Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Jan" Birthdate: b. 05/26/1944 Birthplace: Chicago, IL District: represents IL-09 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Jewish Education: BS, Elementary Education, University of Illinois, 1965. Last elected in 2006 receiving 122,852 (75.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  health (127) care (83) women (69) country (54) families (50)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $893,993 (#196) Spent 84% (#208) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 77% (#41) From PACs 22% (#477) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 12 (#435) Total cost $4,181,000 (#491) Received 12 (#424) Total cost $4,430,000 (#485) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 74% left-wing (#450) Predictable 98% (#40) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 8 times (#175) Avg. length 628 words (#410) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 2,902 (#13) Introduced 70 (#243) Debated 4 (#360) Enacted 1 (#358) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Sheli Z. Rosenberg $14,900 from February 22, 2001 to February 27, 2008 2 Howard Trienens $14,800 from February 21, 2001 to February 6, 2007 3 Harle Montgomery $14,800 from February 15, 2001 to February 9, 2007 4 Adele Simmons $14,700 from January 31, 2001 to January 25, 2008 5 David Sensibar $13,800 from September 5, 2001 to February 6, 2007 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $555,980 2 Retired $171,335 3 State Of Illinois $19,700 4 Jenner Block $17,100 5 Equity Group Investments $15,150 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Katherine Nordal, Phd - American Psychological Association Practice Organization $41,440 2 Ms. Bettye Roberts - United Food & Commercial Workers Int'L Union $10,000 3 Mr. Hasan R. Solomon - International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $5,000 4 Darlene Kuny - American Optometric Association $5,000 5 Mr. Monte Byers - United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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