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April 20, 2008 Good Morning America, It's 420!
In 2001, US Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-Illinois) observed: â...The US taxpayers are unwittingly funding a private war with private soldiers. ...
April 15, 2008 Shaheen, Sununu propose tax changes on filing deadline
"Taxpayers think their money is going to Washington, but it's really going to Baghdad," said Rep. Janice Schakowsky, D-Ill., at a press conference.
March 13, 2008 Panel grills meatpacking chief on beef recall at Chino plant
asked Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-Ill.). The hearing by a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee touched on multiple failures in the nation's food safety ...
March 13, 2008 House grills meat packing chief
asked Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-Ill.). When Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), chairman of the Oversight and Investigations panel, asked if the meat could have ...
March 03, 2008 Clinton supports bill to ban use of State Department private ...
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. An identical House version of the bill, sponsored by Rep. Janice Schakowsky, D-Ill., was introduced in 2007 and has 23 co-sponsors. ...
March 02, 2008 Illinois Congresswoman in Vermont stumping for Obama
Democratic US Rep. Janice Schakowsky, from the Chicago suburb of Evanston, worked with Obama in the Illinois General Assembly before they both went on to ...
March 01, 2008 Illinois Congresswoman in Vermont stumping for Obama
Democratic US Rep. Janice Schakowsky, from the Chicago suburb of Evanston, worked with Obama in the Illinois General Assembly before they both went on to ...
February 12, 2008 Jewish voters hold 'Havdala for Obama,' 'Chai for Hillary' events
"Ever since David slew Goliath, the Jewish people have never seen youth as a barrier to leadership," Jewish Illinois Rep. Janice Schakowsky said, repeating ...
February 11, 2008 Inside the Beltway
Take the House Select Committee on Intelligence hearing late last week, when Rep. Janice Schakowsky, Illinois Democrat, began her blistering attack on the ...
February 07, 2008 Shuimkus goes after DOE on behalf of FutureGen
Illinois Congresswoman Janice Schakowsky asked why the Department of Energy killed the FutureGen plan when it was offering “11th-hour support. ...
January 24, 2008 Striking writers crack jokes before Congress but serious about cause
Rep. Janice Schakowsky, D-Ill, pays tribute to David Letterman by wearing a beard, as writers from "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert ...
January 23, 2008 WGA STRIKE UPDATE: Capitol Hill Hosts Comedy Debate
Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-Ill.) even wore a rabbinical-looking false beard in support of the striking writers, although it was actually a play on a joke by ...
December 14, 2007 House approves ban on CIA waterboarding
"This would mean no more torture and no more questions about what the CIA is allowed to do behind closed doors," said Rep. Janice Schakowsky, D-Ill. ...
November 06, 2007 Safety agency head faces lawmakers on travel
Rep. Janice Schakowsky, an Illinois Democrat, read aloud part of an article by the Washington Post, which had revealed the industry-paid trips by Nord and ...
October 31, 2007 US military to oversee contractors in Iraq
"It feels like they're protecting Blackwater," said Rep. Janice Schakowsky, D-Ill., who has been critical of the reliance on contractors in Iraq. Sen. ...
September 19, 2007 Mattel's CEO faces skeptical lawmakers
Rep. Janice Schakowsky, the second ranking Democrat on the subcommittee on consumer protection which held the hearing, agreed. Continued...
September 19, 2007 Mattel's CEO faces skeptical US lawmakers
Rep. Janice Schakowsky, the second ranking Democrat on the subcommittee on consumer protection which held the hearing, agreed. Continued...
September 19, 2007 The Bush/Petraeus Fantasy Fizzle
Rep. Janice Schakowsky, D-Illinois, says, "The reason for the surge was promoted by the president and by Gen. Petraeus as creating the space for political ...
September 02, 2007 WAR UPDATE
Yesterday, Rep. Janice Schakowsky of Illinois said in the weekly Democratic radio address that the US troop increase has failed to quell the violence in ...
May 22, 2007 The 21 club in Congress
A better choice for the four - Democrats Tim Ryan of Ohio, Janice Schakowsky of Illinois and Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, and Republican Jo Ann Emerson of ...
May 18, 2007 $21 a Week Doesn't Buy Much Food
Only two others, Ryan and Janice Schakowsky, D-Ill., took them up on it. "All of us in Congress live pretty good lives," said McGovern, who ate a single ...
May 16, 2007 Unheralded Program Speeds Up Expulsion of Criminal Aliens
Tim Ryan of Ohio, Jim McGovern of Mass., Janice Schakowsky of Illinois, all Democrats, and Jo Ann Emerson, a Missouri Republican, started their "Food Stamp ...
May 16, 2007 Illegal Immigration Crackdown Helps Root Out Other Crimes
Tim Ryan of Ohio, Jim McGovern of Mass., Janice Schakowsky of Illinois, all Democrats, and Jo Ann Emerson, a Missouri Republican, started their "Food Stamp ...
May 16, 2007 Unheralded Program Speeds Up Expulsion of Criminal Aliens
Tim Ryan of Ohio, Jim McGovern of Mass., Janice Schakowsky of Illinois, all Democrats, and Jo Ann Emerson, a Missouri Republican, started their "Food Stamp ...
May 16, 2007 Unheralded Program Speeds Up Expulsion of Criminal Aliens
Tim Ryan of Ohio, Jim McGovern of Mass., Janice Schakowsky of Illinois, all Democrats, and Jo Ann Emerson, a Missouri Republican, started their "Food Stamp ...
May 16, 2007 Unheralded Program Speeds Up Expulsion of Criminal Aliens
Tim Ryan of Ohio, Jim McGovern of Mass., Janice Schakowsky of Illinois, all Democrats, and Jo Ann Emerson, a Missouri Republican, started their "Food Stamp ...
May 15, 2007 US legislators on $1 meal diet to boost food aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For lunch on Tuesday, Janice Schakowsky spread flakes of tuna on two slices of white bread. Jim McGovern ate a bowl of home-cooked ...
May 15, 2007 Ryan takes on challenge
Ted Kulongoski did it in April. Ryan and Rep. Janice Schakowsky, D-Ill., signed on. Ryan said he would like to see two things come out of his experience. ...
May 15, 2007 Lawmakers Find $21 a Week Doesn't Buy a Lot of Groceries
Only two others, Ryan and Janice Schakowsky (D-Ill.), took them up on it. "All of us in Congress live pretty good lives," said McGovern, who ate a single ...
May 08, 2007 Illinois Slaughter Bill Passed in Senate Committee
On the federal level, US Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-9/Ill.) is leading the effort in the US Congress to pass a separate bill, HR 503, which would ban horse ...
