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
10/06/1998	H.R.2943	To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the amount of leave time available to a Federal employee in any year in connection with serving as an organ donor, and for other purposes.	10/06/1998 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
04/30/1998	H.R.3724	Healthy Start Initiative Continuation Act	04/30/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. (All Actions)
02/25/1998	H.R.3221	Federal Employees Health Benefits Children's Equity Act of 1997	02/25/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service. (All Actions)
12/01/1997	H.R.3051	To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center located at 10 North Greene Street in Baltimore, Maryland, as the "Parren J. Mitchell Veterans Medical Center".	12/01/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
11/18/1997	H.R.2944	Social Security Family Protection Act of 1997	11/18/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. (All Actions)
10/29/1997	H.R.2712	To require executive branch agencies annually to review the costs of service contracts and to report to Congress on such review.	10/29/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. (All Actions)
07/25/1997	H.R.2212	HIV Prevention Outreach Act of 1997	07/25/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. (All Actions)
07/22/1997	H.R.1970	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the establishment of the Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program.	07/22/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. (All Actions)
06/27/1997	H.R.1971	Federal Employees Health Benefits Provider Integrity Amendments of 1997	06/27/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service. (All Actions)
05/02/1997	H.Con.Res.71	Expressing the sense of the Congress that Federal retirement cost-of-living adjustments should not be delayed, and that retirement contributions on the part of Federal agencies and Federal and postal employees should not be increased.	05/02/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service. (All Actions)
04/29/1997	H.R.1345	National Drug Policy Act of 1997	04/29/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. (All Actions)

Total: 4553

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
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.
06/08/2017	H.R.2841	To prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.
06/08/2017	H.R.2840	To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each State to ensure that each individual who provides identifying information to the State motor vehicle authority is automatically registered to vote in elections for Federal office held in the State unless the individual does not meet the eligibility requirements for registering to vote in such elections or declines to be registered to vote in such elections, and for other purposes.
05/18/2017	H.R.2510	To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.
05/18/2017	H.Con.Res.56	Expressing support for designation of October 28 as "Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day".
05/18/2017	H.R.2227	MGT Act
05/18/2017	H.Res.172	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the Russian Federation, its officials, security services, and any person or entity within the Russian Federation or associated with the Russian Government, should not interfere, seek to influence, or engage in coercion designed to create an outcome in foreign elections.
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
05/16/2017	H.R.2439	Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2017
05/09/2017	H.R.267	Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017
05/05/2017	H.R.2351	Minority Diabetes Initiative Act
05/03/2017	H.R.2325	Emergency Financial Manager Reform Act of 2017
05/03/2017	H.R.2317	United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act of 2017
05/02/2017	H.R.2282	Equality Act
05/02/2017	H.R.2196	To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients.
05/02/2017	H.R.2195	OSC Access Act
05/02/2017	H.Res.285	Expressing the sense of the United States House of Representatives that Congress and the President should empower the creation of police and community alliances designed to enhance and improve communication and collaboration between members of the law enforcement community and the public they serve.
05/02/2017	H.R.1242	400 Years of African-American History Commission Act
04/27/2017	H.R.1135	To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.

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