Local Rep. Schakowsky Floor Statement on Republican Opposition to Payroll Tax Relief by Gary Kopycinski on December 20, 2011 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2011. Today on the House floor, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) made the following statement in response to House Repulican opposition to H.R. 3630 – Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011: