Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a member of the Democratic Party’s leadership in the House of Representatives, suggested to Jason Mattera at a Feb. 13 women’s rights rally that plans for an assault weapons ban and private-sales background checks were only
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky on CNN’s “State Of The Union” attacking Dr. Benjamin Carson for his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast
Dr. Ben Carson thrilled the nation with his plain talk about political correctness, tax reform, and health insurance at the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 7. President Barack Obama, seated a few feet away, did not seem impressed–and neither were
![How Democrats Understand Immigration Reform: 'A Gigantic Block [Sic] of Progressive Voters'](http://cdn.breitbart.com/mediaserver/Breitbart/Big-Government/2013/02/03/Screen%20shot%2020130203%20at%2081534%20AM.png "How Democrats Understand Immigration Reform: 'A Gigantic Block [Sic] of Progressive Voters'")
As the national debate over immigration reform heats up, Republicans who believe that there are political benefits in passing new legislation might consider what Democrats believe about their own political advantages. For years, Democrat strategists such as convicted felon Robert
On Tuesday, 44 House Democrats joined Rep Jan Schakowsky in her bid to submit H.R. 261, legislation supporting a “public option.” When ObamaCare was passed in 2010, the “public option” was removed, but like the seven-headed Hydra, another head has
On Tuesday afternoon, nearly 1500 Chicagoans gathered outside of the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago for a rally to show solidarity and support with Israel. The rally was quiet and peaceful, however, it did draw hostile opposition from anti-Israel protesters,
A Republican member of the House intelligence committee is vigorously disputing a new claim by Democrat and fellow committee member Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois that intelligence officials told the committee there had been a “demonstration that was going on”
With the president’s favorability among Americans seemingly spiraling out of control since his first debate appearance, the president’s campaign is now busing Chicagoans to once considered “safe” Iowa on Saturday and organizing carpools on Sunday to persuade voters to get
In a stunning decision, the Chicago Tribune has endorsed challenger Tim Wolfe against long Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky. Schakowsky has for many years remained an untouchable candidate, and even maintained the Tribune’s support against Joel Pollak an outstanding challenger prior
TheBigPictureRT: U.S. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL, 9th Congressional District) joins Thom Hartmann on he The Big Picture. We’ll get live reaction from Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky as the DNC continues in Charlotte – and as President Obama prepares to address the
Last night, in Evanston, Illinois, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky failed to appear at a protest that she helped organize, to deliver Signon.org petitions to Bain Capital’s local office. Despite Schakowsky’s failure to show, Huffington Post is now repeating the talking of
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) immediately politicized the tragic Aurora theater shootings, and, on Monday, the Congresswoman continued the tactic. This time, she used the Aurora shootings to denounce the National Rifle Association (NRA). “The National Rifle Association is so powerful
Rep Jan Schakowsky attacking Romney on MSNBC
On a day when President Barack Obama said politics should be put aside, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) on Friday could not help herself in immediately politicizing the horrific murders of moviegoers who went to an Aurora, Colorado theatre to see
There are particular rules of etiquette in America when it comes to displaying our flag–the U.S. Flag Code. However, sadly, some of our elected officials have either never heard of the code and just learning of its existence or, even
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) recognized Breitbart News Jeremy Segal at the Supreme Court today and responded to his recent post at Breitbart News exposing how her office had desecrated the American Flag on the hood of a van during a
President Barack Obama is campaigning against a Republican Congress he is trying to blame for his policy failures. However, his campaign’s co-chair may have revealed Obama and Democrats’ true intentions by making a so-called “Kinsley gaffe” in which someone mistakenly
Democrats are bracing for the political impact of a likely visit by Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney to the State of Israel, which would highlight the fact that President Barack Obama has not visited Israel once during his term in
ABC News has run a segment spooking consumers about the deadly dangers of … makeup. Naturally, the reporters in the segment, including former beauty queen Diane Sawyer and Jim Avila, report with faces full of … makeup. video platformvideo managementvideo
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky attacked Republicans as not caring if same sex couples, native Americans and immigrants are victims of violence.
On Thursday, March 29, on Ed Schultz’s left-wing radio show, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) referred to the killing of Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26 as a “modern-day lynching.” The host, apparently, did not correct her. Schakowsky evidently doesn’t know much about
On Thursday’s Ed Schultz Radio Show, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, heated up the rhetoric surrounding the Trayvon Martin case by calling it “A Modern-Day Lynching”
Recently the Washington Post had a story about a coalition of left-wing advocacy groups calling for their counterparts on the conservative side to reveal all their donors, even though the law does not require it. The Post feels the crusade is a
Discussing the Illinois primary this morning on the “The Stephanie Miller Show,” Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky from Illinois repeatedly said Mitt Romney won’t do well in her state because “midwesterners don’t like phonies.”
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), who led efforts in 2009 to support would-be dictator Manuel Zelaya of Honduras, is continuing her campaign against the democratically elected government that replaced him. Schakowsky has circulated a letter among Democrats in the U.S. House
