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April 23, 2024
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EVANSTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Task Force on Aging and Families, released the following statement on the Biden-Harris Administration’s final rule on national minimum nursing home staffing standards:
April 20, 2024
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), released the following statement after voting to pass the emergency funding packages to provide critical foreign security and humanitarian assistance:
April 10, 2024
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WASHINGTON - As millions of Americans prepare to file their taxes ahead of the federal deadline on April 15, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) today introduced legislation to ensure that large corporations are finally required to pay their fair share. The Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act would stop corporations from sheltering profits in tax havens like the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg, eliminate tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas, and close loopholes in the tax code that allow corporations to get away with paying little to nothing in taxes.

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April 23, 2024

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