to fight alongside seniors and members of organizations like the Alliance for Retired Americans against the Republican passed prescription drug bill and plans by the Bush Administration to dismantle Medicare.
Below is the full text of Schakowsky's speech: