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Janice D. Schakowsky

Democrat U.S. House • Illinois 09 · Illinois 09
State
Illinois
Salary
$174,000/year
3606
Recorded Votes
179
Became Law
29
Bills Sponsored
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Janice D. Schakowsky is a Democratic Representative representing Illinois's 9th District in the 111th Congress (2009–2011). Now in their 14th term, they have cast 3606 recorded votes, seen 179 measures become law, and sponsored 29 bills. They won their 2024 election with 68.4% of the vote, a 36.8-point margin. Up for re-election November 2026.

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112-hres773 2012-09-10 House

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5544) to authorize and expedite a land exchange involving National Forest System land in the Laurentian District of the Superior National Forest and certain other National Forest System land in the State of Minnesota that has limited recreational and conservation resources and lands owned by the State of Minnesota in trust for the public school system that are largely scattered in checkerboard fashion within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and have important recreational, scenic, and conservation resources, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5949) to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years.

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Illinois Congressional Delegation

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