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
09/24/1999	H.R.943	To reimburse an individual who is the subject of an independent counsel's investigation and is indicted but found not guilty for attorneys' fees.	09/24/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property. (All Actions)
05/21/1999	H.R.1792	Bipartisan Rural Law Enforcement Crime-Fighting Scholarship Act	05/21/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. (All Actions)
05/18/1999	H.Res.176	Recognizing the historical significance of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education, repudiating segregation, and reaffirming the fundamental belief that we are all "one Nation under God, indivisible".	05/18/1999 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
05/07/1999	H.R.1588	Discrimination Judgment Protection Act of 1999	05/07/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. (All Actions)
02/18/1999	H.R.765	To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act to cover birds of the order Ratitae that are raised for use as human food.	02/18/1999 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. (All Actions)
10/20/1998	H.R.4818	Asset-Building for Working Americans Act	10/20/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. (All Actions)
10/13/1998	H.R.4828	To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act to cover birds of the order Ratitae that are raised for use as human food.	10/13/1998 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (All Actions)
10/10/1998	H.R.2560	Little Rock Nine Medals and Coins Act	10/10/1998 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
10/09/1998	H.R.4782	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the dependent care tax credit refundable and to increase the amount of allowable dependent care expenses, and for other purposes.	10/09/1998 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
10/08/1998	H.R.4754	To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 12-month study of the effects of double-crested cormorants on commercial and recreational fish species, and to require the Secretary to prepare a long-term, comprehensive population management strategy for double-crested cormorants.	10/08/1998 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. (All Actions)
09/15/1998	H.R.892	To redesignate the Federal building located at 223 Sharkey Street in Clarksdale, Mississippi, as the "Aaron Henry United States Post Office".	09/15/1998 Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (All Actions)
07/09/1998	H.R.4189	Minority Community Tobacco Reduction Act	07/09/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. (All Actions)
04/29/1996	H.R.3247	To redesignate the Herbert Clark Hoover Department of Commerce Building located at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, in Washington, DC, as the "Ronald H. Brown Commerce Building".	04/29/1996 Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development. (All Actions)
12/11/1995	H.R.2733	To provide clarification in the reimbursement to States for federally funded employees carrying out Federal programs during the lapse in appropriations between November 14, 1995, through November 19, 1995.	12/11/1995 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service. (All Actions)
09/29/1995	H.R.2343	To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide supplemental crop disaster assistance under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.	09/29/1995 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. (All Actions)
04/12/1995	H.R.1459	To increase the supply of minority scientists and help meet the research and development needs of the public and private sectors of the United States.	04/12/1995 Referred to the Subcommittee on Basic Research. (All Actions)
03/06/1995	H.R.1008	To require periodic maintenance dredging for the Greenville Inner Harbor Channel, Mississippi.	03/06/1995 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (All Actions)
02/06/1995	H.R.644	To amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to include additional counties in the State of Mississippi as part of the Appalachian region.	02/06/1995 Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development. (All Actions)
01/27/1995	H.R.643	To extend the effectiveness of an exemption from the requirements of the Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act.	01/27/1995 Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. (All Actions)
11/02/1994	H.R.4452	To designate the Post Office building at 115 West Chester in Ruleville, Mississippi, as the "Fannie Lou Hamer United States Post Office".	11/02/1994 Became Public Law No: 103-456. (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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