Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL) - Business

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Corporations should pay heavier taxes on windfall profits. A federal tax on windfall profits earned by engaging in price gouging.

The U.S. should allow farmers to grow industrial hemp. Co-sponsored H.R.1009: Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007

Bankruptcy courts should have the power to adjust home mortgages. Schakowsky co-sponsored bill to allow adjustment of home mortgages in bankruptcy

Victims of major natural disasters should be granted special relief in bankruptcy. Schakowsky co-sponsored Hurricane Katrina Bankruptcy Relief Act

The U.S. should provide tax breaks for businesses that do not outsource. SCHAKOWSKY, HOUSE DEMOCRATS, UNITE HERE ANNOUNCE PATRIOT CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA LEGISLATION

The government should prohibit the financial services industry from executing universal default clauses. Schakowsky co-sponsored bill to ban clauses

UNKNOWN: Should Lehman Brothers have been bailed out by the federal government?

UNKNOWN: Should organic farmers receive additional federal subsidies?

UNKNOWN: Is capitalism the most effective economic system?

UNKNOWN: Should Congress increase the federal minimum wage?

UNKNOWN: Should the government provide financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?

UNKNOWN: Is the U.S. undergoing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression?

UNKNOWN: How does outsourcing affect the U.S. economy?

UNKNOWN: What impact have Bush Administration policies had on the economy?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. pass the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. increase the cap on visas for skilled workers?

UNKNOWN: Should AIG have been bailed out by the federal government?

UNKNOWN: Will the U.S. economy go into recession in 2008?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. federal government provide financial support to its auto industry?

UNKNOWN: Should food contain country-of-origin labeling?

UNKNOWN: Will the financial crisis lead to another economic depression?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. end agricultural subsidies?

UNKNOWN: Should governments subsidize property insurance coverage for natural disasters?

UNKNOWN: Should governments infuse capital directly into failing banks as part of their response to the financial crisis?

UNKNOWN: Do the economic benefits of a weak U.S. dollar outweigh the costs?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. enact a balanced budget amendment?

UNKNOWN: Should Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac be nationalized?

UNKNOWN: Should the Treasury Department block severance packages for Fannie and Freddie corporate executives?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. government try to recoup AIG bonuses?

UNKNOWN: Should the government offer cash rewards to citizens for developing new technology?

UNKNOWN: Should the Federal Government assist mortgage defaulters?

UNKNOWN: Should the Federal Reserve have more authority to supervise financial institutions?

UNKNOWN: Should the economic stimulus plan include a 'Buy American' provision?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. build more oil refineries?

UNKNOWN: Will the federal government's financial bailout package help stabilize the U.S. economy?

UNKNOWN: How should performance fees of hedge fund managers be taxed?

UNKNOWN: Which is most responsible for the U.S. auto industry's financial problems?

UNKNOWN: Which is having the greatest impact on rising oil prices?

UNKNOWN: Should unions be permitted to strike?

UNKNOWN: Should Congress issue a second round of the 2008 stimulus checks?