I believe that we must move towards public financing of campaigns in order to make sure that elected representatives respond to the concerns of their constituents, instead of moneyed interests.
Work to move toward public financing of campaigns.
Occurrences
Evidence
The campaign-finance section of Schakowsky’s current democracy page says she believes Congress should move toward public financing of campaigns and that she will work hard on it. The page was crawled on April 30, 2026, within the lookback window, but it does not show a new bill, vote, hearing, or agency action in that period.
Assessments
Schakowsky's promise was framed as an effort commitment to work toward public financing, not to enact a complete public-financing system. In the current federal term, she continued public support for public financing and cosponsored H.J.Res.122 in the 119th Congress, a constitutional amendment proposal explicitly preserving authority to enact public financing systems for political campaigns. The measure had only been introduced and referred to committee, so it does not show full policy enactment, but it is concrete legislative action by the candidate toward the promised goal.