Brad Schneider

Brad is committed to core Democratic values.

In Congress and at home, Brad is focused on the economic well-being of hard-working families, young people just starting out, seniors hoping to enjoy their golden years with health and dignity, and everyone else striving to not just make ends meet, but to get ahead. Brad is breaking through partisan gridlock to find solutions, and promoting core American values of opportunity, equality, and security. He is fighting to combat rising costs for everyday necessities, and protect the Affordable Care Act, Social Security and Medicare, a woman’s right to choose, a healthy, sustainable environment and full equality for the LGBTQ+ community.

In Congress, he proudly fights to make life more affordable for Illinoisans and protect Social Security and Medicare, a woman’s right to choose, a healthy, sustainable environment, and full equality for the LGBTQ+ community.

As a senior member of the influential Ways and Means Committee, Brad is working to improve our healthcare system and protect Medicare and Social Security. He has led the charge repealing the restriction of the state and local tax deduction which raised taxes on many middle-class families in the Tenth District. On the Foreign Affairs Committee, Brad is focused on preserving the United States’ influence and leadership with our allies, addressing challenges with our adversaries, and helping set international policies in global forums.

"I am running for Congress in the 10th Congressional District of Illinois because I am committed to bringing people together throughout our communities and across the aisle to make sure our children inherit a stronger and more secure future."

Before serving in Congress, Brad’s career in business spanned nearly three decades, helping family-owned businesses plan for and realize strategic growth. Brad also owned and managed a life insurance agency from 1997-2003. He earned both a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration from Northwestern.

Reduce the cost of everyday necessities for Illinois residents.

• Preserve the current homepage affordability priority without inventing a price mechanism.

Create jobs.

• Current homepage priority; no sector or program is specified.

Protect Social Security.

• Preserve the current homepage commitment without inferring a benefit formula.

Protect Medicare.

• Preserve the current homepage commitment without inferring a payment policy.

Protect a woman's right to choose.

• Preserve the current homepage commitment.

Protect a healthy and sustainable environment.

• Preserve the current environmental objective without inventing a regulatory mechanism.

Protect full equality for LGBTQ people.

• Preserve the current equality commitment.

Provide quality, affordable health care to all Americans while reducing overall system costs.

• Preserve access, affordability, universality, and cost-reduction objectives.

Supports protecting the Affordable Care Act and improving it; the cited source describes transparency and oversight as past work rather than a new detailed proposal.

Prevent insurers from denying affordable coverage because of a preexisting condition or removing families from coverage when someone becomes sick.

• Preserve both insurance protections.

Expand firearm background checks and close the gun-show loophole.

• Preserve the two linked screening mechanisms.

Reinstate the federal assault-weapons ban.

• Preserve the named federal measure.

Restrict large-capacity ammunition feeding devices.

• Preserve the campaign's capacity restriction without inventing a threshold.

Expand access to family-planning services and birth control.

• Preserve the two access commitments.

Promote sex-education programs covering abstinence, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, and other decision-making information.

• Preserve the named instructional components.

Improve access to quality prenatal care and create more adoption pathways, including for same-sex couples and single parents.

• Preserve the health-care and adoption mechanisms and named eligible families.

Increase investment in early-learning programs so every child has an opportunity for preschool.

• Preserve the investment mechanism and universal opportunity objective.

Give teachers strong instructional tools, field-specific training, and fair compensation.

• Consolidate the campaign's related teacher-workforce mechanisms.

Make technical, undergraduate, and graduate education affordable through community colleges, colleges, and universities.

• Preserve the covered credentials and institutions.

Enact comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border, supports legal immigration, and matches a competitive global economy.

• Preserve the campaign's three stated reform objectives.

Provide permanent legal status and a path to citizenship for people brought to the United States as children.

• Preserve the status and citizenship mechanisms.

Voted for the No Budget, No Pay Act, which would withhold congressional pay if Congress failed to pass a budget.