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For years, Schakowsky eyed a run in Illinois's 9th congressional district, intending to run whenever incumbent Democrat Sidney R. Yates opted to retire. [8] Yates had represented the 9th district since 1949 (except for one term due unsuccessful run for the Senate in 1962), [9] Schakowsky had explored runs in 1992, 1994, and 1996 under the belief each time that Yates might retire.
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D, IL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, who called for the investigation, stated that the investigation was intended to address CIA failures to inform Congress fully or accurately about four issues: C.I.A. involvement in the downing of a missionary plane mistaken for a narcotics flight ...
Democrat Jan Schakowsky has represented the district since January 1999. The district is one of the most reliably Democratic districts in Chicago, and in all of Illinois. It has been in Democratic hands without interruption since 1949, and for all but six years since 1935.
Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who has introduced legislation that aims to curb big technology companies’ use of Section 230, argued that the platform would be safer if Airbnb were forced to take ...
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) said on Tuesday that she is optimistic about Democrats’ chances in the midterms, owing in large part to the “tsunami” of women showing out in the lead-up to ...
It is past time for Congress to pass H.R. 40,” Rep. Jan Schakowsky, whose district includes parts of Evanston and Chicago, told Yahoo News in a statement. “If we as an entire country do not ...
In the 2000 election, especially in the disputed recounts in Florida, there were issues concerning the ambiguities and uncertainties that arose from punch-card ballots, such as the hanging chads (incompletely punched holes). In 2004, the punch-card ballots were still widely used in some states. [19]
After days of wrangling among themselves and with Democrats, the House GOP pushed a bill across the floor to avoid a government shutdown — with help from the other side.