Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s glad to see folks participating in protests like Occupy Wall Street in New York, even if the demonstrations remain something of an enigma to her after watching them firsthand. The Illinois Democrat is about as friendly an ally as the protesters are likely to encounter in Congress. As a member of President Obama’s deficit-reduction task force, Schakowsky rejected the panel’s majority approach, and instead put forward her own comprehensive progressive deficit-reduction plan, a proposal which would...
