• ELLISON, KEITH MAURICE
Experience: House: District 5, 2007-Present
Home State: Minnesota
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $1,768,856Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Keith Maurice Ellison
    Gender: Male
    Family: Divorced; 4 Children: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Elijah, Amirah
    Birth Date: 08/04/1963
    Birth Place: Detroit, MI
    Home City: Minneapolis, MN
    Religion: Muslim

Education

    JD, University of Minnesota Law School, Twin Cities, 1990
    BA, Economics, Wayne State University, 1987

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2006-present
    Representative, Minnesota State House of Representatives, 2004-2006

Current Legislative Committees

    Financial Services, Member
    Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Member
    Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Member
    Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Member
    Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Financial Services), Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease
    Member, Center for Strategic and International Studies Commission on Global Health
    Member, Children's Environmental Health Caucus
    Member, Congressional Adoption Caucus
    Member, Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus
    Member, Congressional Arts Caucus
    Member, Congressional Black Caucus
    Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
    Member, Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine
    Founder, Congressional Consumer Justice Caucus
    Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus
    Member, Congressional E911 Caucus
    Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus
    Member, Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus
    Vice Chair, Congressional Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Equality Caucus
    Member, Congressional Populist Caucus
    Co-Chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus
    Member, Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus
    Member, Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus
    Member, Green Jobs Caucus
    Member, House Democracy Assistance Commission
    Member, Law Enforcement Caucus
    Member, Out of Iraq Caucus
    Member, Pro-Choice Caucus
    Member, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Professional Experience

    Attorney, Hassan and Reed Limited
    Executive Director, Legal Rights Center Incorporated
    Attorney, Linquist and Vennum

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Co-Founder, Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota
Total: 1
Sanders wins second lawmaker endorsement

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) is the second lawmaker to endorse Sanders.

10/12/2015
By Ben Kamisar | The Hill
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Support
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Oppose
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Support
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly Support
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Oppose
7. Make voter registration easier

Strongly Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Support
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Strongly Oppose
11. Support & expand free trade

Strongly Oppose
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Oppose
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Support
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

No Opinion
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Strongly Oppose
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Oppose
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Support
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Oppose
Total: 194
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
03/09/2017 H.R.933 Employee Empowerment Act 03/09/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.  (All Actions)
02/17/2017 H.R.1143 Hygiene Assistance for Families of Infants and Toddlers Act of 2017 02/17/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
02/17/2017 H.R.1034 Zero Waste Development and Expansion Act of 2017 02/17/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.  (All Actions)
02/16/2017 H.R.1146 Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act 02/16/2017 Referred to House Ways and Means  (All Actions)
02/16/2017 H.R.1145 Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2017 02/16/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
02/16/2017 H.R.1144 Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2017 02/16/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
02/15/2017 H.R.1080 HBCU Investment Expansion Act 02/15/2017 Referred to House Financial Services  (All Actions)
02/15/2017 H.R.1079 Campus Gun Policy Transparency Act 02/15/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.  (All Actions)
02/14/2017 H.R.1044 Same Day Registration Act of 2017 02/14/2017 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.  (All Actions)
02/14/2017 H.Res.118 Expressing support for the designation of February 14 of each year as International Flower Workers' Day, in acknowledgment of workers in flower-producing countries and to demonstrate the commitment of the United States to practices that respect labor rights in other countries. 02/14/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
02/10/2017 H.R.988 To provide for a study by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies on the impact of diverting certain freight rail traffic to avoid urban areas, and for other purposes. 02/10/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.  (All Actions)
02/10/2017 H.R.934 Personal Drug Importation Fairness Act of 2017 02/10/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
02/10/2017 H.R.759 Ability to Repay Verification Enabling Act 02/10/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.  (All Actions)
02/08/2017 H.R.932 MOVE Act 02/08/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.  (All Actions)
02/07/2017 H.R.948 Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2017 02/07/2017 Referred to House Financial Services  (All Actions)
02/07/2017 H.R.915 Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2017 02/07/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
02/06/2017 H.R.470 Fair Franchise Act of 2017 02/06/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.  (All Actions)
02/03/2017 H.Res.87 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a Global Marshall Plan holds the potential to demonstrate the commitment of the United States to peace and prosperity through poverty reduction in the United States and abroad. 02/03/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
01/27/2017 H.R.704 Small Business and Community Investments Expansion Act of 2017 01/27/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
01/25/2017 H.R.471 Small Business Administration Franchise Loan Transparency Act of 2017 01/25/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.  (All Actions)
Total: 3352
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
05/02/2017 H.R.2301 Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2017
05/02/2017 H.R.2300 Students Before Profits Act of 2017
05/02/2017 H.R.2295 Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2017
05/02/2017 H.R.2282 Equality Act
05/02/2017 H.Res.291 Promoting and supporting the goals and ideals of the Fair Housing Act and recognizing April 2017 as Fair Housing Month, which includes bringing attention to the discrimination faced by every-day Americans in the United States in housing and housing-related transactions on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, familial status, disability, and religion.
05/02/2017 H.R.2135 Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
05/02/2017 H.R.1242 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act
04/24/2017 H.R.1739 REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2017
04/21/2017 H.R.1817 Chemical Poisons Reduction Act of 2017
05/01/2017 H.R.2043 Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2017
04/28/2017 H.R.2119 Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017
04/27/2017 H.R.2206 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act
04/27/2017 H.R.1135 To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.
04/26/2017 H.R.2180 Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2017
04/26/2017 H.R.2151 Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2017
04/26/2017 H.R.1960 Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017
04/26/2017 H.R.1882 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2017
04/25/2017 H.R.1562 SAFE Act
04/25/2017 H.R.1358 Scientific Integrity Act
04/19/2017 H.R.2044 America's Red Rock Wilderness Act
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