Local Rep. Schakowsky Statement on Passage of Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act by Gary Kopycinski on February 17, 2012 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)–February 17, 2012. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) released the following statement in response to House passage of an extension of middle class tax cuts, unemployment insurance, and the Medicare physician payment rate: