JEFFRIES, HAKEEM

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: Experience: House: District 8, 2013-Present; Home State: New York; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,114,221Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Hakeem Jeffries

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Kennisandra; 2 Children

Birth Date: 08/04/1970

Birth Place: Brooklyn

Home City: Prospect Heights, NY

Religion: Baptist

Education

JD, New York University Law School, 1997

MA, Public Policy, Georgetown University, 1994

BS, Political Science, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1992

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2012-present

Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, 2006-present

Candidate, New York State Assembly, District 57, 2000, 2002

Current Legislative Committees

Budget, Member

Education and the Workforce, Member

Judiciary, Member

Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, Member

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

Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, Member

Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus, present

Professional Experience

Former Employee, Office of Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly

Assistant General Counsel, Litigation Department, Major Media Company, 2003-2006

Associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 1999-2003

Clerk, Judge Harold Baer, Southern District of New York, United States District Court, 1998

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, 77th Precinct Community Council, present

Member, Cornerstone Baptist Church, present

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Instructor, Crown Heights Youth Collective

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	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	Oppose Cutting taxes and reducing regulation is the means to recuperate from the Great Recession.
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	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	Support We should establish a market-based solution for excess carbon emissions. The Kyoto Protocol should require developing countries' participation to make the solution work.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
11. Support & expand free trade	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
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	Support The government should subsidize health insurance for groups which are at risk. Universal health insurance is a good goal, although some market methods can work as well as government systems.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Support The government should make few restrictions on immigration but not treat illegal aliens as criminals.
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	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: 37

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
01/27/2015	H.R.544	Slain Officer Family Support Act of 2015	01/27/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
12/16/2014	H.R.5108	To establish the Law School Clinic Certification Program of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes.	12/16/2014 Became Public Law No: 113-227. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
07/31/2014	H.R.5317	P.J.'s Act	07/31/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
07/23/2014	H.R.1501	Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument Preservation Act	07/23/2014 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. (All Actions)
07/21/2014	H.R.4936	Vulnerable Immigrant Voice Act	07/21/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (All Actions)
03/12/2014	H.Res.514	Honoring Thomas Jennings of New York City as the first African-American to be granted a patent by the United States.	03/12/2014 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
02/28/2014	H.R.4130	Low and Moderate Income Housing Act of 2014	02/28/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
01/27/2014	H.R.3713	To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for the registration of marks consisting of a flag, coat of arms, or other official insignia of the United States or of any State or local government, and for other purposes.	01/27/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. (All Actions)
01/27/2014	H.R.3688	Ex-Offender Voter Registration Act of 2013	01/27/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
01/17/2014	H.R.3878	Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014	01/17/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. (All Actions)
12/05/2013	H.R.3646	Extreme Weather Mitigation Act of 2013	12/05/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (All Actions)
09/13/2013	H.R.2639	Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013	09/13/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. (All Actions)
07/16/2013	H.R.2695	American Public Housing Act of 2013	07/16/2013 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. (All Actions)
07/08/2013	H.R.1498	To extend the interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans.	07/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
04/12/2013	H.R.1537	To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration.	04/12/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
04/11/2013	H.R.1499	Disaster-Affected Homeowners Notification Act of 2013	04/11/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
02/06/2013	H.R.554	Superstorm Sandy Mortgage Relief Act of 2013	02/06/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)

Total: 702

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
06/14/2017	H.R.2900	To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the prevention and treatment of the use of synthetic recreational drugs, and for other purposes.
06/13/2017	H.R.2899	To reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007.
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.2841	To prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.
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.1973	Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse Act of 2017
05/18/2017	H.R.2527	To amend title 11 of the United States Code to modify the dischargeability of debts for certain educational payments and loans.
05/18/2017	H.R.1477	No Taxpayer Funding for the Wall Act
05/18/2017	H.Res.188	Condemning the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and calling for justice for the victims.
05/18/2017	H.Res.172	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the Russian Federation, its officials, security services, and any person or entity within the Russian Federation or associated with the Russian Government, should not interfere, seek to influence, or engage in coercion designed to create an outcome in foreign elections.
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.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.356	Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/11/2017	H.R.2412	Keep Our Pension Promises Act
05/03/2017	H.R.2325	Emergency Financial Manager Reform Act of 2017
05/02/2017	H.R.2282	Equality Act
05/01/2017	H.R.2262	Free Credit Score Act of 2017

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