U.S. Representative — Illinois's 9th District

Janice Schakowsky

Democrat · Illinois

Democrat U.S. Representative for Illinois's 9th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

H.R.10003 — Consumer Protection and Recovery Act (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
H.R.9931 — To spark a renaissance in American manufacturing through the establishment of a American Manufacturing Renaissance Act to develop and monitor a national manufacturing strategy, to identify and address supply chain weaknesses as well as identify and address obstacles to inclusion and align manufacturing with strategic opportunities and imperatives through local multi-stakeholder Manufacturing Renaissance Councils, which are analogous to the technology hubs established in the Chips and Science Act, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
H.R.9932 — Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
H.R.9231 — No Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 9, 2026)
H.R.8907 — IMPACT to Save Moms Act (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
H.R.8423 — Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 21, 2026)
Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2026 This bill expands enforcement provisions under the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act to protect consumers from price manipulation, including by allowing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to temporarily or permanently ban any person from trading…
H.R.8311 — Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act (Introduced, Apr 15, 2026)
H.R.7336 — ALS Better Care Act (Introduced, Feb 3, 2026)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

Voted Nay on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

H.R.9990 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to psychological and behavioral services. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
H.R.2904 — Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
H.R.9995 — To prohibit forced arbitration in work disputes, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
H.R.9944 — TPS Review Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
H.R.9898 — Transportation for Reentry Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
H.R.9941 — Right to IVF Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
H.R.9874 — Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
H.R.1657 — Humane Cosmetics Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)

Voting analysis

Janice Schakowsky has put her name to more colleagues' bills than almost any other member on this site, while filing a comparatively modest number of her own. She is also among the House's most frequently absent members.

460

Bills sponsored

10329

Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 50 currently sit at Introduced.

12.7%

Roll calls recorded as not voting

220

Roll calls eligible to vote on

Recorded as not voting

Those two facts are not in tension. Cosponsorship is signature work and can be done from anywhere. A roll call cannot.

2.6%

Votes against the Democrat majority

192

Roll calls where a party majority formed

135 of 212

Rank among House Democrats, most defections first

Five unrelated disagreements

Her departures share neither a subject nor a direction. She backed a war powers resolution and a fuel retailing bill that most Democrats opposed. She then opposed a retail crime bill, a resolution on Iranian state sponsorship of terrorism, and an amendment, each of which most Democrats supported. Two are votes for something her caucus declined; three are votes against something it carried.

All 5 roll calls where Janice Schakowsky voted against the House Democrat majority.
Roll call	Date	Outcome	Their vote
H.Con.Res.84 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 201	Jun 4, 2026	Failed	Yea (party: Nay)
H.R.1346 Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act On Passage · roll call 164	May 13, 2026	Passed	Yea (party: Nay)
H.R.2853 Combating Organized Retail Crime Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 157	May 12, 2026	Passed	Nay (party: Yea)
H.R.7567 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 145	Apr 30, 2026	Agreed to	No (party: Yea)
H.Res.1099 Reaffirming Iran remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree · roll call 84	Mar 5, 2026	Passed	Nay (party: Yea)

Within the Illinois Democrats

Illinois returns a substantial Democratic group to the House, and Schakowsky votes with it more consistently than its average member does. Her absences, not her dissents, are what set her apart from the rest.

Among the 14 Democrats in the Illinois delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.4%. Janice Schakowsky is below that average at 2.6%.

What she legislates on

Health leads her classified filings by a wide margin, with commerce behind it — the two subjects of the energy and commerce subcommittee where she is ranking member. Her bills include a consumer protection and recovery measure, a national manufacturing strategy built on local multi-stakeholder councils, an inclusive home design bill, a labelling measure, and one on the rights of franchisees.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Janice Schakowsky's cluster into: Health (24), Commerce (12), Housing and Community Development (2), Taxation (2), Agriculture and Food (1), Crime and Law Enforcement (1).

Tenure

She has held the seat since the close of the nineteen-nineties, and has never appeared under another party label.

First elected in 1999, now serving across 14 terms. Janice Schakowsky falls in the veteran cohort.

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Janice Schakowsky has 460 bills sponsored, 10329 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade (Ranking Member)
House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Environment

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