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: Experience: House: District 17, 1989-Present; Home State: New York; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,561,504Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

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Full Name: Nita M. Lowey

Gender: Female

Family: Husband: Stephen; 3 Children: Dana, Jackie, Douglas

Birth Date: 07/05/1937

Birth Place: Bronx, NY

Home City: Harrison, NY

Religion: Jewish

Education

BA, Marketing, Mount Holyoke College, 1959

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1988-present

Chair, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 2001-2002

Current Legislative Committees

Appropriations, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Ranking Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Founder, Afterschool Caucus

Member, Congressional Advisory Panel, National Campaign to Reduce Teen Pregnancy

Co-Chair, Congressional Anti-Terrorism Financing Task Force

Member, Congressional Armenian Caucus

Member, Congressional Arts Caucus

Member, Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus

Member, Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues

Member, Congressional Friends of Animals Caucus

Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Member, Congressional India Caucus

Member, Congressional Task Force on Terror Financing

Member, Congressional Ukranian Caucus

Former Chair, Congressional Women's Caucus

Member, Congressional Women's Caucus

Member, Democratic Steering Group

Member, Executive Committee, Albanian Issues Caucus

Former Chair, House Pro-Choice Caucus

Member, House Pro-Choice Caucus

Co-Founder, Hudson River Caucus

Co-Chair, Long Island Sound Caucus

Co-Chair, Public Broadcasting Caucus

Co-Chair, United Nations Working Group

Former Chair, United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations

Former Member, United States House Select Committee on Homeland Security

Professional Experience

Assistant Secretary of State, State of New York, 1985-1988

Employee, Division of Economic Opportunity, 1975-1985

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Close-Up Foundation

Deputy Whip, Democratic Study Group

Member, Effective Parenting Information for Children

Member, Executive Committee, Democratic Study Group

Member, National Committee of Police Corps

Member, National Council for the Arts

Member, Westchester Jewish Conference

Member, Westchester Opportunity Program

Member, Windward School

Member, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Women's Network

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	Oppose Effective enforcement rather than strict enforcement shoud be considered. The death penalty should be used with extreme caution, if at all.
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	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
11. Support & expand free trade	Support Free Trade Benefits Consumers and Economy.We should only restrict free trade when it poses a security risk.
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	Oppose Social Security should remain under federal control, but you also want reforms on how the Trust Fund is handled.

Total: 461

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
05/18/2017	H.Res.342	Recognizing the essential contributions of frontline health workers to strengthening the United States national security and economic prosperity, sustaining and expanding progress on global health, and saving the lives of millions of women, men, and children around the world.	05/18/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
05/18/2017	H.R.672	Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2017	05/18/2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (All Actions)
03/23/2017	H.R.1168	United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act	03/23/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
03/16/2017	H.R.1438	Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act	03/16/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (All Actions)
01/30/2017	H.R.601	Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development Act	01/30/2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (All Actions)
01/24/2017	H.R.671	HER Act	01/24/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
12/07/2016	H.R.4481	Education for All Act of 2016	12/07/2016 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 712. (All Actions)
09/28/2016	H.R.6208	Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2016	09/28/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
06/21/2016	H.R.5044	Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.	06/21/2016 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. Lowey. Petition No: 114-5. (All Actions)
04/29/2016	H.R.5156	Small Business Credit Card Act of 2016	04/29/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
04/01/2016	H.R.4628	Requiring Reporting of Online Terrorist Activity Act	04/01/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
03/23/2016	H.R.3772	Stop Obesity in Schools Act of 2015	03/23/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (All Actions)
02/12/2016	H.Res.567	Expressing opposition to the European Commission interpretive notice regarding labeling Israeli products and goods manufactured in the West Bank and other areas, as such actions undermine efforts to achieve a negotiated Israeli-Palestinian peace process.	02/12/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa. (All Actions)
09/28/2015	H.R.3375	To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the period during which a firearms licensee is required to wait for a response from the national instant criminal background check system before being allowed to transfer a firearm to a prospective transferee.	09/28/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
09/15/2015	H.Res.419	Recognizing the importance of frontline health workers toward accelerating progress on global health and saving the lives of women and children, and for other purposes.	09/15/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
09/14/2015	H.R.3501	Alisa's Law of 2015	09/14/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. (All Actions)
08/13/2015	H.R.2248	United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act	08/13/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
08/12/2015	H.R.3377	Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2015	08/12/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. (All Actions)
07/30/2015	H.R.3376	To authorize States to carry out bridge construction, maintenance, repair, and replacement projects using previously allocated surface transportation funds that are identified as being excess or inactive, and for other purposes.	07/30/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. (All Actions)
07/14/2015	H.R.3044	ROADS SAFE Act of 2015	07/14/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. (All Actions)

Total: 5127

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
05/14/2007	H.R.2303	Perpetual Purple Heart Stamp Act
05/10/2007	H.R.2266	United States Commitment to Global Child Survival Act of 2007
05/08/2007	H.R.1945	Energy For Our Future Act
05/03/2007	H.R.137	Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007	Failed	Yea
05/07/2007	H.R.1592	Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007	Passed	Aye
05/04/2007	H.R.2169	Clean Water Protection Act
05/04/2007	H.R.1964	Freedom of Choice Act
05/03/2007	H.R.2165	Teri Zenner Social Worker Safety Act
05/03/2007	H.R.2131	Thomas J. Manton Prostate Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Act of 2007
05/02/2007	H.R.1992	Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act
05/01/2007	H.R.2087	No Child Left Behind Reform Act
05/01/2007	H.Res.356	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) should stop the utilization of materials that violate provisions of the United Nations-brokered Interim Agreement between the FYROM and Greece regarding "hostile activities or propaganda" and should work with the United Nations and Greece to achieve longstanding United States and United Nations policy goals of finding a mutually-acceptable official name for the FYROM.
04/26/2007	H.R.463	Honor Our Commitment to Veterans Act
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
04/18/2007	H.R.1881	Expanding the Promise for Individuals With Autism Act of 2007
04/17/2007	H.R.1871	Family Care Act of 2007
04/17/2007	H.R.1444	To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make interim benefit payments under certain remanded claims, and for other purposes.
04/17/2007	H.R.1435	Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Backlog Reduction Act of 2007
04/17/2007	H.Res.146	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should take action to meet its obligations, and to ensure that all other member states of the United Nations meet their obligations, to women as agreed to in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 relating to women, peace, and security, and the United States should fully assume the implementation of international law relating to human rights that protects the rights of women and girls during and after conflicts, and for other purposes.

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