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: Experience: House: District 53, 2001-Present; Home State: California; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $358,008Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Susan A. Davis

Gender: Female

Family: Husband: Steven; 2 Children: Jeffery, Benjamin

Birth Date: 04/13/1944

Birth Place: Cambridge, MA

Home City: San Diego, CA

Religion: Jewish

Education

MA, Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1968

BA, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1964

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 53, 2001-present

Vice President, Board of Education, San Diego Unified School District

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 1994-2000

Member, Board of Education, San Diego Unified School District, 1983-1992

President, Board of Education, San Diego Unified School District, 1989-1992

Current Legislative Committees

Armed Services, Member

Education and the Workforce, Member

Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, Member

Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, Member

Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Readiness, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Mental Health Caucus, present

Member, Democratic Leadership Council, present

Co-Chair, House Mentoring Caucus, present

Member, LGBT Equality Caucus, present

Executive Board, New Democrat Coalition, present

Member, Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, present

Member, United States-China Working Group, present

Former Chair, Committee on Consumer Protection, Government Efficiency, and Economic Development, California State Assembly

Former Member, Congressional Friends of Animals Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Former Co-Chair, National Security Interagency Reform Working Group

Former Member, Pro-Choice Caucus

Professional Experience

Former Medical and Psychiatric Social Worker

Executive Director, Aaron Price Fellowship Mentoring Program, 1990-1994

Development Associate, KPBS-TV, 1979-1983

Development Associate, KPBS-FM, 1977

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Former Member, June Burnett Institute for Children and Families

Member, National Conference of Christians and Jews

Member, San Diego Consortium and Private Industry Council

Former Youth Volunteer, United Way

President, San Diego League of Women Voters, 1997

Additional Information

Awards:

Susan was honored to receive the Humane Society of the United States' Humane Advocate Award, an honor bestowed in recognition of her commitment to animal welfare legislation in Congress.

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	Oppose Expanding the military is not important and integrant for U.S. now. But when the country meets with defiance or agression, it is acceptable to continue expanding our military.
11. Support & expand free trade	Support Free Trade Benefits Consumers and Economy.We should only restrict free trade when it poses a security risk.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Oppose Availability of guns should be absolutely limited, because more guns mean more killing.
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	Strongly Support Immigration restrictions are racist because they keep out Hispanics and other non-whites. Social services should be offered to all residents of the United States regardless of immigration status.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Oppose Animals have inherent rights, and nature has inherent value. It is necessary to support vegetarianism and protect environment.
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	Oppose Social Security should remain under federal control, but you also want reforms on how the Trust Fund is handled.

Total: 201

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
05/16/2017	H.R.2451	Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act	05/16/2017 Referred to House Budget (All Actions)
05/01/2017	H.R.2268	Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act	05/01/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
03/31/2017	H.R.1515	Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2017	03/31/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
03/23/2017	H.R.1078	Military Hunger Prevention Act	03/23/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
03/17/2017	H.Res.205	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to ensuring that women's health care under current law is preserved.	03/17/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/09/2017	H.R.1198	For the relief of Flavia Maboloc Cahoon.	03/09/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (All Actions)
03/09/2017	H.R.1197	For the relief of Beloved Jefeti.	03/09/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (All Actions)
02/07/2017	H.R.946	Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2017	02/07/2017 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions)
02/07/2017	H.R.944	Federal Election Integrity Act of 2017	02/07/2017 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions)
01/27/2017	H.Res.66	Recognizing January 2017 as "National Mentoring Month", and for other purposes.	01/27/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
01/05/2017	H.Res.28	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers.	01/05/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
12/16/2016	H.R.5948	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 830 Kuhn Drive in Chula Vista, California, as the "Jonathan 'J.D.' De Guzman Post Office Building".	12/16/2016 Became Public Law No: 114-306. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
12/09/2016	H.R.6305	Military Hunger Prevention Act	12/09/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition. (All Actions)
12/07/2016	H.R.6464	Teach to Lead Act of 2016	12/07/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
09/28/2016	H.R.6236	Innovations to Recruit and Retain Excellent Teachers Act	09/28/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
09/26/2016	H.Res.894	Expressing support for designation of October 2016 as "National Principals Month".	09/26/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
09/19/2016	H.R.5641	Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2016	09/19/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (All Actions)
09/19/2016	H.R.5061	Empowering Educators to Prevent Trafficking Act	09/19/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (All Actions)
03/23/2016	H.R.3925	Recruiting and Retaining Effective School Leaders Act	03/23/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
03/23/2016	H.R.3786	Student Loan Fair Prepayment Act	03/23/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)

Total: 2795

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
02/08/2012	H.R.3798	Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012
02/01/2012	H.R.1148	Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act
01/31/2012	H.R.3858	To provide that Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in pay during 2013.
01/31/2012	H.Res.531	Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the National Cancer Act of 1971 and the more than 12,000,000 survivors of cancer alive today because of the commitment of the United States to cancer research and advances in cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment.
01/26/2012	H.R.3824	Airline First Responder Workplace Fairness Act
01/20/2012	H.R.3790	Improving Cancer Treatment Education Act of 2012
01/12/2012	H.R.3767	To grant the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its superior service during World War II.
01/12/2012	H.R.3743	Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011
12/19/2011	H.R.3465	National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act
12/15/2011	H.R.3676	To amend the detainee provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 to specifically state that United States citizens may not be detained against their will without all the rights of due process afforded to citizens in a court ordained or established by or under Article III of the Constitution of the United States.
12/14/2011	H.R.3661	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program.
12/09/2011	H.R.3627	School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act
12/09/2011	H.R.3587	Fair Pay to Medicaid Providers Act of 2011
12/08/2011	H.R.3612	Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2011
12/07/2011	H.R.3591	Postal Service Protection Act of 2011
12/05/2011	H.R.3510	Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act
12/05/2011	H.R.2369	To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide for an additional power for the American Legion under its Federal charter.
12/01/2011	H.Res.364	Designating room HVC 215 of the Capitol Visitor Center as the "Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room".	Passed	Yea
11/29/2011	H.R.3415	American Parks American Products Act
11/23/2011	H.R.2447	To grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines.	Passed	Yea

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