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SCHAKOWSKY APPLAUDS SENATE DEFEAT OF FCC MEDIA CONSOLIDATION RULE
September 16, 2003
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2003SCHAKOWSKY APPLAUDS SENATE DEFEAT OF FCC MEDIA CONSOLIDATION RULEWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today applauded Senate action to roll back the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) media consolidation rule. The vote in the Senate was 55-40.

"Consumers won a major victory in the Senate today and the House leadership should stand up and take notice," Schakowsky said.

SCHAKOWSKY CONTINUES TO SEEK MEASURE OF JUSTICE FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND HEIRS OF VICTIMS
September 16, 2003
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2003SCHAKOWSKY CONTINUES TO SEEK MEASURE OF JUSTICE FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND HEIRS OF VICTIMSWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today said, "Congress has a duty to consider possible legislative or other actions in light of the June, 2003 Supreme Court decision that struck down California's Holocaust-era insurance law." The California law that was struck down would have required Holocaust-era insurance companies doing business in the state to provide the names of Holocaust-era policyholders to the public.

During a hearing in the Government Reform Committee entitled, "Holocaust Era Restitution after AIA v.

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATIONS MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY THE COST OF WAR IN IRAQ
September 15, 2003
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2003SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
THE COST OF WAR IN IRAQWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on the war in Iraq:

Asked to explain the Bush Administration's skyrocketing cost of war in Iraq during an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press, Vice President Cheney said,

STATEMENT OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVE SCHAKOWSKY ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9-11 TERRORIST ATTACKS
September 11, 2003
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2003

STATEMENT OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVE SCHAKOWSKY ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9-11 TERRORIST ATTACKS
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)
September 10, 2003
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2003

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, COLLEAGUES CALL FOR RELEASE OF PENTAGON REPORT BLAMING FAILURES IN IRAQ ON BUSH ADMINISTRATION POOR PLANNING
September 10, 2003
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY, COLLEAGUES CALL
FOR RELEASE OF PENTAGONREPORT BLAMING FAILURES IN IRAQ ON BUSH ADMINISTRATION POOR PLANNING

SCHAKOWSKY JOINS EFFORT TO FORCE RELEASE OF BUSH ADMINISTRATION SECRET REPORTTHAT BLAMES POOR PLANNING FOR POST WAR IRAQ FAILURES
September 8, 2003
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY JOINS EFFORT TO FORCE RELEASE OF BUSH ADMINISTRATION
SECRET REPORTTHAT BLAMES
POOR PLANNING FOR POST
WAR IRAQ FAILURES
SCHAKOWSKY ADDRESSES HUNDREDS OF NURSES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
September 5, 2003
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2003

SCHAKOWSKY ADDRESSES HUNDREDS OF NURSES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
SCHAKOWSKY: REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO DELAY CHILD TAX CREDIT TO WORKING FAMILIES
September 5, 2003
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2003

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
September 5, 2003
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2003

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.