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Jan Schakowsky

Obama Leads Chicago's Rise To Power

The Daily Beast | Scott Turow | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago

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Chicago, my hometown, and far more significantly, that of Sen. Barack Obama, appears poised with his election as president--pooh, pooh, pooh!--to beco...

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Even if You Can't Schlep, Talk to Your Grandparents About Obama

Rep. Jan Schakowsky | Posted 11.16.2008 | Chicago

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky

Even if you are still unsure of your path in life, and even if your parents and friends occasionally wonder about you, your grandma and grandpa love you and have faith in you. That is your weapon!

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Warning to Women: McCain-Palin are Dangerous to Your Well-Being

Rep. Jan Schakowsky | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky

McCain and Palin want to convince women that they offer something new. But on issues that really matter in our lives, they offer more of the same old Bush policies, and in some cases, worse than the same.

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Lynn Sweet: Chicagoans To Tell Obama's Story At Convention

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 09.19.2008 | Chicago

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When Alexi Giannoulias was an undergraduate at the University of Chicago in the mid-1990s, one of the guys he would play pick-up basketball games with...

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Why Hilda Needs Universal Health Care

Rep. Jan Schakowsky | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky

A week doesn't go by in my district offices without some constituent, often several, calling in a panic about a personal health care crisis.

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Illinois Rep: At Least Eight Superdelegates Secretly Supporting Obama

Progress Illinois | Mose Buchele | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky says she knows of "at least eight" superdelegates who plan on voting for Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, but h...

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Michael Roston

Heat Builds On Blackwater: Congresswoman Moves To Ban Private Security Contractors

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The congressional vice-grip is tightening on Blackwater and other contracted defense firms. Next Wednesday, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) will introduce...

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Coulter Slams Jews, Calls For Them To Be "Perfected"

Chicago Sun Times | Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Ann Coulter sank to a new low on Thursday in her comments about Jews and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) let her have it. "We just want Jews to be perfe...

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