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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
HR 26 — Protecting American Energy Production Act	Yea	Feb 7, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 27 — HALT Fentanyl Act	Nay	Feb 6, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 27 — HALT Fentanyl Act	Yea	Feb 6, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 93 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 27) to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related…	Nay	Feb 5, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 93 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 27) to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related…	Nay	Feb 5, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 776 — Nutria Eradication and Control Reauthorization Act of 2025	Yea	Feb 4, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 43 — Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025	Yea	Feb 4, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 21 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act	Nay	Jan 23, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 21 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act	Yea	Jan 23, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 471 — Fix Our Forests Act	Nay	Jan 23, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 375 — Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025	Yea	Jan 23, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act	Nay	Jan 22, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 165 — Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act	Yea	Jan 22, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 53 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest…	Nay	Jan 22, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 53 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest…	Nay	Jan 22, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 187 — MAPWaters Act of 2025	Yea	Jan 21, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 186 — Hershel Woody Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act	Yea	Jan 21, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 30 — Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act	Nay	Jan 16, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 30 — Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act	Yea	Jan 16, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 33 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from…	Yea	Jan 15, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 144 — Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act	Yea	Jan 15, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 164 — POWER Act of 2025	Yea	Jan 15, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 28 — Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025	Nay	Jan 14, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 28 — Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025	Yea	Jan 14, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 153 — Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act	Yea	Jan 14, 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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