
Sunday on MSNBC’s “Politics Nation with Al Sharpton,” Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) said Republicans “words are terrorizing” Muslim-Americans. Schakowsky said, “You know, they want to define terrorism right now, frankly, Reverend Al, as Muslims, and I’m not even talking about
by Pam Key6 Dec 2015, 8:04 AM PST0

This week on Sirius XM’s POTUS Radio’s “The Midday Briefing with Tim Farley,” Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) said the Paris terror attack should be a “chilling reminder” we need “sensible gun safety laws” in the United States. Schakowsky said, “Obviously
by Pam Key18 Nov 2015, 8:44 AM PST0

Convicted fraudster Robert Creamer played a key role in selling the Iran deal to Democrats, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Creamer, a political consultant who is intimately connected with Obama’s inner political circle, pleaded guilty in 2005 to tax violations and bank fraud.
by Joel B. Pollak12 Sep 2015, 10:31 PM PST0

A convicted felon who went to federal prison in 2006-7 is leading a White-House backed effort to lobby Congress to pass whatever nuclear deal emerges from ongoing talks with Iran in Vienna. Robert Creamer, who served time for fraud and tax charges, and who is married to Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), is coordinating pro-Iran efforts through the liberal Ploughshares group, which held a conference call with President Barack Obama’s aides earlier this week, as reported by Adam Kredo of the Washington Free Beacon.
by Joel B. Pollak8 Jul 2015, 4:53 AM PST0

A war of words–and fundraising emails–has erupted between Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) over the Iran deal. The fight began when Schakowsky objected to Kirk’s remark to Politico that “Neville Chamberlain got a lot of more out of Hitler than [U.S. negotiator] Wendy Sherman got out of Iran.” Schakowsky said it was “appalling” for Kirk to “equate the Obama administration’s diplomacy with Nazi appeasement.” Kirk then used her attack in a fundraising email.
by Joel B. Pollak9 Apr 2015, 12:39 PM PST0

Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) has apologized for stating in a disparaging manner that Joel Pollak—her former opponent in a 2010 Congressional race, who now serves as Breitbart News’s Senior Editor-At-Large and Breitbart California Editor—is an “Orthodox” Jew.
by Jordan Schachtel24 Mar 2015, 10:00 PM PST0

The New Yorker‘s Connie Bruck tackles the question of whether the powerful pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) is losing influence among American Jews. She frames the issue as if AIPAC is siding “with Netanyahu against Obama,”
by Joel B. Pollak25 Aug 2014, 7:45 AM PST0

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) accused Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA) of sexism for telling House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), “Do the research, Madam Leader” after Pelosi chased him down and confronted him on the House floor last Friday evening. Pelosi interrupted
by Tony Lee5 Aug 2014, 11:52 AM PST0

On Tuesday, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus held a hearing on the humanitarian crisis on the ten of thousands of unaccompanied minors flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border. During that hearing, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) likened the cold temperatures maintained
by Breitbart TV30 Jul 2014, 1:32 PM PST0

This Michelle Malkin article originally appeared on Townhall.com It is now all the fashionable rage in Washington, D.C., to proclaim solidarity with America’s working poor in front of the cameras — while stabbing them in the back behind closed doors. Privileged
by Breitbart News30 Jul 2014, 10:58 AM PST0

On Tuesday, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) suggested that Border Patrol agents were torturing illegal immigrants by making detention centers too cold during the summer. At a Congressional Progressive Caucus hearing on the border crisis, Schakowsky said she recently visited a
by Tony Lee29 Jul 2014, 2:30 PM PST0

HOUSTON, Texas–As Texas’ gubernatorial election nears, it has been revealed that Republican candidate and Attorney General Greg Abbott has raised almost three times more money than his opponent, Democratic State Senator Wendy Davis. Abbott recently reported having $35.5 million on
by Kristin Tate15 Jul 2014, 5:02 PM PST0

Democratic State Sen. Wendy Davis wants to be Governor of Texas, but she has been spending a substantial amount of time fundraising in other states. It has now been revealed that Davis raised $3.6 million outside of the state. According to the Associated Press
by Kristin Tate18 Jun 2014, 6:45 AM PST0

Democratic State Sen. Wendy Davis is running to be the Governor of Texas–but she has been spending an increasingly substantial amount of time fundraising out of the state. On May 22, Hollywood A-listers will join Davis for a glitzy event in Santa Monica,
by Kristin Tate17 May 2014, 6:36 PM PST0

Politifact Texas hit Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott May 6 with its worst rating–“pants on fire”–for claiming that Democrat rival Wendy Davis raised money for a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. That member was Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL),
by Joel B. Pollak12 May 2014, 4:46 AM PST0

Although State Sen. Wendy Davis is running to be Governor of Texas, lately she has been spending significant time outside of the state raising money. On May 5, Davis was in Chicago for a fundraising event put on by Democratic Rep. Jan
by Kristin Tate6 May 2014, 4:33 AM PST0

In 2010, your correspondent challenged incumbent Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) in the 9th district of Illinois. It was an exciting campaign, a real contest between Alinskyite socialism and Tea Party conservatism. I lost by 30 points in the deep-blue district,
by Joel B. Pollak4 Apr 2014, 2:15 PM PST0

The left is having a collective giggle-fit over the nomination of Suzanne Atanus as the Republican nominee to challenge Jan Schakowsky in the 9th district of Illinois. I was the Republican nominee in 2010–and Atanus ran then, too. She was
by Joel B. Pollak19 Mar 2014, 2:44 PM PST0

Alana Goodman of the Washington Free Beacon reports that three Democrats–Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)–had invited a “representative of a human rights group headed by a designated al Qaeda terrorist” to brief
by Joel B. Pollak6 Jan 2014, 1:53 PM PST0
Eight Democrats have proposed a bill that would take the death penalty off the table for a variety of serious federal crimes, including espionage, treason and assassinating federal politicians. The Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act. (HR 3741) would “end the
by Elizabeth Sheld17 Dec 2013, 6:03 AM PST0

Back in 2009, as politicians began debating Obamacare–a massive detour from the economy into an issue less important to voters but critical to Democrats’ ideological goals–Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) reveled in the prospect that health care reform might “put the
by Joel B. Pollak31 Oct 2013, 6:19 AM PST0
It’s often the case that the most talented people are not the most vocal self-promoters and, by contrast, the best self-promoters often have relatively little to show in the way of real accomplishments. That’s certainly true when it comes to
by John Sexton10 Aug 2013, 2:12 PM PST0

On Thursday, House Democrats proposed a new bill that would create a minimum 45 percent tax rate on income more than $1 million, and a rate of 49 percent on income more than $1 billion. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) is
by Ben Shapiro26 Apr 2013, 3:09 PM PST0

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a fundraising email Tuesday responding to a report from Breitbart News on her admission for further gun control plans. Schakowsky made headlines Monday after Breitbart News covered an interview from Jason Mattera at a gun
by Rebel Pundit12 Mar 2013, 1:36 PM PST0

Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) at a Monday town hall on gun violence said individuals who question whether Congress would outlaw handguns in the future are “paranoid.” Moran held the “Preventing Another Newtown: A Conversation on Gun Violence in America” forum
by Joe Schoffstall12 Mar 2013, 1:04 PM PST0