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: Experience: House: District 5, 1987-Present; Home State: Georgia; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $742,059Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: John R. Lewis

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Lillian; 1 Child: John

Birth Date: 02/21/1940

Birth Place: Troy, AL

Home City: Atlanta, GA

Religion: Protestant

Education

BA, Philosophy/Religion, Fisk University, 1963

BA, Theology, American Baptist College of American Baptist Theological Seminary, 1961

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1987-present

Senior Chief Deputy Whip, United States House of Representatives, present

Council Member, Atlanta City Council, 1982-1986

Candidate, Special Election, United States House of Representatives, 1977

Current Legislative Committees

Subcommittee on Human Resources, Member

Subcommittee on Oversight (Ways and Means), Ranking Member

Ways and Means, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, 21st Century Health Care Caucus, present

Member, Albanian Issues Caucus, present

Member, Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, present

Member, Caucus on Hellenic Issues, present

Member, Caucus on Human Trafficking, present

Member, Caucus on Turkey, present

Co-Chair, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Arts Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Black Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, present

Member, Congressional Coalition on Adoption, present

Member, Congressional Humanities Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Kidney Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Soccer Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Urban Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Vision Caucus, present

Member, Cystic Fibrosis Caucus, present

Member, Diabetes Caucus, present

Member, Friends of New Zealand Congressional Caucus, present

Member, Gaming Caucus, present

Member, Global Road Safety Caucus, present

Member, Green Schools Caucus, present

Member, Historic Preservation Caucus, present

Member, House Cancer Caucus, present

Member, House Nursing Caucus, present

Member, House Rural Health Care Caucus, present

Member, House Trails Caucus, present

Member, Native American Caucus, present

Member, Out of Iraq Caucus, present

Member, Out of Poverty Caucus, present

Member, Pakistan Caucus, present

Member, Peanut Caucus, present

Member, Science, Technology, Engingeering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus, present

Member, Tennessee Valley Authority Caucus, present

Member, Tri-Caucus, present

Former Chair, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Professional Experience

Author

Associate Director, Field Foundation

Director, Voter Education Project

Community Affairs Director, National Consumer Cooperative Bank, 1980-1982

Director, ACTION Federal Volunteer Agency, 1977

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, African American Institute, Martin Luther King Center for Social Change

Member, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial

Coordinator, Mississippi Freedom Summer, 1964

Additional Information

Awards:

The Spingarn Medal, NAACP

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Award, National Education Association

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Non-Violent Peace Prize

Golden Plate Award, Academy of Excellence

John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award

President's Medal of Georgetown University

Hero Award, National Trust for Historic Preservation

Capital Award, National Council of La Raza

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	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	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	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	Oppose Faith-based origanizations and prayer in schools are inappropriate because they fail to recognize American pluralism and religious diversity.
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: 304

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
05/12/2009	H.R.2343	Tax Compromise Improvement Act of 2009	05/12/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
05/07/2009	H.R.2303	State Tax Administration Assistance Act of 2009	05/07/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
04/23/2009	H.R.2085	Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act of 2009	04/23/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
03/23/2009	H.R.1643	Medicare Access to Community Health Centers (MATCH) Act of 2009	03/23/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/18/2009	H.R.1596	Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2009	03/18/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
03/16/2009	H.R.789	Teen Dating Violence Prevention Act of 2009	03/16/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions)
01/14/2009	H.R.524	GIVE Act of 2009	01/14/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
12/02/2008	H.R.2040	Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act	12/02/2008 Became Public Law No: 110-451. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
03/10/2009	H.R.1396	Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2009	03/10/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. (All Actions)
02/23/2009	H.R.1126	Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2009	02/23/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
02/23/2009	H.R.1094	Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2009	02/23/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
02/13/2009	H.R.1093	To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase in the maximum level of fees authorized to be charged by representatives with respect to claims of entitlement to past-due benefits and to require cost-of-living adjustments to such level of authorized fees.	02/13/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
11/19/2008	H.R.7285	To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase in the maximum level of fees authorized to be charged by representatives with respect to claims of entitlement to past-due benefits and to require cost-of-living adjustments to such level of authorized fees.	11/19/2008 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
02/10/2009	H.Res.134	Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s visit to India, and the positive influence that the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi had on Dr. King's work during the Civil Rights Movement.	02/10/2009 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
02/04/2009	H.R.886	Blind Persons Return to Work Act of 2009	02/04/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
02/03/2009	H.R.796	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into private debt collection contracts.	02/03/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
02/03/2009	H.Res.103	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week.	02/03/2009 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
02/02/2009	H.Res.102	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week.	02/02/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
01/21/2009	H.Res.73	Observing the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and encouraging the people of the United States to observe the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and for other purposes.	01/21/2009 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
01/14/2009	H.R.525	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the recapture rule of the first-time homebuyer credit and to extend the application of the credit through 2009.	01/14/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)

Total: 7616

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.
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.
05/22/2017	H.R.2589	To waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease.
05/18/2017	H.R.2525	To improve the financial literacy of students.
05/17/2017	H.R.2508	To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States.
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.2309	Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2017
05/17/2017	H.R.356	Protecting Our Democracy 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.2282	Equality Act
05/02/2017	H.Res.291	Promoting and supporting the goals and ideals of the Fair Housing Act and recognizing April 2017 as Fair Housing Month, which includes bringing attention to the discrimination faced by every-day Americans in the United States in housing and housing-related transactions on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, familial status, disability, and religion.
05/02/2017	H.R.1242	400 Years of African-American History Commission Act
05/01/2017	H.R.2262	Free Credit Score Act of 2017
05/01/2017	H.R.2043	Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2017
04/28/2017	H.R.2230	To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue or bust of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.
04/28/2017	H.Res.284	Expressing support for honoring Earth Day, and for other purposes.
04/28/2017	H.R.2119	Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017
04/27/2017	H.R.2150	Flags of Convenience Don't Fly Here Act

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