PAYNE, DONALD M., JR.

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PAYNE, DONALD M., JR.
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: Experience: House: District 10, 2012-Present; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $388,978Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Donald 'Don' M. Payne, Jr.

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Beatrice; 3 Children: Donald III, Jack, Yvonne

Birth Date: 12/17/1958

Home City: Newark, NJ

Education

Attended, Graphic Arts, Kean University

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 10, 2012-present

Member, Board of Chosen Freeholders, Essex County, New Jersey, 2005-2012

At-Large Representative, City Council, Newark, New Jersey, 2006-2012

President, Municipal Council, Newark, New Jersey, 2010-2012

Won Special Election, United States House of Representatives, November 6, 2012

Current Legislative Committees

Homeland Security, Member

Small Business, Member

Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Transportation Security, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Caucus on Sudan and South Sudan, present

Member, Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, present

Member, Congressional Library of Congress Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Small Business Caucus, present

Member, Ports, Opportunity, Renewable, Trade, and Security (PORTS) Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)

Member, Education Committee

Member, Health Committee

Member, Justice Reform Task Force, Congressional Black Caucus

Member, Recreation Committee

Professional Experience

Former Employee, New Jersey Highway Authority

Director, Student Transportation, Essex County Educational Services Commission

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Founder, Above The Rim

Co-Founder, Embracing Arms

Founder, Newark South Ward Junior Democrats

Board Member, New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Advisor, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Youth in Government Program

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	Oppose Effective enforcement rather than strict enforcement shoud be considered. The death penalty should be used with extreme caution, if at all.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Support Flatter taxes benefit the wealthy more than the lower and middle class. We should focus tax relief on the majority of taxpayers instead of on the richest.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Support In order to recover from the Great Recession, the federal government should institute stimulus for private corporations for more hiring.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Oppose It is ok to continue experimenting with charter schools, and with public school choice, but only as a limited experiment, and no vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
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	Strongly Oppose In times of peace, it is totally not needed to expand the military. We can improve instruction of our country by other ways.
11. Support & expand free trade	Oppose Trade should be Fair, not Free. Free trade poses a risk to job security, causes humanitarian problems overseas, or results in environmental damage.
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	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Support Benefits of diversity should be considered. The government should prosecute companies that discriminate against women and minorities.
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: 35

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
04/27/2015	H.R.1789	Tank Car Safety and Security Act of 2015	04/27/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security. (All Actions)
02/27/2015	H.Res.131	Supporting the designation of March 2015, as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.	02/27/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
12/01/2014	H.R.5744	SWIC Enhancement Act	12/01/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications. (All Actions)
11/17/2014	H.R.4932	Increasing Technology Skills Act of 2014	11/17/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
07/25/2014	H.R.1376	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office Building".	07/25/2014 Became Public Law No: 113-139. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
07/09/2014	H.R.4289	Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act	07/09/2014 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (All Actions)
06/25/2014	H.R.4972	Althea Gibson Excellence Act	06/25/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
06/13/2014	H.R.4063	Growing Small Businesses Act of 2014	06/13/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
05/23/2014	H.R.4738	Tank Car Safety Act of 2014	05/23/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. (All Actions)
10/15/2013	H.R.3158	SAFE in Our Schools Act	10/15/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications. (All Actions)
09/06/2013	H.R.2962	SMART Grid Study Act of 2013	09/06/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies. (All Actions)
07/30/2013	H.R.2863	GREEN Jobs Act of 2013	07/30/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
07/08/2013	H.R.2195	Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2013	07/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (All Actions)
04/08/2013	H.R.868	Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2013	04/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. (All Actions)
02/14/2013	H.Res.69	Supporting the designation of March 2013, as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.	02/14/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)

Total: 836

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
06/12/2017	H.Res.380	Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
06/08/2017	H.R.2854	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual who is subject to a requirement to present identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to meet such requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual's identification, and for other purposes.
05/22/2017	H.R.695	Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017
05/19/2017	H.R.2557	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare program of certain DNA Specimen Provenance Assay clinical diagnostic laboratory tests.
05/18/2017	H.R.2526	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reinstate the authority of the Secretary of Education to make Federal Direct Stafford Loans to graduate and professional students.
05/18/2017	H.R.2510	To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.
05/18/2017	H.Res.239	Supporting ongoing efforts by the United States Government, in concert with the United Nations and the donor community, to respond to drought and food insecurity in the Horn of Africa.
05/17/2017	H.R.2499	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to meet standards for the location and operation of polling places used in elections for Federal office, including a standard requiring States to ensure that no individual waits for longer than one hour to cast a vote at a polling place, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	H.R.2477	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	H.R.2475	To provide for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	H.R.2309	Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2017
05/17/2017	H.R.356	Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/09/2017	H.R.267	Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017
05/05/2017	H.R.2360	Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 2017
05/05/2017	H.R.2351	Minority Diabetes Initiative Act
05/04/2017	H.Res.314	Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.
05/02/2017	H.R.2302	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 259 Nassau Street, Suite 2 in Princeton, New Jersey, as the "Dr. John F. Nash, Jr. Post Office".
05/02/2017	H.R.2283	DHS MORALE Act
05/02/2017	H.R.2282	Equality Act
05/02/2017	H.Con.Res.51	Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece.

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