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SCHAKOWSKY: REPUBLICAN PLAN
IS DEATH OF MEDICARE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today said that seniors will oppose any Republican schemes to privatize Medicare that will place them at the mercy of insurance and drug companies.
Schakowsky warned that the House Republican bill would be the death knell of Medicare, replacing it instead with a voucher system by 2010. Seniors would be forced to use a voucher to buy private insurance, making up the difference from their own pocket if the private plan costs more than the value of the voucher.
DEMOCRATS LAUNCH EFFORT ON BEHALF
OF DISABLED MILITARY RETIREES AND VETERANS IN ILLINOIS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined Democrats in an effort to force the Republican Leadership in the House to schedule a vote on legislation that would authorize full payment of both retirement pay and disability compensation to half a million disabled military retirees.
Currently, veterans who retire with 20 years of honorable service, and who have a service-related disability, are not permitted to collect both retirement and disability pay concurrently.
SCHAKOWSKY REACTS TO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REPORT DETAILING
ABUSE OF IMMIGRANTS FOLLOWING 9/11
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today issued the following statement in reaction to a report by the Inspector General of the the Department of Justice detailing the mistreatment of immigrants detained after 9/11.
Below is Schakowsky's statement:
SCHAKOWSKY: REPUBLICANS WANT SMALL GOVERNMENT - JUST SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT INSIDE YOUR BEDROOM
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) delivered the following statement during debate on H.R. 760, so called partial birth abortion bill:
Republicans want small government - just small enough to fit inside your bedroom.
H.R. 760 forces government to step between pregnant mothers and their doctors, interfering with a doctor's ability to make the safest and healthiest decisions for the mother.
Never mind that this bill is certifiably unconstitutional.