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HR309 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Food and Drug Administration has the authority to approve drugs for abortion care.
Kathy Ellen Manning, Yadira Caraveo, Grace Meng
Last updated over 1 year ago
49 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
HB2785 - REEF Act Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness Act
Janice D. Schakowsky, Brian K. Fitzpatrick, Rick Larsen
Last updated over 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
To permanently exempt payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2869 - School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Jahana Hayes, Lucy McBath
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
To require the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to publish an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety that includes data on school shootings, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2757 - Puerto Rico Status Act
Raul M. Grijalva, Nydia M. Velazquez, Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon
Last updated over 1 year ago
98 Co-Sponsors
To enable the people of Puerto Rico to choose a permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status for Puerto Rico and to provide for a transition to and the implementation of that permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HCR33 - Freedom to Decide Act
Josh Gottheimer, Jasmine Crockett, Angela Dawn Craig
Last updated over 1 year ago
51 Co-Sponsors
Expressing support for access to medication abortion in the United States.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2676 - For the 99.5 Percent Act
Jimmy Gomez, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Bonnie Watson Coleman
Last updated over 1 year ago
34 Co-Sponsors
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate estate and generation-skipping taxes, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2823 - Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2023
Ed Case, Jennifer Kiggans, Jill N. Tokuda
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
To exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on immigrant visas, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2708 - Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2023
Steve Cohen, Jake Auchincloss, Joyce Beatty
Last updated over 1 year ago
223 Co-Sponsors
To prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
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HB2931 - Smart Sentencing Adjustments Act
Tony Cardenas, Donald Payne, Janice D. Schakowsky
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide incentives for States to implement policy changes to reduce prison populations, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2682 - Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act.
Barbara Lee, David Joyce, Earl Blumenauer
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
To allow veterans to use, possess, or transport medical marijuana and to discuss the use of medical marijuana with a physician of the Department of Veterans Affairs as authorized by a State or Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from US Congress district HD-IL-9
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US House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Janice D. Schakowsky was born in 1944 in Chicago, IL. She received a B.A. from the University of Illinois in 1965. Prior to her election to Congress, she served in the Illinois General Assembly. In 1998, Schakowsky was elected to represent Illinois’ 9th Congressional District. She serves on the Energy & Commerce Committee. Some of her policy priorities and legislation have focused on healthcare, energy and the environment.read less
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