- Jeffrey Schoenberg
Infobox_State_Senator
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name=Jeffrey Schoenberg
state_senate=Illinois
state=Illinois
district=9th
term=1993 -
preceded=
succeeded=Incumbent
date of birth=birth date and age|1959|07|28
place of birth=Chicago, Illinois
date of death=
place of death=
spouse=Lynne Sered
profession=attorney
religion=Jewish
party=Democratic|Jeffrey Schoenberg is a Democratic member of the
Illinois Senate , representing the 9th district since1993 . He earlier served for six terms in theIllinois House of Representatives .Senate career
As a state senator, Schoenberg has sponsored and supported many diverse bills; he is particularly concerned with inefficient government spending and the state’s procurement code.
Schoenberg pushed for legislation that would crack down on state employees who change careers to companies that are regulated or awarded contracts by the agencies those state workers were employed by.
He has also sponsored the Managed Care Patients Rights Act, legislation which would provide consumers with greater information about their health maintenance organizations and better access to quality health care. Schoenberg has been a long time supporter of abortion rights. He supported the Illinois Safe Choice Zones Act, which would establish a state criminal offense with possible civil penalties for anyone who interferes with an individual entering or leaving abortion clinics, hospitals and other medical facilities.
Because the Senator is concerned with highway safety, he worked for stronger accountability and oversight standards at the Illinois Highway Authority.
Schoenberg supported HB 656, a $226 million tax increase, which raised the Cook County sales tax by 0.25%. He was also the co-sponsor of SB 790, which raided $530 million from various Illinois trust funds (including the Local Government Health Insurance fund, the Sex Offender Registration Fund, and the Banking Regulation Fund) to spend on new programs.
Perhaps his most controversial vote was for SB 241, a bill which gave state constitutional officers and legislators, including himself, a 9.6% pay increase, along with a standard 3.8% increase that year, for a total of a 13.4% pay increase in 2007.
Schoenberg serves as the Chairman on both the Appropriations II Committee, Vice Chairman of the Appropriations I Committee, and a member of the Appropriations III, Health and Human Services, and Financial Institutions Committees.
Personal life
Senator Schoenberg lives in Evanston with his wife and their two children.
External links
* [http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=1049 Illinois General Assembly - Senator Jeffrey Schoenberg (D) 9th District] official IL Senate website
** [http://ilga.gov/senate/SenatorBills.asp?MemberID=1049 Bills] , [http://ilga.gov/senate/SenCommittees.asp?MemberID=1049 Committees]
* [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=BS024499 Project Vote Smart - Senator Jeffrey M. Schoenberg (IL)] profile
*"Follow the Money" - Jeffrey Schoenberg
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200614&c=417405 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200414&c=407224 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200214&c=25472 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200014&c=355525 2000] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=199814&c=355112 1998] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=199614&c=354699 1996] campaign contributions
* [http://www.senatedem.ilga.gov/page_display.asp?PID=32 Illinois State Senate Democrats - Senator Jeffrey M. Schoenberg] profile
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