Janice D. Schakowsky
U.S. Representative · IL-9 · Democrat
From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 9, 2026 · How we measure
Money and votes
2025–26 cycle · through Mar 13, 2026Method19 PACs of the 27 that gave
Of the 27 PACs that gave to Schakowsky and have a lobbying organization behind them, 19 belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.
70% · House median: 57%
104 bills
Those PACs’ organizations lobbied on 104 bills. Schakowsky voted Yea on 12, Nay on 15, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 75 with no recorded vote.
$45K of $88.6K
Those 19 PACs gave Schakowsky $45K, 51% of all the PAC money she received.
House median: 41%
PAC money only. Individuals and transfers bring the campaign’s total to $415K.
A filing shows that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took. The PAC gives the money; the organization behind it does the lobbying.
Top three bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied
- H.R. 2531 Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act $12K5 PACs
Cosponsor
Top 3 of 124 bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied, 20 broad must-pass bills among them
Who funds Schakowsky 43 PACs
- American Association of Nurse AnesthetistsMembership group PAC · funds 201 other members51% to Republicans
- American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political EducationLabor union PAC · funds 196 other members100% to Democrats
- International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation WorkersLabor union PAC · funds 179 other members98% to Democrats
All 124 bills with each PAC’s gift and filing, the amounts and lobbying spend of the top PACs, money by cycle Pro
Free account See ProCampaign totals from Schakowsky’s own reports
FEC H8IL09067Gifts from the PACs’ FEC reports through Mar 13, 2026; lobbying from LDA filings through Q3 2026; votes from Voteview. Broad must-pass bills sort below narrow ones and do not set the money-bar scale.
Broad must-pass bills are left out of the figures above; 2 more PACs belong to organizations that lobbied only on those.
16 of Schakowsky’s PACs have no federal lobbying on record or no organization Oathstar could match.
Filings lag, so recent gifts can take weeks to appear. Schakowsky’s leadership PAC (Progressive Choices PAC) is reported separately.