• SERRANO, JOSE E.
Experience: House: District 15, 1989-Present
Home State: New York
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $217,827Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: José E. Serrano
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Mary; 5 Children
    Birth Date: 10/24/1943
    Birth Place: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
    Home City: Bronx, NY
    Religion: Roman Catholic

Education

    Attended, Lehman College, The City University of New York

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1990-present
    Senior Minority Whip, United States House of Representatives, present
    Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, 1974-1990
    Candidate, Democratic Primary for Bronx Borough President, 1985

Current Legislative Committees

    Appropriations, Member
    Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Civil Rights Task Force, Congressional Hispanic Caucus
    Member, Congressional Black Caucus
    Member, Congressional Children's Working Group
    Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus
    Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus
    Member, Congressional Hispanic Caucus
    Former Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus
    Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus
    Member, Congressional Narcotics Abuse and Control Caucus
    Member, Congressional Older Americans Caucus
    Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus
    Member, Congressional Urban Caucus
    Vice Chair, Democratic Steering Committee
    Member, Executive Board, Congressional Arts Caucus
    Member, Executive Committee, Albanian Issues Caucus

Professional Experience

    Employee, Community School District 7, District 7, 1969-1974
    Employee, Manufacturers Hanover Bank, 1961-1969
    Private, United States Army Medical Corps, 172nd Support Battalion, 1964-1966
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Support
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Strongly Oppose
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Support
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly Support
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Oppose
7. Make voter registration easier

Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Support
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Oppose
11. Support & expand free trade

Oppose
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Oppose
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Support
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Support
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Strongly Oppose
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Oppose
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Support
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Oppose
Total: 235
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
05/19/2017 H.R.2576 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of small business start-up savings accounts. 05/19/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
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 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.  (All Actions)
05/03/2017 H.R.2343 United States Library Trust Fund Act 05/03/2017 Referred to House Education and the Workforce  (All Actions)
04/28/2017 H.R.2253 Clean Vehicles Incentive Act of 2017 04/28/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
04/07/2017 H.R.2064 Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act 04/07/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
03/23/2017 H.R.1714 Expanding Small Business Opportunities to all Women Act of 2017 03/23/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.  (All Actions)
03/17/2017 H.R.1586 Protecting Our Kids' Medicine Act of 2017 03/17/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
03/10/2017 H.R.1189 Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2017 03/10/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.  (All Actions)
02/28/2017 H.R.1260 GRAND Act 02/28/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
02/21/2017 H.R.569 Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act 02/21/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  (All Actions)
02/08/2017 H.R.574 Cuba Reconciliation Act 02/08/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.  (All Actions)
02/08/2017 H.R.573 Baseball Diplomacy Act 02/08/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.  (All Actions)
02/08/2017 H.R.572 Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2017 02/08/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.  (All Actions)
01/13/2017 H.R.571 To permit members of the House of Representatives to donate used computer equipment to public elementary and secondary schools designated by the members. 01/13/2017 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.  (All Actions)
01/13/2017 H.R.570 Solar Villages Initiative Act 01/13/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
01/05/2017 H.R.341 Support Our Startups Act of 2017 01/05/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
01/05/2017 H.R.340 Next Generation American Manufacturing Act of 2017 01/05/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
12/16/2016 H.R.6282 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2024 Jerome Avenue, in Bronx, New York, as the "Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Post Office Building". 12/16/2016 Became Public Law No: 114-310. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
10/19/2016 H.R.5998 Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act of 2016 10/19/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  (All Actions)
09/30/2016 H.R.6097 Immigration Courts Bail Reform Act 09/30/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.  (All Actions)
Total: 5434
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
01/27/2006 H.R.4609 High-Performance Buildings Act of 2005
01/10/2006 H.R.4619 Commission on Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2005
01/05/2006 H.R.4278 Community Partners Next Door Act of 2005
01/03/2006 H.R.4537 Veterans Housing Fairness Act of 2005
12/22/2005 H.Con.Res.59 Recognizing the contributions of African-American basketball teams and players for their achievements, dedication, and contributions to the sport of basketball and to the Nation.
12/15/2005 H.Con.Res.218 Recognizing the centennial of sustained immigration from the Philippines to the United States and acknowledging the contributions of our Filipino-American community to our country over the last century.
12/22/2005 H.R.358 Little Rock Central High School Desegregation 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
12/18/2005 H.Res.638 Congratulating Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Bono for being named Time Magazine's 2005 Person of the Year.
12/16/2005 H.R.4600 Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2005
12/16/2005 H.R.4469 Community Health Workers Act of 2005
12/14/2005 H.Res.604 Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the paid Fire Department of New York on Staten Island, and for other purposes.
12/16/2005 H.R.4384 Energy For Our Future Act
12/16/2005 H.R.2892 Reverse Mortgages to Help America's Seniors Act
12/15/2005 H.R.4562 Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act
12/15/2005 H.R.4542 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to report to Congress concerning proposed changes to long-standing policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising actual control over the economic, competitive, safety, and security decisions of United States airlines, and for other purposes.
12/14/2005 H.Res.458 Remembering and commemorating the lives and work of Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, and Cleveland Lay Mission Team Member Jean Donovan, who were executed by members of the armed forces of El Salvador on December 2, 1980.
12/12/2005 H.Con.Res.273 Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott.
12/08/2005 H.R.4475 To direct the Architect of the Capitol to enter into a contract to revise the statue commemorating women's suffrage located in the rotunda of the United States Capitol to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth.
12/07/2005 H.Res.196 Recognizing the anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment and encouraging the American people to educate and instill pride and purpose into their communities and to observe the anniversary annually with appropriate programs and activities.
12/01/2005 H.Con.Res.287 Honoring the memory of the members of the Armed Forces of the United States who have given their lives in service to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
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