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  • SEWELL, TERRYCINA ANDREA
Experience: House: District 7, 2011-Present
Home State: Alabama
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $1,258,166Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Terri A. Sewell
    Gender: Female
    Family: Single
    Birth Date: 01/01/1965
    Birth Place: Selma, AL
    Home City: Selma, AL

Education

    JD, Law School, Harvard University, 1992
    MA, Oxford University, 1988
    Bachelors, Princeton University, 1986

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 7, 2010-present
    Chief Deputy Whip, Democratic Caucus, United States House of Representatives
    Regional Whip, Democratic Caucus, United States House of Representatives
    Senior Whip, Democratic Caucus, United States House of Representatives
    President, Freshman Class, Democratic Caucus, United States House of Representatives, 2010-2012

Current Legislative Committees

    Financial Services, Member
    Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Member
    Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Member
    Subcommittee on Department of Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture Subcommittee, Ranking Member
    Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Member
    Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Former Co-Chair, Community Assistance Fund, Sponsors of Educational Opportunity

Professional Experience

    Former Public Finance Attorney
    Former Securities Attorney
    Former Law Clerk, Honorable Chief Judge U.W. Clemon, Alabama Northern District, United States District Court
    Partner, Maynard, Cooper, and Gale, Professional Company
    Former Employee, Representative Richard Shelby, United States House of Representatives
    Former Staff, Senator Howell Heflin, Alabama State Senate
    Attorney, Davis, Polk, and Wardwell, 1994

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, Alabama Bar Association
    Board Member, Alabama Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
    Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
    Former Member, Alumni Advisory Board, Sponsors of Educational Opportunity
    Member, American Bar Association
    Member, Birmingham Bar Association
    Lifetime Member, Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
    Board Member, Cahaba Council, Girl Scouts of America
    Former Editor, Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review, Harvard Law School
    Member, Community Advisory Board, University of Alabama, Birmingham Minority Health and Research Center
    Member, Corporate Partners Council, Birmingham Art Museum
    Former Mentor, Dreams Into Action
    Chair, Finance Committee, Saint Vincent's Foundation
    Member, Governing Board, Alabama Council on Economic Education
    Member, Magic City Bar Association
    Member, National Bar Association
    Board Treasurer, Saint Vincent's Foundation
    Member, Sixth Avenue Baptist Church
    Member, The Links, Incorporated
    Chair, Voices Against Violence
    Member, Women Leadership Momentum, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), 2007-2008
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
Strongly Support
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime
No Opinion
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy
No Opinion
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery
Support
6. Vouchers for school choice
Strongly Oppose
7. Make voter registration easier
Strongly Support
8. Prioritize green energy
Strongly Support
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military
No Opinion
11. Support & expand free trade
Oppose
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership
No Opinion
14. Expand ObamaCare
Strongly Support
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
No Opinion
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive
Strongly Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere
Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities
Strongly Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage
Strongly Support
20. Privatize Social Security
Strongly Oppose
Total: 18
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
02/16/2017 H.R.1190 Workforce Development Tax Credit Act of 2017 02/16/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
02/07/2017 H.R.929 Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 2017 02/07/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
07/29/2016 H.R.4777 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1301 Alabama Avenue in Selma, Alabama as the "Amelia Boynton Robinson Post Office Building". 07/29/2016 Became Public Law No: 114-208. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
07/14/2016 H.R.5783 Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 2016 07/14/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
06/15/2016 H.R.2867 Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015 06/15/2016 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Aguilar. Petition No: 114-4.  (All Actions)
03/28/2016 H.R.4817 Birmingham Civil Rights National Historical Park 03/28/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.  (All Actions)
02/08/2016 H.Con.Res.109 Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the foot soldiers who participated in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches. 02/08/2016 Message on Senate action sent to the House.  (All Actions)
04/14/2015 H.R.1781 Workforce Development Tax Credit Act of 2015 04/14/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
04/14/2015 H.R.1780 Helping Working Families Afford Child Care Act 04/14/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
03/07/2015 H.R.431 To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 03/07/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-5. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
06/10/2013 H.R.2254 Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act 06/10/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.  (All Actions)
05/24/2013 H.R.360 To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where these 4 little Black girls' ultimate sacrifice served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. 05/24/2013 Became Public Law No: 113-11. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
03/21/2013 H.R.1324 Workforce Development Tax Credit Act of 2013 03/21/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
03/21/2013 H.R.1323 Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 2013 03/21/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
03/01/2012 H.Res.562 Directing the Office of the Historian to compile oral histories from current and former Members of the House of Representatives involved in the historic and annual Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, marches, as well as the civil rights movement in general, for the purposes of expanding or augmenting the historic record and for public dissemination and education. 03/01/2012 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
01/18/2012 H.Res.518 Congratulating the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team for winning the 2011 Bowl Championship Series National Championship. 01/18/2012 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.  (All Actions)
10/24/2011 H.Res.432 Celebrating the life and achievements of Reverend Fred Lee Shuttlesworth and honoring him for his tireless efforts in the fight against segregation and his steadfast commitment to the civil rights of all people. 10/24/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.  (All Actions)
05/04/2011 H.R.1730 Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 2011 05/04/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
Total: 676
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
09/26/2014 H.R.5320 To direct the Attorney General to provide State officials with access to criminal history information with respect to certain financial service providers required to undergo State criminal background checks, and for other purposes.
09/18/2014 H.R.5584 Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2014
09/18/2014 H.R.2821 American Jobs Act of 2013
09/16/2014 H.R.4119 West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act
09/16/2014 H.R.2996 Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014
09/11/2014 H.Con.Res.115 Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner, and the "Freedom Summer" of 1964, and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
09/08/2014 H.Res.701 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the current outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia is an international health crisis and is the largest and most widespread outbreak of the disease ever recorded.
09/02/2014 H.J.Res.119 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
08/01/2014 H.Res.699 Welcoming African leaders to the first United States-Africa Leaders' Summit and African trade ministers to the 13th Forum of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
08/01/2014 H.R.5207 John P. Parker House Study Act
07/24/2014 H.Res.684 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative stamp honoring the life of Maya Angelou.
07/14/2014 H.R.5095 To mandate all Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner of the House of Representatives to complete annual ethics training conducted by the Committee on Ethics.
06/25/2014 H.R.4960 CARS Act of 2014
07/23/2014 H.R.4411 Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014 Passed Yea
07/18/2014 H.Res.674 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that sedentary lifestyles are a public health issue and supporting the designation of a National Get Vertical Day to recognize the importance of preventing physical inactivity and encouraging adults to live physically active lifestyles.
07/18/2014 H.Res.667 Expressing support for dancing as a form of valuable exercise and artistic expression, and for the designation of July 26, 2014, as National Dance Day.
06/24/2014 H.R.4950 Protecting American Jobs and Exports Act
06/20/2014 H.Res.632 Recognizing June 19, 2014, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.
06/20/2014 H.R.3954 Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 2014
06/20/2014 H.R.3930 National Commission on the Structure of the Army Act of 2014
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