House of Representatives
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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
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(2008) S 3001 Defense Authorizations Bill
Outcome: Bill Passed (392/39)
Summary: - Authorizes $67.54 million for the construction of the Ballistic Missile Defense, European Mid-Course Radar site (sec. 2401).
- Provides for a 3.9 percent raise in base pay for all military personnel instead of the annual pay raise based on the Employment Cost Index (sec. 601).
- Increases the mandatory retirement age of reserve commissioned officers from 60 to 62 (sec. 514).
- Increases the maximum period of reenlistment for members of the armed forces from six years to eight years, with the exception of members who have served at least ten years and reenlist for an unspecified period (sec. 531).
- Prohibits any officer or employee of the Department of Defense from interfering with the ability of the Legal Counsel to give independent legal advice to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (sec. 591).
- Requires the president to report to Congress on the status of forces agreements between the United States and Iraq (sec. 1212).
- Requires the president to establish and implement a strategy for United States-led Provincial Reconstruction Teams to develop the capacity of the Iraqi government and civilian institutions to assume increasing responsibility for reconstruction (sec. 1213). |
Kucinich's Vote
N |
(2008) HR 2642 Funding for Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
Outcome: Concurrence Vote Passed (268/155)
Summary: - Requires the Secretary of Defense to send a report to Congress detailing performance standards and goals with a timetable for the achievement of security, economic, and security force training objectives in Iraq, starting with an initial report to be submitted by December 5, 2008, and updating the report every 90 days thereafter through the end of fiscal year 2009.
- Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on the individual transition readiness assessments of security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, starting with an initial report no later than 30 days after enactment of this bill and updating the report every 90 days after the initial submission until October 1, 2009. |
Kucinich's Vote
N |
(2008) HR 2642 GI Bill, Funding for Midwest Flood Cleanup, Extension of Unemployment Benefits, and Other Provisions
Outcome: Concurrence Vote Passed (416/12)
Summary: -Appropriates $8.48 billion for natural disaster relief and recovery, including $5.76 billion for construction of flood prevention and protection structures in Louisiana.
-Allows an individual with an emergency unemployment compensation to receive either 50 percent of the total regular compensation of an individual's benefit year or 13 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for that year (Sec. 4002).
-Allows a veteran who has served an aggregate of 36 months or 30 continuous days of active duty after September 11, 2001 to receive a full scholarship for in-state tuition at a public university, a monthly housing stipend, and a lump sum each term for books and supplies (Sec. 5003).
-Provides that members of the Armed Forces who have served at least six years and agree to serve four more may transfer 18 to 36 months of their educational assistance entitlements to their spouse or children (Sec. 5003).
-Allows the President to waive sanctions against economic or military assistance to North Korea (Sec. 1405).
-Provides $400 million for Mexico and $65 million for Central America to combat drug trafficking (Sec. 1406-1407). |
Kucinich's Vote
Y |
(2008) HR 2642 Funding for Military Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
Outcome: Concurrence Vote Failed (141/149)
Summary: -Requires the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State to send a report to Congress detailing performance standards and goals with a timetable for the achievement of security, economic, and security force training objectives in Iraq, starting with an initial report to be submitted by December 5, 2008 and updating the report every 90 days thereafter through the end of fiscal year 2009 (Sec. 9204).
-Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on the individual transition readiness assessments of security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, starting with an initial report 30 days after enactment of this bill and updating the report every 90 days after the initial submission until October 1, 2009 (Sec. 9205). |
Kucinich's Vote
N |
(2008) HR 2642 Iraq Related Provisions such as a Troop Withdrawal, a Permanent Base Ban, and Limiting Interrogation Techniques
Outcome: Concurrence Vote Passed (227/196)
Summary: -Prohibits the use of funds to deploy Armed Forces units to Iraq without certification by the President that such units are 'fully mission capable' unless the President waives the prohibition citing national security interests (Sec. 10002).
-Prohibits the deployment of any unit of the Army, Army Reserve, or Army National Guard beyond 365 days and the deployment of any unit of the Marine Corps or Marine Corps Reserve beyond 210 days without a Presidential waiver featuring an explanation of the extension of deployment (Sec. 10003).
-Increases from 3 years to 5 years the amount of time in which the statute of limitations is suspended for offenses related to contracts, subcontracts, or purchase orders which are related to the prosecution of the war or to U.S. property, or for offenses related to any disposition of termination inventory by any war contractor or government agency (Sec. 11101).
-Establishes the Investigative Units for Contractor Oversight to investigate allegations of criminal violations committed by contractors employed by the United States in a foreign country where the U.S. Armed Forces are conducting military operations (Sec. 11303).
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Kucinich's Vote
N |
(2008) H Amdt 972 Substitute Amendment for the House Budget Resolution
Outcome: Amendment Rejected (157/263)
Summary: -Sets the following new budget authorities for 2008 through 2013 in major funding categories:
- $3.56 trillion for National Defense
- $2.79 trillion for Medicare
- $2.48 trillion for Income Security
- $2.33 trillion for Net Interest
- $2.02 trillion for Health
- $803.43 billion for Allowances
- $584.75 billion for Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
- $582.64 billion for Veteran's Benefits and Services
- $466.65 billion for Transportation
- $290.57 billion for Administration of Justice
- $216.63 billion for International Affairs
- $205.96 billion for Natural Resources and Environment
- $172.85 billion for General Science, Space and Technology
- $160.96 billion for General Government
- $155.31 billion for Social Security
- $132.48 billion for Agriculture
- $95.75 billion for Community and Regional Development
- $56.15 billion for Commerce and Housing Credit
- $23.11 billion for Energy
-Establishes a moratorium on the consideration of bills containing earmarks in the House of Representatives for the remainder of 2008. (Sec. 301).
-Establishes the Joint Select Committee on Earmark Reform (composed of members appointed by the Senate Majority Leader, the House of Representatives and Senate Minority Leaders, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives) which will be charged with completing a study of the practices of the House, Senate, and executive branch regarding earmarks and providing a report of the findings of the study to the House of Representatives and Senate no later than six months after the adoption of H Con Res 312 (Sec. 302).
-Calls for the pursuit of medical liability reform as a means to endeavor towards domestic entitlement reform involving limiting the growth of Medicare and Medicaid "to ensure their long-term viability" (Sec. 413).
-Calls for the phasing out of the Alternative Minimum Tax (Sec. 416).
-Prohibits the consideration of any bill, joint resolution, or conference report that would increase the budget deficit (Sec. 701). |
Kucinich's Vote
N |
(2008) H Con Res 312 Concurrent Budget Resolution
Outcome: Resolution Passed (212/207)
Summary: -Recommends the following new budget authorities for specific departments in fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013:
-$3.38 trillion for National Defense
-$2.79 trillion for Medicare
-$2.49 trillion for Income Security
-$2.02 trillion for Health
-$581.64 billion for Veterans Benefits and Services
-$469.24 billion for Transportation
-$155.31 billion for Social Security
-Allows the chairman of the Committee on the Budget to increase appropriations for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), veterans and military personnel health care and disability benefits, renewable energy production, affordable housing, Medicare, and other programs, provided that they do not increase the budget deficit (Sec. 301-317).
-Allows the chairman of the House Committee on the Budget to revise budget levels for increases in tax reductions and credits for middle-income families and taxpayers, including extension of the child tax credit, reductions in the tax rate for married couples, and the elimination on most estate taxes and states that the policy of this resolution is to "minimize fiscal burdens on middle-income families" (Sec. 306, 501).
-States that overseas military operations funding should not be included in emergency supplemental requests, implementing the 9/11 Commission recommendation to fund nuclear nonproliferation programs should be a high priority, TRICARE fees should not be increased, missile defense should be funded at an "adequate but lower level," and the Department of Defense should address the recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office and investigate money not accounted for (Sec. 502). |
Kucinich's Vote
N |
(2007) HR 1585 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
Outcome: Conference Report Adopted (370/49)
Summary: -Increases the basic monthly pay for members of the uniformed services by 3.5 percent (Sec. 601).
-Permits veterans who are 100 percent disabled to receive all of both their retirement pay and their disability pay (Sec. 642).
-Requires the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish an electronic system through which the two departments can share and coordinate the use of personal health care information (Sec. 1635).
-Provides that drugs prescribed under the TRICARE pharmaceutical program will be treated as a part of the Department of Defense procurement, and that these drugs are then subject to the pricing restrictions applicable to the procurement of drugs by federal agencies (Sec. 703).
-Establishes the National Security Personnel System as a human resources management system for the Department of Defense, and requires that this system allows employees to practice collective bargaining through labor organizations of their own choosing (Sec. 1106).
-Establishes additional Congressional oversight at various stages of major defense acquisitions (Sec. 813).
-Prohibits the Department of Defense from awarding most lead systems integrator contracts after the start of the 2010 fiscal year (Sec. 802).
-Provides that the Inspector General of the Department of Defense and Inspectors General for Iraq Reconstruction and Afghanistan Reconstruction shall develop plans for auditing contracts made by the Department of Defense and other federal agencies (Sec. 842).
-Authorizes $187.14 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan operations. |
Kucinich's Vote
N |
(2007) HR 4156 Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Defense and Timeline for Withdrawal from Iraq
Outcome: Bill Passed (218/203)
Summary: -States that no person in the custody of the U.S. Government can be subject to any interrogation methods not listed in the U.S. Army Field Manual FM2-22.3 Human Intelligence Collector Operations (Sec. 102).
-Sets a goal for the President to begin redeploying U.S. Armed Forces from Iraq within 30 days after enactment of this act, starting with units that have been deployed over 365 days, to be completed no later than December 15, 2008 (Sec. 105).
-Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report by February 1, 2008 to Congressional defense committees that describes the current plan and status for the reduction of U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq, and delays any additional funding until this report is submitted to Congress (Sec. 105, 106).
-Requires that none of the appropriated funds may be used to establish a permanent military installation in Iraq or to control any oil resources in Iraq (Sec. 210). |
Kucinich's Vote
N |
(2007) HR 3087 Requiring Reports from the Defense Department to Congress Regarding Withdrawal from Iraq
Outcome: Bill Passed (377/46)
Summary: -Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should perform "robust and comprehensive" planning for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq (Sec. 2).
-Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report about the plans for withdrawal within 60 days of the enactment of this bill, as well as every 90 days thereafter until U.S. forces in Iraq are no longer primarily engaged in a combat mission, and requires the Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other senior Defense Department officials to meet with Congress to discuss the reports (Sec. 3). |
Kucinich's Vote
N |
(2007) HR 3159 Mandatory Troop Rest Periods Between Deployments to Iraq
Outcome: Bill Passed (229/194)
Summary: - Mandates that before a member of the regular armed forces be redeployed to Iraq, he or she must be given a period of rest at least as long as the duration of his or her most recent deployment [Sec. 2 (a)].
-Mandates that before a member of the armed forces reserve be redeployed to Iraq, he or she must be given a period of rest at least three times as long as the duration of his or her most recent deployment [Sec. 2 (b)].
-Exempts special operations forces and forces used to facilitate deployments [Sec. 2 (c)].
-Allows the President to waive the rest period requirements in order to meet a threat to national security if the President certifies the necessity of the deployment to Congress within 30 days [Sec. 2 (d)].
-Allows the rest requirement to be waived for members of the Armed Forces who voluntarily request mobilization [Sec. 2 (e)]. |
Kucinich's Vote
Y |
(2007) HR 2956 Redeployment from Iraq Act
Outcome: Bill Passed (223/201)
Summary: - Requires the Secretary of Defense to begin reducing the number of armed forces in Iraq 120 days after the enactment of this act and to have only a limited presence in Iraq by April 1, 2008 (Sec. 3[a]).
- Requires the reduction of armed forces to be conducted in a safe and orderly manner, taking into primary consideration the safety of the armed forces (Sec. 3[b]).
- Requires the President to present before Congress a comprehensive plan for the United States and Iraq no later than January 1, 2008 (Sec. 4[a]).
- Establishes that the comprehensive plan for Iraq must include justification for the plan, including a broader explanation of United States security interests in the Middle East, a justification for the troop levels for the basic security presence that will remain in Iraq, and explanations of the number of troops it requires to accomplish missions, the cost of the missions, and the duration of missions (Sec. 4[b]).
- Requires the following four missions to be a part of the comprehensive plan, as well as an explanation of whether or not armed forces will be required to achieve the following missions: protecting United States diplomatic facilities and armed forces engaged in missions, service in customary diplomatic positions, eliminating Al-Qaeda and its affliates in Iraq, and training and equipping the members of the Iraqi Security Forces (Sec. 4[b(3)]).
- Requires the comprehensive plan to specify plans for diplomatic actions to engage U.S. allies and others in the region to help with Iraq (Sec. 4[b(4)]).
- Requires the President to submit an update to the appropriate congressional committees every 90 days beginning July 1, 2008 (Sec. 4[c]).
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Kucinich's Vote
N |
(2007) H Amdt 2 Replacing Titles I and II of House Amdt 1 to HR 2206
Outcome: Amendment Adopted (280/142)
Summary: -Appropriates $350 million to the Department of Agriculture.
-Appropriates $162.56 million to the Department of Justice.
-Appropriates $88.69 billion to the Department of Defense.
-Appropriates $63 million for the Department of Energy, Atomic Energy Defense Activities.
-Appropriates $5.18 billion for the Department of State and Related Agency.
-Appropriates $3.40 billion for the Department of Homeland Security, Hurricane Katrina Recovery.
-States that the US Strategy in Iraq will be determined by the Iraqi Government's ability to meet specified benchmarks (Sec. 1314). |
Kucinich's Vote
N |
(2007) H Amdt 1 Departmental Appropriations for Defense, Security, and Hurricane Recovery
Outcome: Amendment Adopted (348/73)
Summary: -Appropriates $12.42 billion for the Department of Defense, including $10.81 billion for non-civil operations, and $1.61 billion for civil operations.
-Appropriates $1.79 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs, including $1.34 billion for medical related expenses.
-Appropriates $1.76 billion for the Department of Homeland Security.
-Appropriates $906.02 million for the Department of Transportation.
-Appropriates $713 million for the Department of Health and Human Services.
-Appropriates $422.40 million for the Department of State.
-Appropriates $257.50 million for the Department of Agriculture.
-Appropriates $193.44 million for the Department of Justice.
-Appropriates $136.19 million for the Department of the Interior.
-Appropriates $170.40 million for the Department of Commerce.
-Increases the federal minimum wage to $5.85 per hour on the 60th day after the enactment of HR 2206, $6.55 12 months after that 60th day, and $7.25 24 months after that 60th day (Sec. 8102).
-Enacts business tax modifications, including such adjustments as extending the work opportunity tax credit to 2011, extending and increasing expensing for small business, waiving alternative minimum tax limits on work opportunity credit and credit for taxes paid on employee tips, and other adjustments (Secs. 8211, 8212, 8214). |
Kucinich's Vote
N |
(2007) HR 2206 Emergency Departmental Supplemental Appropriations Bill of 2007
Outcome: Bill Passed (221/205)
Summary: -Appropriates $101.93 billion for the Department of Defense.
-Appropriates $6.86 billion for the Department of Homeland Security.
-Appropriates $5.24 billion for the Department of State.
-Appropriates $1.79 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
-Appropriates $1.56 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services.
-Appropriates $909.5 million for the Department of Agriculture.
-Appropriates $717.94 million for the Department of Transportation.
-Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. troops should be redeployed from Iraq as battalions of Iraqi security forces become able to conduct security operations on their own (Sec. 1326).
-Increases the federal minimum wage to $5.85 per hour 60 days after the enactment of this bill, $6.55 per hour 12 months after that 60th day, and $7.25 per hour 24 months after that 60th day (Sec. 7102).
-Addresses business tax modifications, including such adjustments as extending the work opportunity tax credit, extending and increasing expensing for small business, extending and expanding the low-income housing credit rules under the Gulf Opportunity Zone Tax for buildings in the GO zones, and other adjustments (Secs. 7211, 7212, 7222). |
Kucinich's Vote
N |
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