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House of Representatives

Dennis Kucinich
U.S. House: Representative
Democratic Next Election Year: 2010

Education:
MA, Speech Communications, Case Western Reserve University, 1974 BA, Speech Communications, Case Western Reserve University, 1973

Profession:
Consultant, Publicly Owned Electric Systems, 1979-present President, Marketing and Communications Firm, 1985-1995 Instructor, Communications and Political Science, Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University, 1991-1994 Professor, Political Science, Case Western Reserve University, 1982-1992 Communications Entrepreneur, Software and Public Relations, 1982-1992 Clerk of Courts, Cleveland Municipal Court, 1976-1977 Sportswriter

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Voting Record on Legislation Involving Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues

(2009) HR 146 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009

Outcome: Concurrence Vote Passed (285/140)

Summary: -Adds land to wilderness areas in 9 states under the National Wilderness Preservation System (Title I). -Affirms that no provision of this act may be used to close public lands to recreational use by the public (Title II). -Authorizes $1 million to provide grants to states and Indian tribes to compensate ranchers for livestock killed by wolves and to assist with non-lethal methods to reduce wolf attacks (Title VI, Subtitle C). -Grants the state of Alaska 1,806 acres of federal land to construct an emergency access road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in exchange for 43,093 acres of non-federal land (Title VI, Subtitle E). -Authorizes the Bureau of Reclamation to study and construct specific water projects (Title IX, Subtitle A). -Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out water settlements agreed to in court and creates the Reclamation Water Settlements Management Fund (Title X). -Authorizes appropriations for ocean research, exploration, and conservation (Title XII). -Expands funding for paralysis treatment (Title XIV).

Kucinich's Vote

Y

(2009) S 22 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009

Outcome: Bill Failed (282/144)

Summary: -Designates land in 9 states as potential wilderness areas (Title I). -Grants the state of Alaska a seven-mile easement for constructing a single-lane airport access road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in exchange for the transfer of 43,093 acres of state-owned land to the federal wildlife refuge system (Title VI, Subtitle E). -Expands the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (Title V, Subtitle A). -Adds to the National Trails System (Title V, Subtitle C). -Authorizes $1 million to provide grants to states and Indian tribes to compensate ranchers for livestock killed by wolves and to assist non-lethal methods to reduce wolf attacks (Title VI, Subtitle F). -Allows for the preservation of former President William Jefferson Clintons childhood home as a National Historic Site (Title VII, Subtitle A, Sec. 7002). -Authorizes appropriations for projects to improve water management and conservation (Title IX and Secs. 10101, 10202 of Title X).

Kucinich's Vote

Y

(2008) S 2739 Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008

Outcome: Bill Passed (291/117)

Summary: -Establishes a 106,000 acre wilderness preservation known as the "Wild Sky Wilderness" in the state of Washington (Sec. 101). -Applies United States immigration laws and immigration-related labor laws to the Northern Mariana Islands (Sec. 702). -Establishes a commission to study the possible creation of a National Museum of the American Latino (Sec. 333). -Creates the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area in Illinois (Sec. 443). -Creates the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area in New York (Sec. 423). -Provides the Northern Mariana Islands with a non-voting delegate in the United States House of Representatives (Sec. 711). -Increases the powers of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, which is charged with establishing a permanent memorial for Former President Eisenhower (Sec. 332). -Expands the Minidoka Internment National Monument in Idaho to include the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial site in Baingridge, Washington (Sec. 313).

Kucinich's Vote

Y

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