Jan Schakowsky
Progressive
Democrat
House Representative
Illinois - District 9
Current Position: US House Representative IL-9
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- Against privatizing Social Security; strongly opposes benefit cuts and supports protecting Social Security and Medicare from deficit reduction
- For progressive taxation including minimum tax rate of 30% for those earning over $1 million and against permanent tax cuts for wealthy
Business & Labor
- For raising the minimum wage to $10.10+ per hour and supporting union organizing rights
Health Care
- For expanding ObamaCare and establishing a public healthcare option; supports single-payer healthcare
Education
- Against school voucher programs; opposes private and religious school vouchers and supports public education funding
Environment
- For environmental protection and against offshore oil drilling; supports renewable energy and opposes drilling in ANWR
Civil Rights
- For abortion rights without restrictions; supports access to contraception, emergency contraception, and opposes limitations on abortion services
- For same-sex marriage rights and comprehensive LGBT rights including prohibiting employment discrimination and allowing benefits for domestic partners
- For the Equal Rights Amendment; has repeatedly sponsored and supported ratification of the ERA
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For lowering the voting age to 16 years old
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- Against the Iraq War; was one of the earliest opponents and co-founder of the Out-of-Iraq Congressional Caucus
- For comprehensive immigration reform; opposes building border fences and supports allowing illegal immigrant children to attend school
Public Safety
- For gun control measures including background checks for all firearm sales and transfers, closing gun show loopholes, and banning large-capacity ammunition
- Against the death penalty; supports abolishing the federal death penalty
- For marijuana legalization; supports medical marijuana and excluding industrial hemp from marijuana laws