Rep. Jan Schakowsky: I Voted Against the Republican Spending Bill That has a Huge Giveaway to Wall Street, Cuts Pensions and Helps the Super-Rich Buy Elections

WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2014. The House voted on a spending bill (H.R. 83) yesterday. Rep. Jan Schakowsky voted ‘No’ on the bill because of several deeply troubling provisions. She issued the following statement on the matter:

“I strongly oppose the spending bill that House Republicans brought to the floor today. There are least three deeply disturbing provisions in the bill.

First, the bill contains a massive giveaway to the same Wall Street bankers who nearly bankrupted our economy. Yet these same Wall Street banks, now making record profits, saw an opportunity to . . .