ELLISON, KEITH MAURICE

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: Experience: House: District 5, 2007-Present; Home State: Minnesota; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,768,856Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Keith Maurice Ellison

Gender: Male

Family: Divorced; 4 Children: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Elijah, Amirah

Birth Date: 08/04/1963

Birth Place: Detroit, MI

Home City: Minneapolis, MN

Religion: Muslim

Education

JD, University of Minnesota Law School, Twin Cities, 1990

BA, Economics, Wayne State University, 1987

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2006-present

Representative, Minnesota State House of Representatives, 2004-2006

Current Legislative Committees

Financial Services, Member

Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Member

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Member

Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Member

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Financial Services), Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease

Member, Center for Strategic and International Studies Commission on Global Health

Member, Children's Environmental Health Caucus

Member, Congressional Adoption Caucus

Member, Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus

Member, Congressional Arts Caucus

Member, Congressional Black Caucus

Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans

Member, Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine

Founder, Congressional Consumer Justice Caucus

Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus

Member, Congressional E911 Caucus

Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Member, Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus

Vice Chair, Congressional Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Equality Caucus

Member, Congressional Populist Caucus

Co-Chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus

Member, Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus

Member, Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus

Member, Green Jobs Caucus

Member, House Democracy Assistance Commission

Member, Law Enforcement Caucus

Member, Out of Iraq Caucus

Member, Pro-Choice Caucus

Member, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Professional Experience

Attorney, Hassan and Reed Limited

Executive Director, Legal Rights Center Incorporated

Attorney, Linquist and Vennum

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Co-Founder, Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota

Total: 1

Sanders wins second lawmaker endorsement

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) is the second lawmaker to endorse Sanders.

10/12/2015

By Ben Kamisar | The Hill

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	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	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	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
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: 194

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
03/09/2017	H.R.933	Employee Empowerment Act	03/09/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
02/17/2017	H.R.1143	Hygiene Assistance for Families of Infants and Toddlers Act of 2017	02/17/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
02/17/2017	H.R.1034	Zero Waste Development and Expansion Act of 2017	02/17/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. (All Actions)
02/16/2017	H.R.1146	Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act	02/16/2017 Referred to House Ways and Means (All Actions)
02/16/2017	H.R.1145	Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2017	02/16/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
02/16/2017	H.R.1144	Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2017	02/16/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
02/15/2017	H.R.1080	HBCU Investment Expansion Act	02/15/2017 Referred to House Financial Services (All Actions)
02/15/2017	H.R.1079	Campus Gun Policy Transparency Act	02/15/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
02/14/2017	H.R.1044	Same Day Registration Act of 2017	02/14/2017 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions)
02/14/2017	H.Res.118	Expressing support for the designation of February 14 of each year as International Flower Workers' Day, in acknowledgment of workers in flower-producing countries and to demonstrate the commitment of the United States to practices that respect labor rights in other countries.	02/14/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
02/10/2017	H.R.988	To provide for a study by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies on the impact of diverting certain freight rail traffic to avoid urban areas, and for other purposes.	02/10/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. (All Actions)
02/10/2017	H.R.934	Personal Drug Importation Fairness Act of 2017	02/10/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
02/10/2017	H.R.759	Ability to Repay Verification Enabling Act	02/10/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. (All Actions)
02/08/2017	H.R.932	MOVE Act	02/08/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. (All Actions)
02/07/2017	H.R.948	Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2017	02/07/2017 Referred to House Financial Services (All Actions)
02/07/2017	H.R.915	Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2017	02/07/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
02/06/2017	H.R.470	Fair Franchise Act of 2017	02/06/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
02/03/2017	H.Res.87	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a Global Marshall Plan holds the potential to demonstrate the commitment of the United States to peace and prosperity through poverty reduction in the United States and abroad.	02/03/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
01/27/2017	H.R.704	Small Business and Community Investments Expansion Act of 2017	01/27/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
01/25/2017	H.R.471	Small Business Administration Franchise Loan Transparency Act of 2017	01/25/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection. (All Actions)

Total: 3352

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
01/01/1900	H.R.1	Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
01/18/2007	H.R.553	Great Lakes Asian Carp Barrier Act
01/17/2007	H.R.539	Buildings for the 21st Century Act
01/17/2007	H.Res.58	To honor Muhammad Ali, global humanitarian, on the occasion of his 65th birthday and to extend best wishes to him and his family.	Passed	Yea
01/17/2007	H.R.5	College Student Relief Act of 2007	Passed	Yea
01/16/2007	H.R.488	To amend title VI of the National Security Act of 1947 to require reports to be submitted to the Attorney General and the congressional intelligence committees regarding requests for information about an officer, employee, or agent of an element of the intelligence community and to amend the definition of covert agent to include agents that have served outside the United States at any time.
01/16/2007	H.Con.Res.33	Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not initiate military action against Iran without first obtaining authorization from Congress.
01/12/2007	H.J.Res.14	Concerning the use of military force by the United States against Iran.
01/12/2007	H.R.3	Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007	Passed	Not Voting
01/11/2007	H.R.82	Social Security Fairness Act of 2007
01/04/2007	H.R.47	To direct the Architect of the Capitol to establish and display within the Capitol Visitor Center a suitable exhibit which depicts the Congressional careers, accomplishments, and contributions of the 22 African-American Members of Congress who served during the Reconstruction and Post-Reconstruction Eras, and a suitable exhibit which acknowledges the use of slave labor in the construction of the Capitol.
01/04/2007	H.Con.Res.9	Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring former Representative Shirley Chisholm, and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.

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