• HASTINGS, ALCEE L
Experience: House: District 20, 1993-Present
Home State: District of Columbia
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $594,085Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Alcee 'Judge' L. Hastings, Sr.
    Gender: Male
    Family: Divorced; 3 Children: Chelsea, Alcee, Leigh
    Birth Date: 09/05/1936
    Birth Place: Altamonte Springs, FL
    Home City: Miramar, FL
    Religion: African Methodist Episcopal

Education

    JD, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1963
    BS, Zoology and Botany, Fisk University, 1958

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, Florida, District 20, 1993-present
    Senior Democratic Whip, United States House of Representatives
    Candidate, Secretary of State, State of Florida, 1990

Current Legislative Committees

    Rules, Member
    Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Afterschool Caucus
    Member, Algae Energy Caucus
    Member, Algeria Caucus
    Member, Americans Abroad Caucus
    Member, Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease
    Member, Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
    Member, Bipartisan Cystic Fibrosis Caucus
    Member, Caribbean Caucus
    Member, Children's Caucus
    Member, Coalition for Autism Research and Education
    Member, Coast Guard Caucus
    Member, Community College Caucus
    Member, Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus
    Member, Congressional Afghan Caucus
    Member, Congressional Animal Protection Caucus
    Member, Congressional Anti-Bullying Caucus
    Member, Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus
    Member, Congressional Army Caucus
    Member, Congressional Arts Caucus
    Member, Congressional Asthma and Allergy Caucus
    Member, Congressional Bicameral High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Caucus
    Member, Congressional Black Caucus
    Member, Congressional Black Caucus Energy and the Environment Taskforce
    Member, Congressional Black Caucus Gaming Taskforce
    Member, Congressional Boating Caucus
    Member, Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth
    Member, Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues
    Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
    Member, Congressional Caucus on Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children
    Member, Congressional Caucus on the European Union
    Member, Congressional Caucus on the Judicial Branch
    Member, Congressional Caucus on Turkey and Turkish Americans
    Member, Congressional Caucus on Women in the Military
    Co-Founder/Co-Chair, Congressional Caucus to End Homelessness
    Member, Congressional Coastal Caucus
    Member, Congressional Contaminated Drywall Caucus
    Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus
    Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus
    Member, Congressional French Caucus
    Member, Congressional Gaming Caucus
    Member, Congressional Gulf Coast Caucus
    Member, Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition
    Member, Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus
    Member, Congressional Humanities Caucus
    Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus
    Member, Congressional Human Trafficking Caucus
    Member, Congressional Mental Health Caucus
    Member, Congressional Morocco Caucus
    Member, Congressional Narcotics Abuse and Control Caucus
    Member, Congressional Older Americans Caucus
    Member, Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus
    Member, Congressional Philanthropy Caucus
    Co-Chair/Co-Founder, Congressional Pollinator Protection Caucus
    Member, Congressional Singapore Caucus
    Member, Congressional Taiwan Caucus
    Member, Congressional Task Force Against Anti-Semitism
    Member, Congressional Trails Caucus
    Member, Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus
    Member, Congressional TRIO Caucus
    Member, Congressional Ukrainian Caucus
    Member, Congressional Universal Health Care Reform Caucus
    Member, Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus
    Member, Congressional Zoo & Aquarium Caucus
    Member, Dairy Farmers Caucus
    Member, Democratic Caucus
    Co-Chair, Democratic Caucus' Congressional Task Force on Job Creation
    Co-Chair, Democratic Caucus’ Jobs Task Force
    Member, Democratic Homeland Security Task Force
    Co-chair, Democratic Israel Working Group
    Former Vice Chair, Democratic Select Committee on Election Reform
    Member, Democratic Select Committee on Election Reform
    Member, Diversity and Innovation Caucus
    Co-chair, Everglades Caucus
    Chair, Florida Congressional Delegation
    Member, Friends of Canada Caucus
    Vice-Chair, Friends of Jordan Caucus
    Member, Friends of Norway Caucus
    Member, Friends of Switzerland Caucus
    Co-chair, Global Road Safety Caucus
    Member, Home Health Caucus
    Member, House Cancer Caucus
    Member, House Hunger Caucus
    Member, House Special Operations Forces Caucus
    Member, House Specialty Crop Caucus
    Co-chair, House Sugar Caucus
    Member, House Trade Working Group
    Member, Housing Stabilization Task Force
    Member, India Caucus
    Member, International Conservation Caucus
    Member, International Workers Rights Caucus
    Member, Labor and Working Families Caucus
    Member, Land Conservation Caucus
    Member, LGBT Equality Caucus
    Member, Macedonia Caucus
    Member, Malaria Caucus
    Member, Minor League Baseball Caucus
    Member, National Eating Disorders Awareness Caucus
    Member, National Marine Sanctuary Caucus
    Member, National Parks Caucus
    Member, Native American Caucus
    Member, NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus
    Former Vice Chair, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, United States House of Representatives
    Member, Populist Caucus
    Member, PORTS Caucus
    Member, Port Security Caucus
    Member, Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Caucus
    Member, Rural Education Caucus
    Member, Rural Health Care Coalition
    Member, Sportsman's Caucus
    Former Member, Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management
    Former Member, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence
    Member, Sudan Caucus
    Member, Tuberculosis Elimination Caucus
    Co-Chair/Co-Founder, Tunisia Caucus
    Member, Urban Caucus
    Member, US-Mexico Friendship Caucus
    Member, US-Mongolia Friendship Caucus
    Co-Chair, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 2007

Professional Experience

    Attorney, 1963-1979, 1989-1992
    Judge, Southern District of Florida, United States District Court, 1979-1989

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
    Member, Family Christian Association
    Member, Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce
    Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
    Member, National Organization for Women (NOW)
    Vice President, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly
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

Strongly 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

Strongly 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

Strongly 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: 403
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
05/18/2017 H.Res.231 Celebrating the importance of the 15th Anniversary of the Arab Peace Initiative as a meaningful effort by Arab countries to the commitment of peace in the Middle East. 05/18/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.  (All Actions)
03/23/2017 H.R.1406 Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017 03/23/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.  (All Actions)
03/16/2017 H.R.1570 African Descent Affairs Act of 2017 03/16/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
02/16/2017 H.Res.68 Condemning Palestinian incitement and reaffirming the special bond between Israel and the United States. 02/16/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.  (All Actions)
02/16/2017 H.Res.30 Condemning the Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China, and urging China to end the dog meat trade. 02/16/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.  (All Actions)
02/10/2017 H.R.159 To expand the workforce of veterinarians specialized in the care and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystems, and to develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine. 02/10/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.  (All Actions)
01/25/2017 H.R.166 Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2017 01/25/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
01/25/2017 H.R.165 Restoring the Partnership for County Health Care Costs Act of 2017 01/25/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
01/25/2017 H.R.164 Increasing Access to Voluntary Screening for HIV/AIDS and STIs Act of 2017 01/25/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
01/25/2017 H.R.161 Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act 01/25/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
01/13/2017 H.R.167 Teacher Victims' Family Assistance Act of 2017 01/13/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.  (All Actions)
01/13/2017 H.R.163 Gun Manufacturers Accountability Act 01/13/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.  (All Actions)
01/13/2017 H.R.158 Corey Jones Act 01/13/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.  (All Actions)
01/11/2017 H.Con.Res.4 Expressing support for temporary protected status for Haitian nationals currently residing in the United States, and for other purposes. 01/11/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.  (All Actions)
01/09/2017 H.R.379 Justice for Yazidis Act 01/09/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.  (All Actions)
01/04/2017 H.R.168 Donate for Disaster Relief Act of 2017 01/04/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.  (All Actions)
01/03/2017 H.R.162 Haitian Educational Empowerment Act of 2017 01/03/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
01/03/2017 H.R.160 Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act of 2017 01/03/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.  (All Actions)
01/03/2017 H.R.157 Combatting Terrorism in Tunisia Emergency Support Act of 2017 01/03/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
01/03/2017 H.Res.20 Recognizing the importance of nonprofit organizations to the economy of the United States and expressing support for designation of September as "Nonprofit Organization (NPO) Recognition Month". 01/03/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  (All Actions)
Total: 6163
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
02/27/2003 H.Con.Res.36 Encouraging the people of the United States to honor and celebrate the 140th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and commending Abraham Lincoln's efforts to end slavery. Passed Yea
02/27/2003 H.R.589 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemorative Coin Act
02/27/2003 H.R.525 To authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to the seven members of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions to the Nation.
02/27/2003 H.R.111 Community Choice in Real Estate Act
02/27/2003 H.Res.20 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to polio.
02/26/2003 H.R.847 Preserving Access to Safe Affordable Canadian Medicines Act of 2003
02/25/2003 H.R.876 Local Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2003
02/21/2003 H.R.365 Tribal College or University Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act
02/21/2003 H.R.236 Student Bill of Rights
02/20/2003 H.R.303 Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2003
02/14/2003 H.Con.Res.30 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding scleroderma.
02/13/2003 H.Con.Res.47 Acknowledging African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade in all of the Americas with an emphasis on those descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean, recognizing the injustices suffered by these African descendants, and recommending that the United States and the international community work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
02/12/2003 H.R.737 Corporate Patriot Enforcement Act of 2003
02/12/2003 H.R.720 Sales Tax Equity Act of 2003
02/12/2003 H.Res.76 Condemning the terrorist attacks in Mombasa, Kenya, which occurred on November 28, 2002.
02/12/2003 H.Con.Res.37 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue commemorative postage stamps honoring Americans who distinguished themselves by their service in the armed forces.
02/06/2003 H.R.473 Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2003
02/05/2003 H.R.601 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.
02/04/2003 H.R.375 National Naval Force Structure Policy Act
02/03/2003 H.R.290 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act
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