THOMPSON, BENNIE G.

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THOMPSON, BENNIE G.
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: Experience: House: District 2, 1993-Present; Home State: Mississippi; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $724,228Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Bennie G. Thompson

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: London; 1 Child: BendaLonne

Birth Date: 01/28/1948

Birth Place: Bolton, MS

Home City: Bolton, MS

Religion: Methodist

Education

MS, Education, Jackson State University, 1972

BA, Political Science, Tougaloo College, 1968

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 2, 1993-present

Regional Whip, United States House of Representatives

Won Special Election, United States House of Representatives, April 13, 1993

County Supervisor, Board of Supervisors, Hinds County, Mississippi, 1980-1983

Mayor, Bolton, Mississippi, 1973-1980

Alderman, Bolton, Mississippi, 1969-1973

Current Legislative Committees

Homeland Security, Ranking Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Black Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Rural Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Sunbelt Caucus, present

Member, Gaming Caucus, present

Member, Tennessee Valley Authority Caucus, present

Former Member, Congressional Children's Working Group

Former Member, Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus

Professional Experience

Administrator, Tri-County Community Development Center, 1972-1974

Administrator, Jackson Hinds Comprehensive Health Center, 1970-1972

Teacher, Madison County School District, 1969-1970

Teacher, Franklin County School District, 1968-1969

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Lifetime Member, Asbury United Methodist Church, present

Member, National Guard and Reserve Components Congressional Members Organization, present

President, Mississippi Association of Black Mayors

Founding Member, Mississippi Association of Black Mayors

Founding Member, Mississippi Association of Black Supervisors, 1980-1993

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	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	Support It is necessary to expand military under financial budgets. Only our military are strong enough, our people can live freely enough.
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	Support The government should make few restrictions on immigration but not treat illegal aliens as criminals.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Oppose We should consider about both nature rights and human needs, accounting for nature's value for humans as well as for other environmental benefits.
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	Support Homosexuals are equal with any other members of society. We should acknowledge the legitimacy of homosexual partners, but civil unions are preferable to using the term "marriage".
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: 166

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
07/30/2015	H.R.3417	Coast Guard Academy Opportunity Act	07/30/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. (All Actions)
07/28/2015	H.R.2127	Securing Expedited Screening Act	07/28/2015 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (All Actions)
06/25/2015	H.Res.341	Raising a question of the privileges of the House.	06/25/2015 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions)
04/29/2015	H.R.172	To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".	04/29/2015 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (All Actions)
02/12/2015	H.R.958	Clyde Kennard Congressional Gold Medal Act	02/12/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
02/10/2015	H.Res.99	Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Alan Nunnelee, a Representative from the State of Mississippi.	02/10/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
12/18/2014	H.R.1204	Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2014	12/18/2014 Became Public Law No: 113-238. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
12/09/2014	H.R.579	To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".	12/09/2014 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (All Actions)
06/21/2013	H.R.2271	Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond Battlefields Addition Act	06/21/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. (All Actions)
06/18/2013	H.R.2326	Medgar Evers House Study Act	06/18/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. (All Actions)
05/29/2013	H.R.1945	Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2013	05/29/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies. (All Actions)
09/26/2014	H.R.5240	CORRECT Act	09/26/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
04/04/2014	H.R.4409	To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in an effort to bring justice and equality to Americans in Mississippi during Freedom Summer.	04/04/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
09/13/2013	H.R.2898	Division Realignment Act of 2013	09/13/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. (All Actions)
04/24/2013	H.R.1455	Contract Screener Reform and Accountability Act	04/24/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security. (All Actions)
04/12/2013	H.R.1516	Coast Guard Academy Opportunity Act	04/12/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. (All Actions)
03/27/2013	H.R.1245	Flight School Security Act of 2013	03/27/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security. (All Actions)
03/11/2013	H.R.735	Federal Protective Service Improvement and Accountability Act of 2013	03/11/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency. (All Actions)
12/20/2012	H.R.1073	To designate the United States courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".	12/20/2012 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 173. (All Actions)
10/05/2012	H.R.5512	Divisional Realignment Act of 2012	10/05/2012 Became Public Law No: 112-188. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)

Total: 3410

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.2589	To waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease.
05/22/2017	H.R.1370	Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017
05/18/2017	H.R.2514	To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that revenues collected from passengers as aviation security fees are used to help finance the costs of aviation security screening by repealing a requirement that a portion of such fees be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.
05/18/2017	H.Res.341	Recognizing the contributions of Defense laboratories to national security and supporting the designation of May 18, 2017, as the "Department of Defense Laboratory Day 2017".
05/18/2017	H.R.2281	Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017
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.356	Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/09/2017	H.R.267	Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017
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.
05/04/2017	H.R.2328	Low-Income Sewer and Water Assistance Program Act of 2017
05/02/2017	H.R.2282	Equality Act
04/27/2017	H.R.1135	To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.
04/26/2017	H.R.1372	Homeland Security for Children Act
04/17/2017	H.R.1927	African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2017
04/08/2017	H.R.2084	Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act
04/07/2017	H.R.1902	Social Security 2100 Act
04/06/2017	H.R.2045	Community College Energy Training Act of 2017
04/04/2017	H.R.1870	Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2017

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