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U.S. Representative · Illinois 9th District
Janice D. Schakowsky
DemocratDistrict D+19119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score46#175 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Janice D. Schakowsky’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2408 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1309
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 6 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 6 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 452, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262, H.R. 1329 and 1 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 909 Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 979 AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1262 Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1329 Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
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Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 27.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMinority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and TradeRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Environment
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Schakowsky← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.602 is 0.21 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 201–250 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 1437ASCEND ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 52
| Middle |
| S. 2245A bill to amend the Digital Coast Act to improve the acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data of the Digital Coast program and to extend the program. |