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Rep. Janice “Jan” Schakowsky

Representative for Illinois’s 9th District

pronounced JA-nuss // shuh-KOW-skee

Schakowsky is the representative for Illinois’s 9th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 6, 1999. Schakowsky is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. She is 80 years old.

Photo of Rep. Janice “Jan” Schakowsky [D-IL9]

Misconduct

Schakowsky was arrested at a protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building on July, 19 2022. The same month the Committee published a committee report indicating they will pay a $50 fine.

Jul. 29, 2022 House Committee on Ethics published a committee report indicating they will pay a $50 fine

Earmarks

Schakowsky proposed $45 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:

  • $20 million to County of McHenry for “County of McHenry - Randall Road Improvement Project”
  • $5 million to United States Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District for “Army Corps of Engineers Section 219 Flood Relief Project Funding in Cook County, IL”
  • $3.0 million to McGaw YMCA for “McGaw Men's Residence Renovation Project”

These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.

Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Schakowsky is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Schakowsky has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Aug 20, 2024. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Janice “Jan” Schakowsky sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Schakowsky was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 9 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Schakowsky sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (48%) Commerce (18%) International Affairs (10%) Labor and Employment (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Schakowsky recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Schakowsky voted No

Passed 314/117 on May 31, 2023.
This bill would enact a compromise reached by House Republicans and President Biden to avert an impending fiscal crisis related to the statutory debt limit. …

Schakowsky voted Nay

Schakowsky voted Nay

Passed 327/85 on Dec 21, 2020.
This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, a major government funding bill, which also included economic stimulus provisions due …

Schakowsky voted Nay

Schakowsky voted Nay

Passed 406/4 on Jul 17, 2018.

Schakowsky voted Nay

Passed 395/3 on Apr 26, 2016.

Schakowsky voted Yea

Schakowsky voted Aye

Schakowsky voted Aye

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.
The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack …

Missed Votes

From Jan 1999 to Jul 2024, Schakowsky missed 341 of 16,597 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is on par with the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including: