Elected 1998 Born: May 26, 1944, Chicago Home: Evanston Education: U. of IL, B.S. 1965 Religion: Jewish Marital Status: married (Robert Creamer)

Career:

• Elected Office: IL House of Reps., 1990-98.
• Professional: Fdr., Natl. Consumers Unite, 1969-73; Prog. Dir., IL Public Action, 1976-85; Exec. Dir., IL State Cncl. of Sr. Citizens, 1985-90.

DC Office: 515 CHOB 20515, 202-225-2111; Fax: 202-226-6890; Web site: www.house.gov/schakowsky

State Offices: Chicago, 773-506-7100; Evanston,847-328-3409.

Committees:

• Financial Services (20th of 32 D): Housing & Community Opportunity; International Monetary Policy & Trade; Oversight & Investigations.
• Government Reform (16th of 19 D): Government Efficiency, Financial Management & Intergovernmental Relations (RMM); National Security, Veterans' Affairs & Intl. Relations.

Group Ratings
	ADA	ACLU	AFS	LCV	CON	ITIC	NTU	COC	ACU	NTLC	CHC
2000	85	86	100	86	52	28	28	40	4	12	0
1999	100	--	100	94	66	--	30	20	4	--	--

National Journal Ratings
	1999 LIB	--	1999 CONS		2000 LIB	--	2000 CONS
Economic	80%	--	18%		80%	--	20%
Social	83%	--	13%		94%	--	0%
Foreign	78%	--	17%		97%	--	0%

Key Votes of the 106th Congress
1. Patient Bill of Rights Y 2. Accelerate Min. Wage Y 3. Strike Ban on Ergo. Stnd. Y 4. Ovrd. Estate Tax Veto N 5. Bar RU-486 $ for FDA N 6. Display 10 Commandments N		7. Gun Show Bkgrnd. Checks Y  8. Ban Part.-Birth Abortion N  9. NATO War in Serbia Y 10. Perm. Trade with China N 11. Debt Relief for 3rd World Y 12. Drop Cuba Econ. Embargo Y

Election Results
2000 general	Jan Schakowsky (D)	147,002	(76%)
	Dennis J. Driscoll (R)	45,344	(24%)
2000 primary	Jan Schakowsky (D)	unopposed
1998 general	Jan Schakowsky (D)	107,878	(75%)
	Herbert Sohn (R)	33,448	(23%)
	Other	3,284	(2%)

Campaign Finance
2000	Receipts	Receipts from PACs	Expenditures
Jan Schakowsky (D)	$849,837	$183,803	$694,724
Dennis J. Driscoll (R)	$20,360	$12	$98,852