Rep. Bradley “Brad” Schneider
Representative for Illinois’s 10th District
pronounced BRAD-lee // SHNĪ-der
Schneider is the representative for Illinois’s 10th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2017. Schneider is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 62 years old.
He was previously the representative for Illinois’s 10th congressional district as a Democrat from 2013 to 2014.
![Photo of Rep. Bradley “Brad” Schneider [D-IL10]](/static/legislator-photos/412534-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Schneider proposed $39 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $10 million to The Village of Antioch for “Village of Antioch Public Works Facility”
- $5 million to City of Waukegan for “Waukegan Neighborhood Schools Lead Service Line Replacement”
- $4 million to Lake County Public Works Department for “New Century Town Wastewater Treatment Plant”
View all requests and justifications on Schneider’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.
Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Schneider.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Schneider is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Schneider has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Sep 30, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Bradley “Brad” Schneider sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Schneider was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Schneider sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (26%) Health (24%) International Affairs (13%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%) Commerce (8%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Immigration (5%) Armed Forces and National Security (5%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Schneider recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 701: Encouraging further deepening and broadening of the Abraham Accords on occasion of the …
- H.R. 5350: Investing in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act of 2023
- H.R. 4942: Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 4753: Impacts and Outcomes for Health Career Training Act
- H.Res. 599: Urging the European Union to designate Hizballah in its entirety as a terrorist …
- H.R. 4588: Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act of 2023
- H.Res. 574: Remembering the lives lost and honoring the survivors one year after the Independence …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Oct 2023, Schneider missed 52 of 4,881 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is better than the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
