Thursday, April 17, 2008

Dennis Kucinich Facts

  • Served as mayor of Cleveland in the late 1970's.
  • Elected to the house in 1996.
  • Has missed 5% of votes since 1997.
  • Has membership on the following committees:
    • Member, House Committee on Education and Labor
    • Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education
    • Member, Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities
    • Member, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
    • Chair, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
    • Member, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia
  • Sponsored 104 bills while in office. Of these, 92 never came out of committee and two were enacted.
  • Co-sponsored 3150 bills.
  • Recent Sponsored and Co-Sponsored bills:
    • H.R. 3400 Rebuilding America's Infrastructure
    • H.R. 1234 To end the United States occupation of Iraq immediately
    • H.R. 808 Department of Peace and nonviolence act
    • H.Res. 799/303 impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors
  • Against the war in Iraq and hostility in Iran.
  • Signed a letter of solidarity with Hugo Chavez.
  • Advocates withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement.
  • Reduce emissions and work toward positive environmental impact.

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