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Janice D. Schakowsky

U.S. Representative, IL-9

Democratic Illinois since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Agriculture 1 Healthcare 1 Transportation & Infrastructure 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Representative, IL-9 current Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-9 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-9 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-9 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-9 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-9 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-9 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-9 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2013	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-9 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-9 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2009	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-9 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 4, 2005	Jan 3, 2007	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-9 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 7, 2003	Jan 3, 2005	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-9 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 3, 2001	Jan 3, 2003	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-9 Illinois	Democratic	Jan 6, 1999	Jan 3, 2001	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Energy and Commerce unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Environment unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.602, social dim. -0.289. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
HRES 916 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair…	Nay	Dec 2, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 916 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair…	Nay	Dec 2, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4423 — No New Burma Funds Act	Yea	Dec 1, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5348 — Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025	Yea	Dec 1, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 58 — Denouncing the horrors of socialism.	Nay	Nov 21, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1949 — Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025	Nay	Nov 20, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3109 — REFINER Act	Nay	Nov 20, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 893 — Censuring Representative Cory Mills of Florida and removing him from the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs.	Nay	Nov 19, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6019 — To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other…	Yea	Nov 19, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4058 — Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act	Yea	Nov 19, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5107 — Common-Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in DC Act of 2025	Nay	Nov 19, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5214 — District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025	Nay	Nov 19, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 888 — Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct…	Nay	Nov 18, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Nov 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 131 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…	Nay	Nov 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 130 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…	Nay	Nov 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 888 — Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct…	Yea	Nov 18, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 878 — Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jesús G. "Chuy" García of Illinois.	Nay	Nov 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 879 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 80) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…	Nay	Nov 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 879 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 80) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…	Nay	Nov 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4405 — Epstein Files Transparency Act	Yea	Nov 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 878 — Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jesús G. "Chuy" García of Illinois.	Yea	Nov 17, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2659 — Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act	Yea	Nov 17, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1608 — Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025	Yea	Nov 17, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Nov 12, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,001 recorded contributions totalling $1,432,095. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 192 of 1001 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	165	$430,636	30%
Corporate PAC	26	$130,000	9%
Super PAC	1	$10	0%
Unclassified	809	$871,449	61%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$21,199	ACTBLUE	SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Jun 30, 2022	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$20,455	ACTBLUE	SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Mar 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$14,521	ACTBLUE	SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Sep 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,152	ACTBLUE	SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS	unclassified	Nov 3, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	1-800 CONTACTS, INC. PAC	SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	May 15, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AERO	SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Nov 1, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	BALL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Jun 18, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS &	SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Nov 28, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	SMART TD PAC	SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Mar 23, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	DEMAND JUSTICE PAC	SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Nov 3, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC)	SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Jun 26, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAN (LIUNA) PAC	SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Oct 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	May 7, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE	SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Dec 19, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (OPEIU) JB MOSS VOICE OF THE ELECTOR	SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS	Corporate PAC	Jun 25, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (3 as lead sponsor)

HR 9231 US · Jun 9, 2026
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem certain substances to be unsafe for use as food contact substances, and for other purposes.

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HRES 1316 US · May 21, 2026
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2050.

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HR 8907 US · May 19, 2026
IMPACT to Save Moms Act

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