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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 4593 — SHOWER Act	Yea	Jan 13, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2312 — Tipped Employee Protection Act	Yea	Jan 13, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2270 — Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act	Yea	Jan 13, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2262 — Flexibility for Workers Education Act	Nay	Jan 13, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2262 — Flexibility for Workers Education Act	Yea	Jan 13, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 988 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements…	Nay	Jan 13, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 988 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements…	Nay	Jan 13, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6504 — Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act	Not voting	Jan 12, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6500 — AGOA Extension Act	Not voting	Jan 12, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2683 — Remote Access Security Act	Not voting	Jan 12, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5184 — Affordable HOMES Act	Nay	Jan 9, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1834 — Breaking the Gridlock Act	Yea	Jan 8, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 780 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.	Yea	Jan 8, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 131 — Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act	Yea	Jan 8, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 504 — Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act	Yea	Jan 8, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 8, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 8, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 8, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 780 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.	Yea	Jan 7, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 977 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4593) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the definition of showerhead…	Nay	Jan 7, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 977 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4593) to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the definition of showerhead…	Nay	Jan 7, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Call of the House	Present	Jan 6, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 498 — Do No Harm in Medicaid Act	Nay	Dec 18, 2025	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 498 — Do No Harm in Medicaid Act	Yea	Dec 18, 2025	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 845 — Pet and Livestock Protection Act	Nay	Dec 18, 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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