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: Experience: House: District 2, 2013-Present; Home State: Wisconsin; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $767,474Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Mark Pocan

Gender:Male

Family: Partner: Phil

Birth Date: 08/14/1964

Birth Place: Kenosha, WI

Home City: Madison, WI

Education

BA, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1986

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2012-present

Assembly Member, Wisconsin State Assembly, 1998-2012

Supervisor, Dane County Board of Supervisors, 1991-1996

Current Legislative Committees

Budget, Member

Education and the Workforce, Member

Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, Member

Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus, present

Professional Experience

Owner, Budget Signs and Specialties, 1988-present

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, 1000 Friends of Wisconsin

Member, Action Wisconsin

Member, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Former Member, Big Brothers Big Sisters

Member, Clean Wisconsin

Member, Colombia Support Network/Apartadó Sister City Organization

Member, Fair Wisconsin

Member, Midwest Progressive Elected Officials Network

Member, Midwest States Center

Member, Painters and Allied Trades Union, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

Member, Sierra Club

Member, Southern Poverty Law Center

Former Board Member, Wisconsin Citizen Action

Member, Wisconsin Environmental Decade

Additional Information

Awards:

In his seven terms in the State Assembly, Pocan earned numerous legislative awards, most recently with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees' Roy Kubista Friend of Labor Award for his dedication to public employees. In 2009, he was honored with the Planned Parenthood Rebecca Young Leadership Award for his successful efforts to pass the Compassionate Care for Rape Victims Act. He was named the 2009 SEIU Legislator of the year for his efforts to create the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Commission. Also that year, he was also awarded the Fair Wisconsin Statewide Leader award for his role in creating a Domestic Partner Registry and to provide domestic partners with 43 legal protections currently afforded to married couples.

Other awards Pocan has received include the Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin Legislator of the year (2008), Wisconsin Library Association's Public Policy Award (2008), Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault Voices of Courage Public Policy Award (2008), Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Honor Roll (2008), Wisconsin Aids Fund award (2007), Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Conservation Champion (2006), Wisconsin Counties Association Outstanding Legislator Award (2006 & 2008), Clean Wisconsin Clean 16 Award (2004, 2002 & 2000), ACLU Special Recognition Award (2001) and the Wisconsin Federation of Teachers State Employees Council Representative of the Year (2003 & 2002).

Total: 1

Pocan Says Equality Act will Protect Individuals from Discrimination in All Areas of Society

Washington, D.C - U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), a Co-Chair of the Equality Caucus, released the following statement after helping introduce the Equality Act, legislation to ban discrimination against LGBT individuals in public accommodations, housing, employment, and other core areas of daily life.

07/23/2015

Wis Politics

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	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
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	Strongly Support Voter ID laws are racist and intended to suppress minority voting. Taxpayer funds should be used for political campaigns.
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	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	Oppose The only "gun right" is self-defense against violence. The government should reinforce registration rules and keep guns away from children.
14. Expand ObamaCare	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
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	Support Human needs come first, but it's ok to use natural resource for sustainable development.
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: 39

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
04/29/2015	H.R.1421	Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2015	04/29/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
04/29/2015	H.R.649	Student Loan Refinancing Act	04/29/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
04/29/2015	H.R.587	PRE-K Act	04/29/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (All Actions)
02/27/2015	H.R.967	Protecting America's Sovereignty Act	02/27/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
02/02/2015	H.J.Res.25	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.	02/02/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
12/22/2014	H.R.5844	Protect Our Public Lands Act	12/22/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. (All Actions)
11/17/2014	H.R.5533	PACE Act	11/17/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
09/17/2014	H.R.5508	Student Loan Interest Deduction Fairness Act	09/17/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
09/12/2014	H.R.5451	Next Generation Research Act	09/12/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
09/10/2014	H.R.5444	Corporate Fair Share Tax Act	09/10/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
09/10/2014	H.R.5443	Putting America First Corporate Tax Act	09/10/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
09/10/2014	H.R.5442	Corporate Transparency and Accountability Act	09/10/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
07/29/2014	H.R.5239	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness.	07/29/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
06/13/2014	H.R.4622	Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act	06/13/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
02/12/2014	H.R.3935	Dairy COOL Act of 2014	02/12/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit. (All Actions)
01/22/2014	H.R.3135	Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2013	01/22/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. (All Actions)
09/13/2013	H.R.3047	To authorize borrowers of loans under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program to modify the interest rate of such loans to be equal to the interest rate for such loans at the time of modification.	09/13/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
08/29/2013	H.R.2839	Restore Honor to Service Members Act	08/29/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
06/14/2013	H.J.Res.44	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.	06/14/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)

Total: 1499

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
06/13/2017	H.R.2895	To provide a requirement to improve data collection efforts.
06/13/2017	H.R.627	Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2017
06/12/2017	H.R.2878	To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employment of children in tobacco-related agriculture by deeming such employment as oppressive child labor.
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.
06/08/2017	H.R.2853	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017	H.R.2840	To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each State to ensure that each individual who provides identifying information to the State motor vehicle authority is automatically registered to vote in elections for Federal office held in the State unless the individual does not meet the eligibility requirements for registering to vote in such elections or declines to be registered to vote in such elections, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017	H.R.2827	To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
05/19/2017	H.Res.344	Recognizing the contributions of senior volunteers.
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.Res.337	Expressing support for designation of May as Stroke Awareness Month.
05/18/2017	H.R.1872	Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2017
05/18/2017	H.Res.197	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Canadian Government does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin.
05/18/2017	H.R.1477	No Taxpayer Funding for the Wall Act
05/18/2017	H.R.1222	Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2017
05/17/2017	H.R.2498	To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit.
05/17/2017	H.R.2493	To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require individuals nominated or appointed to Senate-confirmed positions or to positions of a confidential or policymaking character to disclose certain types of contributions made or solicited by, or on behalf of, the individuals.
05/17/2017	H.R.2491	To impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	H.R.2482	To extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan program, 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.

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