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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 Campaign Finance and Election Issues

(2008) HR 5803 Backup Paper Ballots

Outcome: Bill Failed (248/170)

Summary: -Appropriates $75 million for grants under the backup paper ballots program established in accordance with this bill (Sec. 3).

Kucinich's Vote

Y

(2008) HR 5036 Federal Funding for Voting System Changes

Outcome: Bill Failed (239/178)

Summary: -Requires that the Election Assistance Commission pay eligible jurisdictions to cover the costs of conversion to a paper ballot voting system or to cover the costs of retrofitting electronic voting systems to produce paper records (Sec. 2). -Requires that the Election Assistance Commission pay states to cover the costs of conducting any necessary manual audits of results from federal elections taking place in November 2008 and, at the option of the state, results from state and local elections taking place at the same time (Sec. 3). -Requires that the Election Assistance Commission pay states to cover the costs of conducting any necessary hand counts of results from federal elections taking place in November 2008 (Sec. 4). -Mandates that the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall study, test, and develop products and practices that ensure the accessibility of paper ballot verification and casting for disabled voters, for voters whose primary language is not English, and for voters with literacy difficulties (Sec. 5).

Kucinich's Vote

N

(2007) S 1 Lobbying and Donation Regulations

Outcome: Bill Passed (411/8)

Summary: -Increases the mandatory waiting period before becoming a lobbyist to two years after leaving office for former Senators and senior executive personnel, one year for former members of the House of Representatives, and one year for officers and staff of the Senate [Title I (Sec. 101)]. -Requires that every six months lobbyists disclose all donations made to Federal candidates or officeholders, leadership Political Action Committees (PAC's), or political party committees that were greater than or equal to $200 [Title II (Sec. 203 [a])]. -Requires candidate committees, leadership PAC's, and political party committees to disclose bundled contributions by a lobbyist totaling over $15,000 within a six-month period [Title II (Sec. 204)]. -Prohibits members of the House from participating in events that honor them at the presidential nominating convention for the party in which they belong if the event is directly paid for by a registered lobbyist unless they are a candidate for president or vice president at the convention [Title III (Sec. 305)]. -Prohibits any member of Congress from participating in the Civil Service Retirement System if convicted of bribery, fraud, perjury, corruption, conspiracy or other related offenses [Title IV (Sec. 401 [a])]. -Requires a Senator who intends to object to proceeding to a measure to submit a notice of intent in writing to the Majority or Minority leader and, no less than six session days after the submission of the notice, submit a notice to the Congressional Record that states the Senator's objection and details the reasons [Title V (Sec. 512)]. -Requires that Senators who submit earmark requests on a bill or committee report be identified as the sponsor of their requests on a publicly accessible congressional website at least 48 hours before the item comes to a vote [Tile V (Sec. 521)]. -Requires that Senators, candidates for Senate, or Presidential candidates using non-commercial air travel pay the fair market value of the usual charter fare or rental charge for a comparable plane of comparable size [Title VI (Sec. 601)]. -Prohibits House members and candidates from accepting travel on an aircraft unless it is operated by a commercial carrier, an entity of the Federal government, or the government of any state [Title VI (Sec. 601)].

Kucinich's Vote

Y

(2007) HR 1905 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007

Outcome: Bill Passed (241/177)

Summary: -Allows the District of Columbia to be considered a congressional district for the purpose of voting representation in the House of Representatives (Sec. 2). -Determines that the House of Representatives will consist of 437 members, starting with the 110th Congress (Sec. 3). -Calls for the president to revise the statement of apportionment and submit it to Congress within 30 days (Sec. 3). -Requires the clerk of the House of Representatives to use the revised statement of apportionment in order to notify the executive of each state of the number of Representatives the state is entitled to receive, within 15 days of receiving the report from the president, and must report which state receives an additional seat to Congress (Sec. 3). -Determines that the state receiving the additional Representative must elect this member from the state at large, while electing its other Representatives based on the congressional districts already in effect (Sec. 3).

Kucinich's Vote

Y

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