Brad Schneider

Democrat Representative of Illinois's 10th district

  • Representative

    Illinois, district 10

    January 3, 2025 - January 3, 2027

202-225-4835

@RepSchneider

schneider.house.gov

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6

Congresses Served

6

House Terms

August 20, 1961 (63 years old)

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  • American businessman and politician
  • Served as U.S. representative for a district including Chicago’s northern suburbs
  • Worked as a management consultant and industrial engineer before entering politics
  • First elected to Congress in 2012, lost reelection in 2014, but won again in 2016 and has been reelected since
  • Graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering and a Master of Business Administration
  • Founded his own consulting company, Cadence Consulting Group, in 2008
  • Describes himself as a moderate Democrat and progressive, focusing on pragmatic solutions
  • Voted with President Joe Biden’s stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress
  • Advocates for “100 percent pro-choice” stance on abortion, endorsed by Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America
  • Supports EPA carbon emission standards, emissions trading, and incentives for alternative energy development
  • Backs broad sanctions on Iran and supports giving F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine
  • Proposed legislation to regulate privately made firearms to curb gun violence
  • Supports the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and opposes its repeal
  • Favors same-sex marriage and a 3:1 ratio of spending cuts to tax increases for debt reduction
  • Voted against the Amash–Conyers Amendment to stop NSA surveillance programs
  • Co-sponsored a bill to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour
  • Serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Ways and Means
  • Member of the New Democrat Coalition and Problem Solvers Caucus
  • Lives in Deerfield with his wife and two sons; his nephew is a Democratic politician in Rhode Island
  • Ranked as one of the wealthiest members of Congress in the early 2010s
  • Led missions to Israel as part of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago and has been involved with AIPAC and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
  • Tested positive for COVID-19 in January 2021 after the U.S. Capitol attack
  • Was planning to march at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park when a mass shooting occurred, but was unharmed