TSONGAS, NICOLA S

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TSONGAS, NICOLA S
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: Experience: House: District 3, 2007-Present; Home State: Massachusetts; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,025,769Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Nicola 'Niki' S. Tsongas

Gender: Female

Family: Widowed; 3 Children: Ashley, Katina, Molly

Birth Date: 04/26/1946

Birth Place: Chico, CA

Home City: Lowell, MA

Education

Attended, Michigan State University

JD, Boston University, 1988

BA, Smith College, 1968

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2007-present

Won Special Election, United States House of Representatives, 2007

Volunteer, Eugene McCarthy Presidential Campaign, 1968

Current Legislative Committees

Armed Services, Member

Natural Resources, Member

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Member

Subcommittee on Federal Lands, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Member

Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Equity Caucus for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Americans

Member, Lowell Civic Stadium and Arena Commission

Professional Experience

Employee, Catholic Charitable Bureau

Social Worker, New York Department of Welfare

Attorney, Private Practice

Dean, External Affairs, Middlesex Community College, 1997-2007

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	Oppose Effective enforcement rather than strict enforcement shoud be considered. The death penalty should be used with extreme caution, if at all.
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	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
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	Oppose The only "gun right" is self-defense against violence. The government should reinforce registration rules and keep guns away from children.
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	Support The government should make few restrictions on immigration but not treat illegal aliens as criminals.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Oppose We should consider about both nature rights and human needs, accounting for nature's value for humans as well as for other environmental benefits.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Oppose Church-state separation precludes the involvement of religious institutions in social services. Basically, we should not violate the Constitutional principle in this case.
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: 50

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
05/16/2017	H.R.2142	INTERDICT Act	05/16/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. (All Actions)
05/01/2017	H.R.2279	U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 2017	05/01/2017 Referred to House Administration (All Actions)
06/02/2016	H.R.5371	Lowell National Historical Park Creative Partnerships Act	06/02/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (All Actions)
04/13/2016	H.R.4935	Stepping up for American Workers and Troops Act	04/13/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. (All Actions)
12/04/2015	H.R.3916	No Taxpayer Money for Corporate Campaigns Act of 2015	12/04/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
10/21/2015	H.R.3707	Groundwork USA Trust Act of 2015	10/21/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (All Actions)
06/24/2015	H.R.2885	Senior and Retired Volunteers Act of 2015	06/24/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
01/30/2015	H.R.632	U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 2015	01/30/2015 Referred to House Administration (All Actions)
07/23/2014	H.R.412	Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Study Act	07/23/2014 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. (All Actions)
07/01/2014	H.R.4505	DOD Cloud Security Act	07/01/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats & Capabilities. (All Actions)
07/01/2014	H.R.4504	DoD Suicide Tracking Act of 2014	07/01/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
07/01/2014	H.R.4410	DoD LABS Research Act	07/01/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats & Capabilities. (All Actions)
05/20/2014	H.R.4693	U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 2014	05/20/2014 Referred to House Administration (All Actions)
05/06/2014	H.R.4583	SSI Savers Act of 2014	05/06/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
01/09/2014	H.R.3480	No Taxpayer Money for Corporate Campaigns Act of 2013	01/09/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
07/08/2013	H.R.2204	HIRE Act	07/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
06/20/2013	H.R.2059	Coast Guard STRONG Act	06/20/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
06/04/2013	H.R.2205	Groundwork USA Trust Act of 2013	06/04/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. (All Actions)
05/06/2013	H.R.1840	Senior and Retired Volunteers Act of 2013	05/06/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
10/05/2012	H.R.2240	Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012	10/05/2012 Became Public Law No: 112-182. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)

Total: 1486

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
05/04/2007	H.R.1964	Freedom of Choice Act
05/03/2007	H.R.2138	Investment in America Act of 2007
05/03/2007	H.Res.373	Urging Turkey to respect the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
05/01/2007	H.Res.356	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) should stop the utilization of materials that violate provisions of the United Nations-brokered Interim Agreement between the FYROM and Greece regarding "hostile activities or propaganda" and should work with the United Nations and Greece to achieve longstanding United States and United Nations policy goals of finding a mutually-acceptable official name for the FYROM.
04/30/2007	H.R.2075	New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2007
04/13/2007	H.R.1609	To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Constantino Brumidi.
04/11/2007	H.R.1000	Edward William Brooke III Congressional Gold Medal Act
04/03/2007	H.R.1665	Medicare Hearing Health Care Enhancement Act of 2007
04/03/2007	H.R.1439	Supply Our Soldiers Act of 2007
03/29/2007	H.R.1820	Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2007
03/28/2007	H.R.1246	Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2007
03/27/2007	H.J.Res.40	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
03/21/2007	H.R.1590	Safe Climate Act of 2007
03/20/2007	H.R.1280	Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2007
03/19/2007	H.R.1022	Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007
03/02/2007	H.R.503	To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes.
03/02/2007	H.R.303	Retired Pay Restoration Act
02/20/2007	H.R.1016	To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with any of the management partners of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.
02/20/2007	H.R.891	Dog and Cat Fur Prohibition Enforcement Act
02/14/2007	H.R.1043	Community Restoration and Revitalization Act of 2007

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