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
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
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
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,
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),
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
