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Jan Schakowsky - forU.S. Representative for Illinois's 9th congressional district - member of the Democratic Party.
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Schakowsky Announces New Budget Plan With Focus On Jobs
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, announced on Wednesday that she will introduce a progressive-minded budget outline aimed at putting more than two million people to work. Titled the “Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act,” the plan would cost $227 billion and would be implemented over two years. It would be financed by separate legislation introduced by Schakowsky called the "Fairness in Taxation Act," which would raise taxes for Americans who earn more than $1 million and $1 billion. It would also eliminate subsidies for ...
Schakowsky Blasts Republicans, Promotes Her Jobs Bill
Jan Schakowsky, is an old-fashioned liberal, definitely left of center and proud of it. In a rally last week at the Goudy Elementary, a CPS school, she previewed her “Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act,” a bill unabashedly modeled on FDR’s WPA (Work Progress Administration), which put the unemployed to work repairing and building the Great Depression’s ravaged city- and farm-scapes. In a telephone conversation Thursday from her vacation home in Michigan City, Indiana, Schakowsky told me that she voted against lifting the debt ceiling earlier this month ...
Schakowsky Draws Conservative Ire, Said Americans ...
... 'Don't Deserve To Keep All' Their Money Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) has drawn the ire of a number of conservative bloggers after comments she made about taxes on WLS Chicago's Don Wade and Roma radio show Wednesday. Towards the end of her interview on the program, Wade asked Schakowsky, "Out of every dollar that I earn, how much do you think that I deserve to keep?" -- a question similar to one asked by a high school student during the CNN-Tea Party Express GOP presidential candidate debate earlier this week. "I’ll put it this way. You don’t deserve to keep all ...
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Action Steps 7/19/17 IL-9 Action Newsletter 7/19/17 5 Things To Do This Week to Resist from the IL-9 This week is all about arming yourself with knowledge—about the civic process, items in the news, and the ways in which our habits, no matter how progressive, may be fueling the dichotomous political landscape currently rampant in our country. Get Trained The Northside Democracy for America will be leading a two-day Campaign Academy on July 29 and 30 downtown. Registration is open for this event, which will cover all aspects of campaign and volunteer strategy, messaging, fielding, and reporting. Registration fees are discounted for multiple individuals signing up together. Raise Your Consciousness You’ve been hearing frequent stories about missile tests out of North Korea. If you’ve been wondering why these recent tests are such a big deal, why missile range always comes into play, and some of the history of our two countries’ nuclear landsca |
Action Steps 8/2/17 5 Things To Do This Week to Resist from the IL-9 Boots on the Ground The Pink Angels for Planned Parenthood will have a presence outside of Lollapalooza this weekend, on both Saturday, August 5, and Sunday, August 6, from 1-5 p.m. The group will hand out safe sex kits while showing support for Planned Parenthood and the vital health resources it brings to communities. Sign up to join the presence via the Facebook events. Get Informed The organizers of the Women’s March are determined not to have the momentum of the resistance slow during the Congressional August Recess. Rather, they’ve reclaimed the time as the August Reset—an opportunity to gain knowledge on issues like civil rights, reproductive rights, and worker’s rights, while gaining skills and resources to successfully lobby for the resistance to legislators. Check out their August Reset guide, which includes policy briefs on a range of topics as well as a useful worksheet for |
Action Steps 7/13/17 IL-9 Action Newsletter 7/12/17 5 Things To Do This Week to Resist from the IL-9 Raise Your Voice July 12 is the Day of Action for Net Neutrality. Use your online platform and network to spread the word about the negative impact the elimination of net neutrality would have on the internet and its users—all for the profit of cable companies. On Friday and Saturday, concerned citizens—many of them women—will be marching from the NRA headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, to the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., to demand the NRA remove and apologize for propagandistic videos seeming to advocate for the use of firearms against liberal Americans. If you’re supportive of this action from afar, take a look at the #NRA2DOJ social media support toolkit to find out how you can lend your voice to this weekend’s march. Boots on the Ground On Tuesday, July 18, at 12 p.m., the |
Action Steps 7/26/17 5 Things To Do This Week to Resist from the IL-9 Boots on the Ground On Saturday, July 29, from 1-3 p.m., the Chicago rally of the nationwide #SavetheACA demonstration will take place downton. The rally aims to show the continued broad support for the Affordable Care Act, even as Senate Republicans aim to repeal the healthcare law without agreement on a replacement. Grab your friends and family and join the demonstration. State Your Case Earlier this year, the Illinois legislature passed House Bill 1785, which reforms the Vital Records Act to allow transgender Illinoisans to modify their birth certificates to reflect their gender identity without requiring proof of gender reassignment surgery. The bill has been sitting on the governor’s desk awaiting his signature. Use this ACLU of Illinois interface to send a message to Governor Rauner insisting he sign the bill into law to recognize and protect the rights of all Illinois residents. The teen pr |
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