Tag: Jan Schakowsky

"They are not a serious party," said Rep. John Faso, R-N.Y. "They believe in show and theater and spectacle and you saw that out there." (Image courtesy screenshot)

Lawmaker: Singing at healthcare vote shows Democrats aren’t a ‘serious party’

Robert King · May 4, 2017 7:35 pm

The response issued by United Airlines on Monday is "absolutely unacceptable," Rep. Jan Schakowsky said. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Chicago Rep. Schakowsky warns United: ‘This is far from the end of the story’

Susan Ferrechio · April 10, 2017 10:00 pm

"It's just an outrage and I am just going to keep demanding where the bill is," Rep. Frank Pallone said. "The bill probably was in that room and they removed it." (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Secret Obamacare meeting leads to Democrats’ treasure hunt

Robert King · March 2, 2017 7:19 pm

Democrats are asking Trump to drop his support of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits women on Medicaid and Medicare and federal employees — including women in the military — from using government-funded insurance to pay for abortions. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Democrats ask Trump to drop federally funded abortion ban

Nicole Duran · December 20, 2016 3:48 pm

"Panel Republicans have made serious allegations of criminal misconduct, including 'criminal referrals' to state or local law enforcement officials based on secret, unsourced, unverified documents and information," ranking member Rep. Jan Schakowsky and five other Democrats wrote. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Dems demand access to fetal tissue documents

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 7, 2016 6:56 pm

President of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards testified on Capitol Hill. Democrats charge that Republicans wasted $1.5 million on an investigation that was conducted in a partisan and improper manner, and never revealed misdoing by Planned Parenthood, human tissue companies or research institutions. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Dems: Fetal tissue panel a ‘partisan witch hunt’

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 5, 2016 8:03 pm

Lawmakers want nursing levels to be boosted and arbitration agreements prohibited. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Dems call for nursing home reforms

Robert King · July 27, 2016 9:21 pm

"Today, I stand with my colleagues to introduce a resolution that will disband this partisan Republican Select Panel without further delay before more damage is done and more lives are put at risk," Jan Schakowsky said. (AP Photo)

Dems call for disbanding fetal tissue panel

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 9, 2016 4:13 pm

Reps. Diane Black, R-Texas, and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., sponsored legislation that would create a regional demonstration program for Medicare Advantage plans that allow the use of value-based design. (AP Photo)

After Obamacare faceoff, GOP going after entitlements

Robert King · March 21, 2016 4:01 am

In recent years, new research has discovered the disorder in the brains of retired NFL players. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

NFL admits link between football and neurological disease

Robert King · March 14, 2016 7:57 pm

"We will do everything possible to protect their identities," said Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. (AP File Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers pledge to keep names of fetal tissue researchers private

Robert King · March 2, 2016 10:34 pm

"The weak, the vulnerable, those with no voice -- harvest and sold -- there is something going on, something that deserves investigating," Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite/File)

GOP, Dems brawl over subpoenas

Robert King · March 2, 2016 3:52 pm