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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
09/21/2006	H.R.503	To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes.	Passed	Aye
09/20/2006	H.Con.Res.210	Supporting the goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer by the year 2015.	Passed	Yea
09/19/2006	H.Res.874	Recognizing and honoring older American's.
09/19/2006	H.Res.526	Supporting the goals and ideals of observing the Year of Polio Awareness.
09/18/2006	H.R.805	Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act of 2005
09/14/2006	H.R.5388	District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2006
09/13/2006	H.Res.759	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge and accept responsibility for its sexual enslavement of young women, known to the world as "comfort women", during its colonial occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II, and for other purposes.
09/12/2006	H.Res.999	Urging Turkey to respect the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarch.
09/12/2006	H.Res.175	Recognizing the importance of establishing a national memorial at the World Trade Center site to commemorate and mourn the events of February 26, 1993, and September 11, 2001.	Passed	Yea
09/06/2006	H.Res.605	Recognizing the life of Preston Robert Tisch and his outstanding contributions to New York City, the New York Giants Football Club, the National Football League, and the United States.	Passed	Yea
08/17/2006	H.R.5897	To extend the period during which members of the Armed Forces deployed in contingency operations may request and receive reimbursement for helmet pads, which are designed to better protect the wearer from bomb blasts than military-issued pads, that are purchased by or for the use of such members.
08/17/2006	H.R.4962	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Pitcher Street in Utica, New York, as the "Captain George A. Wood Post Office Building".
08/17/2006	H.R.4646	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7320 Reseda Boulevard in Reseda, California, as the "Coach John Wooden Post Office Building".
08/03/2006	H.Con.Res.399	Recognizing the 30th Anniversary of the victory of United States winemakers at the 1976 Paris Wine Tasting.
08/01/2006	H.R.5969	Prescription Coverage Now Act of 2006
08/01/2006	H.R.5806	Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2006
08/01/2006	H.R.4101	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 East Main Street in Patchogue, New York, as the "Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office Building".
08/01/2006	H.R.3934	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Killian Road in Massapequa, New York, as the "Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building".
07/27/2006	H.R.2872	Louis Braille Bicentennial--Braille Literacy Commemorative Coin Act
07/27/2006	H.R.2730	United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act

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