HASTINGS, ALCEE L

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: Experience: House: District 20, 1993-Present; Home State: District of Columbia; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $594,085Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Alcee 'Judge' L. Hastings, Sr.

Gender: Male

Family: Divorced; 3 Children: Chelsea, Alcee, Leigh

Birth Date: 09/05/1936

Birth Place: Altamonte Springs, FL

Home City: Miramar, FL

Religion: African Methodist Episcopal

Education

JD, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1963

BS, Zoology and Botany, Fisk University, 1958

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, Florida, District 20, 1993-present

Senior Democratic Whip, United States House of Representatives

Candidate, Secretary of State, State of Florida, 1990

Current Legislative Committees

Rules, Member

Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Afterschool Caucus

Member, Algae Energy Caucus

Member, Algeria Caucus

Member, Americans Abroad Caucus

Member, Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease

Member, Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease

Member, Bipartisan Cystic Fibrosis Caucus

Member, Caribbean Caucus

Member, Children's Caucus

Member, Coalition for Autism Research and Education

Member, Coast Guard Caucus

Member, Community College Caucus

Member, Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus

Member, Congressional Afghan Caucus

Member, Congressional Animal Protection Caucus

Member, Congressional Anti-Bullying Caucus

Member, Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus

Member, Congressional Army Caucus

Member, Congressional Arts Caucus

Member, Congressional Asthma and Allergy Caucus

Member, Congressional Bicameral High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Caucus

Member, Congressional Black Caucus

Member, Congressional Black Caucus Energy and the Environment Taskforce

Member, Congressional Black Caucus Gaming Taskforce

Member, Congressional Boating Caucus

Member, Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth

Member, Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues

Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans

Member, Congressional Caucus on Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children

Member, Congressional Caucus on the European Union

Member, Congressional Caucus on the Judicial Branch

Member, Congressional Caucus on Turkey and Turkish Americans

Member, Congressional Caucus on Women in the Military

Co-Founder/Co-Chair, Congressional Caucus to End Homelessness

Member, Congressional Coastal Caucus

Member, Congressional Contaminated Drywall Caucus

Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus

Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus

Member, Congressional French Caucus

Member, Congressional Gaming Caucus

Member, Congressional Gulf Coast Caucus

Member, Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition

Member, Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus

Member, Congressional Humanities Caucus

Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Member, Congressional Human Trafficking Caucus

Member, Congressional Mental Health Caucus

Member, Congressional Morocco Caucus

Member, Congressional Narcotics Abuse and Control Caucus

Member, Congressional Older Americans Caucus

Member, Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus

Member, Congressional Philanthropy Caucus

Co-Chair/Co-Founder, Congressional Pollinator Protection Caucus

Member, Congressional Singapore Caucus

Member, Congressional Taiwan Caucus

Member, Congressional Task Force Against Anti-Semitism

Member, Congressional Trails Caucus

Member, Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus

Member, Congressional TRIO Caucus

Member, Congressional Ukrainian Caucus

Member, Congressional Universal Health Care Reform Caucus

Member, Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus

Member, Congressional Zoo & Aquarium Caucus

Member, Dairy Farmers Caucus

Member, Democratic Caucus

Co-Chair, Democratic Caucus' Congressional Task Force on Job Creation

Co-Chair, Democratic Caucus Jobs Task Force

Member, Democratic Homeland Security Task Force

Co-chair, Democratic Israel Working Group

Former Vice Chair, Democratic Select Committee on Election Reform

Member, Democratic Select Committee on Election Reform

Member, Diversity and Innovation Caucus

Co-chair, Everglades Caucus

Chair, Florida Congressional Delegation

Member, Friends of Canada Caucus

Vice-Chair, Friends of Jordan Caucus

Member, Friends of Norway Caucus

Member, Friends of Switzerland Caucus

Co-chair, Global Road Safety Caucus

Member, Home Health Caucus

Member, House Cancer Caucus

Member, House Hunger Caucus

Member, House Special Operations Forces Caucus

Member, House Specialty Crop Caucus

Co-chair, House Sugar Caucus

Member, House Trade Working Group

Member, Housing Stabilization Task Force

Member, India Caucus

Member, International Conservation Caucus

Member, International Workers Rights Caucus

Member, Labor and Working Families Caucus

Member, Land Conservation Caucus

Member, LGBT Equality Caucus

Member, Macedonia Caucus

Member, Malaria Caucus

Member, Minor League Baseball Caucus

Member, National Eating Disorders Awareness Caucus

Member, National Marine Sanctuary Caucus

Member, National Parks Caucus

Member, Native American Caucus

Member, NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus

Former Vice Chair, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, United States House of Representatives

Member, Populist Caucus

Member, PORTS Caucus

Member, Port Security Caucus

Member, Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Caucus

Member, Rural Education Caucus

Member, Rural Health Care Coalition

Member, Sportsman's Caucus

Former Member, Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management

Former Member, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence

Member, Sudan Caucus

Member, Tuberculosis Elimination Caucus

Co-Chair/Co-Founder, Tunisia Caucus

Member, Urban Caucus

Member, US-Mexico Friendship Caucus

Member, US-Mongolia Friendship Caucus

Co-Chair, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 2007

Professional Experience

Attorney, 1963-1979, 1989-1992

Judge, Southern District of Florida, United States District Court, 1979-1989

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Member, Family Christian Association

Member, Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Member, National Organization for Women (NOW)

Vice President, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Support Abortion should be decided by a woman herself. It is an important part of their health rights and reproductive freedom.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Strongly Oppose The death penalty should be abolished. We should let judges and juries decide what penalties to apply in each case.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Support A progressive income tax is necessary in modern society. That is the right way to run our tax system.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Support The federal government should intervene in the economy and inject as much funding as needed to recover from the Great Recession, including direct federal job creation.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Oppose Public schools are an important component of American society. We should improve public schools rather than destroying them with vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier	Support Voter ID laws just make it harder for people to vote, but what we should do is to make voting easier.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Support Overuse of fossil fuels causes serious problems that we should deal with immediately. And green energy is absolutly a good option for us to Stop Global Warming.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Oppose Expanding the military is not important and integrant for U.S. now. But when the country meets with defiance or agression, it is acceptable to continue expanding our military.
11. Support & expand free trade	Strongly Oppose We should restrict trade with any country which costs us jobs or which creates a trade deficit. And International trade just ships jobs overseas.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Oppose Availability of guns should be absolutely limited, because more guns mean more killing.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Support Very few Americans have adequate health insurance. The government should make funds available for all citizens.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Support Immigration restrictions are racist because they keep out Hispanics and other non-whites. Social services should be offered to all residents of the United States regardless of immigration status.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Oppose Animals have inherent rights, and nature has inherent value. It is necessary to support vegetarianism and protect environment.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Oppose Church-state separation precludes the involvement of religious institutions in social services. Basically, we should not violate the Constitutional principle in this case.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Support Past discrimination should be corrected. Government should enforce Affirmative Action laws in companies.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Support In free country, people are free to choose their mate, whichever gender they like. Homosexual partners or marriages are equal with heterosexual ones.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

Total: 403

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
05/18/2017	H.Res.231	Celebrating the importance of the 15th Anniversary of the Arab Peace Initiative as a meaningful effort by Arab countries to the commitment of peace in the Middle East.	05/18/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa. (All Actions)
03/23/2017	H.R.1406	Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017	03/23/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. (All Actions)
03/16/2017	H.R.1570	African Descent Affairs Act of 2017	03/16/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
02/16/2017	H.Res.68	Condemning Palestinian incitement and reaffirming the special bond between Israel and the United States.	02/16/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa. (All Actions)
02/16/2017	H.Res.30	Condemning the Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China, and urging China to end the dog meat trade.	02/16/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. (All Actions)
02/10/2017	H.R.159	To expand the workforce of veterinarians specialized in the care and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystems, and to develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine.	02/10/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (All Actions)
01/25/2017	H.R.166	Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2017	01/25/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
01/25/2017	H.R.165	Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2017	01/25/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
01/25/2017	H.R.164	Increasing Access to Voluntary Screening for HIV/AIDS and STIs Act of 2017	01/25/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
01/25/2017	H.R.161	Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act	01/25/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
01/13/2017	H.R.167	Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017	01/13/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
01/13/2017	H.R.163	Gun Manufacturers Accountability Act	01/13/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
01/13/2017	H.R.158	Corey Jones Act	01/13/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
01/11/2017	H.Con.Res.4	Expressing support for temporary protected status for Haitian nationals currently residing in the United States, and for other purposes.	01/11/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (All Actions)
01/09/2017	H.R.379	Justice for Yazidis Act	01/09/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (All Actions)
01/04/2017	H.R.168	Donate for Disaster Relief Act of 2017	01/04/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. (All Actions)
01/03/2017	H.R.162	Haitian Educational Empowerment Act of 2017	01/03/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
01/03/2017	H.R.160	Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act of 2017	01/03/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
01/03/2017	H.R.157	Combatting Terrorism in Tunisia Emergency Support Act of 2017	01/03/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
01/03/2017	H.Res.20	Recognizing the importance of nonprofit organizations to the economy of the United States and expressing support for designation of September as "Nonprofit Organization (NPO) Recognition Month".	01/03/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)

Total: 6163

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
02/16/2017	H.Res.140	Condemning the appointment of Steve Bannon to the National Security Council and urging his immediate removal.
02/16/2017	H.Res.136	Equality for All Resolution of 2017
02/16/2017	H.Res.104	Reaffirming a strong commitment to the United States-Mexico partnership.
02/16/2017	H.Con.Res.21	Reaffirming a strong commitment to the United States-Australia alliance relationship.
02/16/2017	H.Con.Res.20	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the execution-style murders of United States citizens Ylli, Agron, and Mehmet Bytyqi in the Republic of Serbia in July 1999.
02/16/2017	H.Res.78	Reiterating the indisputable fact that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in its perpetration of the Holocaust and calling on every entity in the executive branch to affirm that fact.
02/16/2017	H.Res.49	Recognizing the anniversary of the tragic earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, honoring those who lost their lives in the earthquake and in Hurricane Matthew in October 2016, and expressing continued solidarity with the Haitian people.
02/15/2017	H.R.1094	Weekend Voting Act
02/14/2017	H.R.1050	Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2017
02/14/2017	H.R.817	End Surprise Billing Act of 2017
02/14/2017	H.Res.79	Original Black History Month Resolution of 2017
02/13/2017	H.R.1022	Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2017
02/13/2017	H.R.1001	Veterans Federal Hiring Protection Act of 2017
02/10/2017	H.Res.90	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 115th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime.
02/10/2017	H.R.807	Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017
02/10/2017	H.R.786	ACHE Act
02/10/2017	H.R.771	Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2017
02/10/2017	H.R.676	Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act
02/10/2017	H.R.502	To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
02/08/2017	H.Con.Res.17	Original NAACP Resolution of 2017

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