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Seat

Representative for Illinois District 9

Born

May 26, 1944

Age 82

Phone

(202) 225-2111

Office

2408 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington 20515

Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Illinois District 9

Janice D. Schakowsky

Janice Schakowsky is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 9th congressional district since 1999, and she previously served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1991–1998). She is a member of the Democratic Party.

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Voting Record — 581

Yes38%

No56%

Present0%

Not Voting6%

Party align98%

Cross-party0%

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Congressional District 9

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Janice D. Schakowsky

U.S. RepresentativeDemocratIllinois District 9

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Janice D.'s ATmosphere Activity

20 recent posts · 35 sponsored · 222 cosponsored

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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.gov17h ago(source)

I oppose any effort by the FCC to censor or stigmatize the transgender community. Trans individuals deserve to see themselves reflected in our media without discrimination or warning labels. Proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community today and every day. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Congressional Equality Caucus

@equality.house.gov

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CEC Chair @repmarktakano.bsky.social & member @schakowsky.house.gov led 68 Members of Congress in urging FCC to abandon any efforts to implement higher ratings or content warnings on shows that contain transgender characters or topics.

Takano, Schakowsky Lead 68 Members in Opposing FCC Censorship of Trans Characters & Topics

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.gov1d ago(source)

Happy Father’s Day! ❤️ Today, we celebrate all the fathers and father figures whose love, strength, and encouragement help shape our families and communities. Wishing you a joyful day with those you love.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.gov3d ago(source)

Today, we celebrate Juneteenth and honor the generations of Americans who fought to end slavery and move our nation closer to its ideals of freedom and equality. As we reflect on our history, we must recommit ourselves to the ongoing work of building a more just society.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.gov4d ago(source)

Medicare Advantage insurers too often put profits before patients, creating barriers that can leave people without the medically necessary equipment they rely on. I’m partnering with @pressley.house.gov to help ensure wheelchair users enrolled in Medicare Advantage can maintain their independence.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley

@pressley.house.gov

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BREAKING: I'm introducing my FAST Repairs for Wheelchairs Act. This legislation would streamline wheelchair repair services by removing prior authorization requirements from Medicare Advantage plans. Our wheelchair users should not have to wait months for minor repairs.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.gov5d ago(source)

I will miss Bea dearly, but I am profoundly grateful for the example she set and the friendship we shared. May we honor Bea by continuing the fight she devoted her life to.   Rest in power, Bea.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.gov5d ago(source)

Bea dedicated 107 remarkable years to fighting for working people, racial justice, and education. From organizing factory workers as a teenager to standing with labor unions, teachers, and communities throughout her life, she never stopped believing that ordinary people can build a more just world.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.gov5d ago(source)

The world has lost a remarkable champion for justice, and I have lost my shero, my role model, and my dear friend, Bea Lumpkin.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.govJun 15(source)

On the 14th anniversary of DACA, it is long past time for Congress to pass the Dream and Promise Act and give Dreamers who have studied, worked, and contributed to our communities a pathway to citizenship in the only country many have ever known.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.govJun 15(source)

Immigrants are, and always have been, an essential part of what makes our country great.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.govJun 12(source)

Gun violence is the leading cause of death for children in America. That's not inevitable. It's a choice. We don’t have to accept this as normal. We know commonsense gun safety laws save lives. Our kids deserve more than moments of silence. We need action NOW. #WearOrange

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.govJun 11(source)

The American people, not corporate interests, must come first.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.govJun 11(source)

Harmful chemicals linked to cancer and other health risks continue to be used in food packaging, exposing Americans to unnecessary dangers. @blumenthal.senate.gov, @delauro.house.gov, and I introduced a bill to ban the most hazardous chemicals used in food packaging and food processing materials.

Schakowsky, Blumenthal, DeLauro Introduce Legislation to Ban Toxic Chemicals from Food Packaging

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) introduced the No Toxics in Food Packaging Act, leg...

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.govJun 10(source)

Their agenda would hurt students, threaten teachers' jobs, and funnel public dollars into private education. They are putting profits first and our children last. We must continue fighting for the investments our students, teachers, and schools need and deserve.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.govJun 10(source)

The Republican-led House Education Committee holding a partisan hearing on Chicago Public Schools is laughable. At this very moment, Republicans are attempting to slash millions of dollars in funds for Head Start and K–12 education programs while simultaneously gutting the Department of Education.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.govJun 9(source)

Nurses are essential to patient care, and I'll continue standing with them and fighting to protect workers' rights.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.govJun 9(source)

I'm troubled by reports that six nurses at Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital were terminated after participating in union organizing efforts. Every worker deserves the freedom to organize without fear of retaliation. Prime Healthcare must respect workers' rights & engage with employees in good faith.

Chicago Sun-Times

@chicago.suntimes.com

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Since Prime Healthcare acquired Saint Mary of Nazareth and other area hospitals, several nurses at the Chicago hospital spoke out about deteriorating conditions and potential unionizing. They were fired soon after. Prime says it prioritizes safety and denies retaliation.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.govJun 5(source)

Illinoisans deserve a justice system they can trust. Boutros has undermined that trust at every turn.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.govJun 5(source)

Andrew Boutros has turned an office that should be dedicated to justice into a political circus. From reckless, targeted prosecutions to allegations of misconduct and dysfunction, his tenure has been defined by controversy, chaos, and a steady erosion of public confidence. He should resign.

Jon Seidel

@jonseidel.bsky.social

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JUST IN: Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros says he is implementing "sweeping reforms to internal grand jury practices" in the wake of the "Broadview Six" revelations:

United States Attorney Andrew S. Boutros Announces Sweeping Reforms to Internal Grand Jury Practices and Disclosures; Remediation Plan Includes Most Substantial and Significant Changes in Decades

CHICAGO — Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, today announced a series of sweeping internal reforms to the Office’s grand jury practices and disclosures that took effect yesterday. The remediation plan, which represents the most substantial and significant internal changes to the Office’s grand jury procedures in decades, will streamline the Office’s grand jury processes and disclosures. The new process moving forward will be more transparent, effective, and impactful while greatly reducing the likelihood of mistakes and errors.
The important reforms, which took effect yesterday for all grand jury presentations in the Northern District of Illinois, establish clear and unequivocal expectations and rules for federal prosecutors related to grand jury disclosures and the timing of those disclosures. Among the many changes in the remediation plan are increased and expanded education about grand jury presentations, including extensive, deep-dive training from national experts outside the Office. U.S. Attorney Boutros and the Department of Justice have also taken swift action related to internal personnel matters.
“One of the benefits of being the first Chicago U.S. Attorney to have previously been Chair of White Collar in private practice is that I have represented and advised as my own personal clients some of the largest public and other companies and their audit committees, boards, C-suite executives, and others in highly sensitive and bet-the-company government and internal

investigations,” said U.S. Attorney Boutros. “Everybody who has handled high-stakes corporate cases knows that in addition to the importance of thorough, honest, and objective investigations, there must also be remediation, reforms, and process improvements to allow organizations to accept responsibility and make sure that the same mistakes don’t happen again. What I have formulated and thereafter implemented on Tuesday of this week are among the most sweeping reforms to address root-cause issues in the Northern District of Illinois’s federal prosecutorial practices and procedures, especially as they relate to the grand jury and grand jury disclosures. They also make the Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office among, if not the leading district in the country on grand jury disclosures. These remediations should also be deeply curative and put to rest once and for all the divergent practices that have existed across the Office for decades, including from one Assistant U.S. Attorney to another as well as from one generation to the next. That’s because these are clear, bright line rules that everyone must abide by, which should streamline and simplify the decision-making and disclosure process, as opposed to bedevil it. It also should all but eliminate points of contention between federal prosecutor and defense counsel as it relates to these grand jury issues.”
After learning of certain conduct by the government in the grand jury during a recent case, the U.S. Attorney’s Office immediately moved to dismiss the indictment in that case and proactively initiated an immediate review of other grand jury presentations that could have been impacted in a similar fashion. The inquiry has included both a root cause analysis into the Office’s practices and procedures generally, as well as an exam of any cases by the AUSAs who went into the grand jury in that case that could have been impacted by similar conduct. The Office’s review is far along but remains ongoing. In addition,…

The reforms announced today, many of which are being implemented for the first time anywhere in the country, will transform and modernize the Office’s procedures, while continuing to adhere to the longstanding tradition that a prosecutor serves as “one of the most beneficent forces in our society,” as then-Attorney General (and later Supreme Court Justice) Robert H. Jackson shared in his seminal 1940 address, “The Federal Prosecutor.” Attorney General Jackson remarked that the prosecutor’s “powers have been granted to our law-enforcement agencies because it seems necessary that such a power to prosecute be lodged somewhere. This authority has been granted by people who really wanted the right thing done—wanted crime eliminated—but also wanted the best in our American traditions preserved.”
In announcing his reforms to the Office, U.S. Attorney Boutros thanked the Office’s Assistant U.S. Attorneys for all that they do for the people of the Northern District of Illinois: “Thank you for your hard work. Thank you for being on the front lines keeping our communities safe, making sure our victims are heard, protecting the public fisc, and working to hold accountable those defendants who commit serious crimes, all while doing so in the very best traditions of the Office and the Department. After all, the motto of the Department is ‘Qui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur,’ meaning, ‘Who prosecutes on behalf of Justice.’”
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This statement is not intended to, does not, and may not be relied upon to create any rights, substantive or procedural, that are enforceable at law by any party, in any criminal, civil, or administrative matter. This statement does not purport to offer legal advice nor is it intended to substitute for the advice of legal counsel. It does not in any way limit the enforcement intentions or litigating positions of the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, or any other U.S. Attorney’s Office or compon…

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.govJun 4(source)

The House of Representatives has spoken. The American people have spoken. We don't want another endless war. The bipartisan passage of the Iran War Powers Resolution is a rebuke of Trump's reckless escalation. Diplomacy works. It's time to end this war and pursue a path to peace.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky@schakowsky.house.govJun 3(source)

Supporting nurses strengthens our entire health system.

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Sponsored Bills(35)

H.R. 9231 (119th)
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem certain substances to be unsafe fo…
H. Res. 1316 (119th)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by…
H.R. 8907 (119th)
To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to implement the…
H.R. 8423 (119th)
To amend the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act with respect to the enforcement of ce…
H.R. 8311 (119th)
To expand the scope of the Do Not Call rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to …

Cosponsored Bills(222)

H.R. 9347 (119th)
To strengthen protections against child labor violations, and for other purposes.
Joined: 2026-06-18
H.R. 9364 (119th)
FAST Repairs for Wheelchairs Act
Joined: 2026-06-18
H.J. Res. 197 (119th)
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of t…
Joined: 2026-06-18
H.R. 9296 (119th)
To improve the retirement security of United States families by strengthening Social Securit…
Joined: 2026-06-11
H. Res. 1342 (119th)
Expressing support for the designation of June 5, 2026, as "National Gun Violence Awareness …
Joined: 2026-06-04

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Voting History

581 total votes

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Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.

Date	Bill	Question	Position	Party Maj	Align?	Result
2026-06-11	H. Res. 1335 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-11	H.R. 9238 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-06-10	H.R. 8464 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-10	H.R. 8464 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-06-10	H.R. 8312 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-10	H.R. 7892 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-09	H.R. 5408 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-09	H. Res. 1140 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-09	S. 2 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-09	S. 2 (119th)	Motion to Commit	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-06-09	H. Res. 1140 (119th)	Motion to Discharge	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-09	H. Res. 1345 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-09	H. Res. 1345 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-08	H.R. 8428 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NOT_VOTING	YES	—	Passed
2026-06-08	H.R. 8466 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NOT_VOTING	YES	—	Passed
2026-06-05	H.R. 2913 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-04	H. Res. 518 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-04	H.R. 8646 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-04	H.R. 8646 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-06-04	H. Res. 1336 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-04	H. Res. 1336 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-04	H. Con. Res. 84 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	NO	✕	Failed
2026-06-03	H. Res. 518 (119th)	Motion to Discharge	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-03	H. Con. Res. 86 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-03	H.R. 7726 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-03	H.R. 7726 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-06-03	H.R. 2860 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-03	H. Res. 1333 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-03	H. Res. 1333 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-06-03	S. 254 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-06-03	H.R. 7618 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-05-21	H.R. 6047 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-05-21	H.R. 1041 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-05-21	H.R. 1041 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-05-21	H.R. 1329 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-05-21	H.R. 1329 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-05-20	H. Res. 1300 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-05-20	H. Res. 1300 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-05-20	H.R. 2616 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2026-05-20	H.R. 2616 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2026-05-20	H.R. 1993 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-05-20	S. 1003 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-05-20	S. 2393 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-05-20	H.R. 5317 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-05-20	H.R. 4544 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-05-20	H.R. 3234 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-05-20	H. Res. 1299 (119th)	Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-05-15	H.R. 8469 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2026-05-15	H.R. 8469 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2026-05-14	H.R. 8365 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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