Rep. Janice “Jan” Schakowsky
Representative for Illinois’s 9th District
pronounced JA-nuss // shuh-KOW-skee
![Photo of Rep. Janice “Jan” Schakowsky [D-IL9]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/400360-200px.jpeg)
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”
View all requests and justifications on Schakowsky’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
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:
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Innovation, Data, and Commerce subcommittee Ranking Member
- House Committee on the Budget
Enacted Legislation
Schakowsky was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 3630 (117th): Lymphedema Treatment Act
- H.R. 5502 (117th): To require online marketplaces to verify certain information regarding high-volume third party sellers of consumer products on such online marketplaces and to disclose to consumers certain contact …
- H.R. 9271 (117th): Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2022
- H.R. 5503 (117th): Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act
- H.R. 1894 (117th): For the relief of Stela Simeonova and Simeon Simeonov.
- H.R. 904 (117th): For the relief of Mariana Ndudzi.
- H.R. 9038 (116th): COVID–19 Consumer Protection Act
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:
- H.R. 9181: To require all newly constructed, federally assisted, single-family houses and town houses to …
- H.R. 9051: Compassionate Assault Response and Empathy Act of 2024
- H.R. 9020: CHOICE Act
- H.R. 8848: Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act of 2024
- H.Res. 1241: Calling for the establishment of a comprehensive, long-term development program to rebuild the …
- H.R. 7933: Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act
- H.R. 7756: Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act
View All » | View Cosponsors »
Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
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.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills