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Posts tagged Jan Schakowsky
Congressional Dems tout clean energy
Report says doing nothing on climate change over next 50 years would cost 227,000 lives in Illinois alone
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Ted CoxClimate Change, Global Warming, Clean Energy, Sean Casten, Jan Schakowsky, Paris Climate Agreement, Howard Learner, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Bill Foster, Robin Kelly, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Mitch McConnell
12M idled workers lost health insurance: study
Rep. Underwood leads Illinois congressional delegation in calling for insurers to reinvest pandemic profits
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Economic Policy Institute, Health Insurance, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, U.S. Unemployment, COVID Unemployment, Single Payer, Dick Durbin, Jan Schakowsky, Lauren Underwood, Humana, Cigna, Cheri Bustos, Robin Kelly, Danny Davis, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia
Not in 'The People's House'
Reps. Quigley, Schakowsky call out ‘nefarious’ misuse of White House by Trump campaign
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Ted CoxHatch Act, Mike Quigley, Jan Schakowsky, Republican National Convention, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Barack Obama, Kellyanne Conway, Sarah Sanders, Ivanka Trump, Melania Trump, Mike Pompeo, Mark Meadows, Bobby Rush, Renato Mariotti
Neither snow, nor rain, nor 'gangster' Trump...
House Dems declare they’ll ‘prevent the president from playing Al Capone with our Postal Service’
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Ted CoxUSPS, Al Capone, Mike Quigley, Donald Trump, Danny Davis, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Louis DeJoy, Jan Schakowsky, Keith Richardson, American Postal Workers Union, Sean Casten, Brad Schneider, Delivering for America Act, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Mack Julion, National Association of Letter Carriers, Tammy Duckworth, Kwame Raoul
House progressives call on Fed to loosen purse strings for state loans
Reps. Schakowsky, Garcia join in letter seeking COVID relief
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Ted CoxCoronavirus Relief, COVID-19 Relief, Jan Schakowsky, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, J.B. Pritzker, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Charles Evans, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, The Squad
Quigley cuts funds for ICE 'Citizens Academy'
Garcia, Schakowsky call ‘vigilante’ program training citizens to arrest undocumented immigrants a boondoggle
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Rep. Garcia, Sen. Warren move to extend eviction moratorium
Bill would protect all renters through next March
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Ted CoxJesus "Chuy" Garcia, Elizabeth Warren, Barbara Lee, Protecting Renters From Evictions and Fees Act, CARES Act, Heroes Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, COVID-19 Economic Collapse, J.B. Pritzker, Jan Schakowsky, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Robert Reich, Diane Yentel, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Shamus Roller, National Housing Law Project, Mitch McConnell
Planned Parenthood reopens health centers
After shutting down to just six statewide in COVID-19 pandemic, nine reopen
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Ted CoxPlanned Parenthood of Illinois, Planned Parenthood, Jennifer Welch, Coronavirus, Chicago Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Chicago COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Jan Schakowsky, Title X, Title X Gag Rule
Pritzker 'cautiously optimistic' on 'bending curve'
Pope Francis backs Universal Basic Income, as Trump administration pulls back on unemployment for gig workers
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Pope Francis, UBI, Universal Basic Income, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Andrew Yang, Eugene Scalia, Jordan Abudayyeh, Ngozi Ezike, Greg Harris, Jan Schakowsky
U.S. House approves new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact
Schakowsky touts drug concessions, Garcia casts only Ill. vote against
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Ted CoxUSMCA, NAFTA, Jan Schakowsky, Cheri Bustos, Richard Guebert Jr., Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Illinois Farm Bureau, Trump Trade War, Robin Kelly, Adam Kinzinger
Kinzinger backs Trump, but with caveats
Republican congressman pooh-poohs being left out as 2020 state campaign co-chairman
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Adam Kinzinger, Jan Schakowsky, Impeachment Inquiry, Trump Impeachment, Cheri Bustos, Mitch McConnell, $15 Minimum Wage, U.S. Minimum Wage, Prescription Drug Prices
Gun violence is a public-health issue
Congressional subcommittee meets on Chicago’s South Side, hears calls to research root causes of gun crimes
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Ted CoxGun Control, Chicago Gun Violence, Gun Violence, Bobby Rush, Kenndy-King College, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce, Anna Eshoo, Selwyn Rogers Jr., Danny Davis, NRA, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Niva Lubin-Johnson, Robin Kelly, Ronald Stewart, Jan Schakowsky, G.K. Butterfield, Spencer Leak Sr., Norman Kerr, Brenda Mitchell, Yvette Clarke, Gabby Giffords, Steve Scalise, Donald Trump, Adam Kinzinger
Trump 'declaring war on our neighborhoods'
Congressman Garcia raps ICE plans for $1M military training site with ‘hyper-realistic’ replica of Chicago
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, ICE, U.S. Immigration, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Trump Immigration, Jan Schakowsky, Ben Bergquam, Frontline America, Emma Lozano, Centro Sin Fronteras, Familia Latina Unida, Glenn Beck
To 500 and beyond: End-of-summer review
Farmers said, ‘Enough,’ the drumbeat for impeachment pounded, bills were signed into law, and Scabby the Rat faced off against Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, J.B. Pritzker, Scabby the Rat, Vose's Korndogs, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Farmers, USDA, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Capital Bill, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Minimum Teacher Salary, Illinois Education Funding, Paraeducators, Ameya Pawar, Universal Basic Income, Jan Schakowsky, Sean Casten, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Bill Foster, Bill Brady, Better Government Association, BGA, EPA
League of Women Voters demands equal pay
Laurel Bellows, in keynote speech, says, ‘We are at the point when we must fight’
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Ted CoxLeague of Women Voters., League of Women Voters of Illinois, Audra Wilson, Laurel Bellows, American Bar Association, Pay Inequity, Equal Pay, U.S. Sex Pay Gap, U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, U.S. Women's Olympic Hockey Team, Lauren Underwood, Jan Schakowsky, J.B. Pritzker, Bill Foster, David Welter, Barb Yong, Equal Pay Day Chicago
Activists protest against customs confab
Pritzker signs bills protecting immigrant youths, as Customs and Border Protection holds Chicago trade symposium
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Donald Trump, ICE, Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Trade Symposium, Marriott Marquis Chicago, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Mansi Kathuria, Ava Garcia, United Workers Center, PASO West Suburban Action Project, Tatiana Munoz, Immigration, Immigrant Detention, Lori Lightfoot, Jan Schakowsky
Jesse White: No sharing with ICE
Secretary of state says Illinois not part of FBI use of driver’s license records in facial recognition
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Trump imposes 'illegal directive' on EPA
Members of Congress join EPA workers in charging ‘attack on science,’ environment, and civil servants
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Jan Schakowsky, Danny Davis, Don Villar, Scabby the Rat, EPA, Nicole Cantello, Climate Change, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Illinois Environmental Council, Colleen Smith, Matt Muchowski, AFGE, AFGE Local 704, Chicago Federation of Labor
Garcia, Schakowsky charge Trump with immigrant intimidation
Reps. shine spotlight on Francisca Lino, ‘hiding’ in church sanctuary
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Ted CoxJesus "Chuy" Garcia, Jan Schakowsky, Roberto Maldonado, Francisca Lino, Emma Lozano, "Sim" Coleman, U.S. Immigration, ICE, Adalberto United Methodist Church, Donald Trump, Dreamers, DACA
Planned Parenthood Ill. rejects Trump gag rule
Organization refuses to compromise health care, drops out of Title X program
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Ted CoxPlanned Parenthood of Illinois, Planned Parenthood, Donald Trump, Jennifer Welch, Title X Gag Rule, Title X, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Illinois Abortion Rights, Jan Schakowsky, Dick Durbin
