CUMMINGS, ELIJAH E

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CUMMINGS, ELIJAH E
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: Experience: House: District 7, 1995-Present; Home State: District of Columbia; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $873,805Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Elijah E. Cummings

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Maya; 3 Children

Birth Date: 01/18/1951

Birth Place: Baltimore, MD

Home City: Baltimore, MD

Religion: Baptist

Education

JD, Maryland University School of Law, 1976

BA, Political Science, Howard University, 1973

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 7, 1996-present

Speaker Pro Tempore, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1995-1996

Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1980-1996

Won Special Election, United States House of Representatives, District 7, April 16, 1996

Current Legislative Committees

Joint Economic Committee, Member

Oversight and Government Reform, Ranking Member

Select Committee on Benghazi, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Member

Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, Member

Transportation and Infrastructure, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Black Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus, present

Former Member, Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force

Former Chair, Congressional Black Caucus

Former Member, Get Out of Iraq Caucus

Former Chair, Governor's Commission on Black Males

Former Member, House Task Force on Health Care Reform

Former Chair, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus

Former Member, Port Security Caucus

Member, Juvenile Offender Aftercare Assessment Team, 1999-2000

Member, Transit Advisory Panel, Maryland Comprehensive Transit Plan, 1998-1999

Professional Experience

Former Columnist

Gwendolyn S. and Colbert I. King Endowed Chair in Public Policy Lecture Series, Howard university, 2014-2015

Private Practice Attorney, 1980-1996

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Board Member, Baltimore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, present

Honorary Board Member, Baltimore School for the Arts, present

Board Member, Elijah Cummings Youth Program, present

Honorary Board Member, KIPP Baltimore Schools, present

Member, Board of Regents, Morgan State University, present

Member, New Psalmist Baptist Church, present

Honorary Board Member, SEED School of Maryland, present

Member, Board of Visitors, United States Naval Academy, present

Former Member, Board of Trustees, Baltimore Aquarium

Former Member, Board of Trustees, Baltimore City Historical Society

Former President, Bancroft Literary Society

Former Member, Executive Board, Dunbar-Hopkins Health Partnership

Former Board Member, Institute of Human Virology

Former Chair, Maritime for Primary and Secondary Education Coalition (MPSEC)

Former Chief Judge, Maryland Moot Court Board

Former Member, Maryland State Bar Association

Former Board Member, Maryland Zoo

Member, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

Former Member, Advisory Committee, Yale-Howard Nursing Partnership Center to Reduce Health Disparities

Founder, Maryland Boot Camp Aftercare Program, 1991

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	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	Oppose Expanding the military is not important and integrant for U.S. now. But when the country meets with defiance or agression, it is acceptable to continue expanding our military.
11. Support & expand free trade	Oppose Trade should be Fair, not Free. Free trade poses a risk to job security, causes humanitarian problems overseas, or results in environmental damage.
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	Strongly Support Immigration restrictions are racist because they keep out Hispanics and other non-whites. Social services should be offered to all residents of the United States regardless of immigration status.
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: 171

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
05/18/2017	H.R.653	Federal Intern Protection Act of 2017	05/18/2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (All Actions)
05/02/2017	H.R.2229	All Circuit Review Act	05/02/2017 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
04/26/2017	H.R.1906	REDEEM Act	04/26/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
04/24/2017	H.R.1905	Fair Chance Act	04/24/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. (All Actions)
04/04/2017	H.R.702	Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2017	04/04/2017 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 45. (All Actions)
03/24/2017	H.Con.Res.38	Recognizing the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks during Women's History Month.	03/24/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/23/2017	H.Res.224	Recognizing the 150th Anniversary of Howard University and its contributions to the United States.	03/23/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
03/09/2017	H.R.901	MERCY Act	03/09/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
03/07/2017	H.R.1376	Electronic Message Preservation Act of 2017	03/07/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
03/03/2017	H.R.1245	Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act	03/03/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/02/2017	H.R.859	Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act	03/02/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
01/24/2017	H.R.652	Congressional Intern Protection Act of 2017	01/24/2017 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions)
01/24/2017	H.R.651	Unpaid Intern Protection Act of 2017	01/24/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
11/29/2016	H.R.5920	Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act	11/29/2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 657. (All Actions)
11/15/2016	H.R.6318	Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act	11/15/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
09/19/2016	H.R.2319	Electronic Message Preservation Act of 2015	09/19/2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 589. (All Actions)
09/07/2016	H.R.3231	Federal Intern Protection Act of 2016	09/07/2016 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 616. (All Actions)
07/14/2016	H.R.5592	Derivatives Oversight and Taxpayer Protection Act	07/14/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. (All Actions)
07/12/2016	H.R.1557	Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2015	07/12/2016 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 556. (All Actions)
07/07/2016	H.R.5664	WAGE Act	07/07/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)

Total: 4553

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
05/04/2007	H.R.2169	Clean Water Protection Act
05/04/2007	H.R.2030	1901 Missouri African American Expulsion Commission Act of 2007
05/04/2007	H.R.1941	Liberian Refugee Immigration Protection Act of 2007
05/04/2007	H.R.1766	Chesapeake's Healthy and Environmentally Sound Stewardship of Energy and Agriculture Act of 2007
05/03/2007	H.R.137	Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007	Failed	Yea
05/02/2007	H.R.2058	Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007
05/02/2007	H.R.1992	Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act
05/01/2007	H.Res.272	Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
05/01/2007	H.Res.100	Expressing the sympathy of the House of Representatives to the families of women and girls murdered in Guatemala and encouraging the Government of Guatemala to bring an end to these crimes.
04/30/2007	H.R.2053	Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching Funding Restoration Act of 2007
04/26/2007	H.R.2045	Promoting Lifelong Active Communities Every Day Act
04/26/2007	H.R.2042	To amend the Natural Gas Act to modify a provision relating to the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals, and for other purposes.
04/26/2007	H.R.542	To require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mental health services in languages other than English, as needed, for veterans with limited English proficiency, and for other purposes.
04/26/2007	H.Con.Res.19	Affirming the sense of Congress regarding the obligation of the United States to improve the lives of the 36,950,000 Americans living in poverty and the 15,928,000 of those who live in extreme poverty.
04/25/2007	H.Res.240	Urging all member countries of the International Commission of the International Tracing Service (ITS) who have yet to ratify the May 2006 Amendments to the 1955 Bonn Accords Treaty, to expedite the ratification process to allow for open access to the Holocaust archives located at Bad Arolsen, Germany.
04/24/2007	H.R.2021	Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2007
04/20/2007	H.R.1843	Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2007
04/20/2007	H.R.1732	To provide alternative retired pay rates under title 10, United States Code, and alternative disability compensation rates under title 38, United States Code, for members of the Armed Forces with a combat-related disability, with such rates based on the average monthly salary for high school graduates in the United States, and for other purposes.
04/20/2007	H.R.1691	Inhumane Trapping Prevention Act
04/20/2007	H.R.1415	Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007

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