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1. Bennie Thompson
Ranking Member of the House Homeland
Security Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2011
Preceded by Peter King
In office
January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by Jim Turner
Succeeded by Peter King
Chair of the House Homeland Security
Committee
In office
January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by Peter King
Succeeded by Peter King
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Mississippi's 2nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 13, 1993
Preceded by Mike Espy
Personal details
Born Bennie Gordon Thompson
January 28, 1948
Bolton, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) London Thompson
Education Tougaloo College (BA)
Jackson State University (MS)
Earlier photo of Congressman Bennie
Thompson
Bennie Thompson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the football player of the same name see Bennie Thompson (American football).
Bennie Gordon Thompson (born January 28, 1948) is the U.S. Representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district, serving
since 1993, and the ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security since 2011. He is a member of the Democratic
Party.[1]
The district includes most of Jackson and is the only majority-black district in the state. The district is approximately 275 miles
(443 km) long, 180 miles (290 km) wide and borders the Mississippi River. The Mississippi Delta comprises the vast majority of the
2nd District. He is both the first Democrat and the first African American to chair the Homeland Security Committee in the House.
Contents
1 Early life, education and career
2 U.S. House of Representatives
2.1 Committee assignments
2.2 Tenure
2.3 Legislation sponsored
2.4 Elections
3 Personal life
4 References
5 External links
Early life, education and career
Thompson is a lifelong resident of Bolton, near Jackson. He attended Hinds County public schools before earning a B.A. in political
science from Tougaloo College in 1968 and an M.S. in educational administration from Jackson State University in 1973. He served
as an alderman, then mayor of Bolton before being elected to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors.
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee assignments
Committee on Homeland Security (Ranking Member)
As Ranking Member of the full committee, Rep. Thompson may serve as an ex officio member of all subcommittees.
Thompson also belongs to the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Progressive
Caucus, Congressional Rural Caucus, Congressional Sunbelt Caucus, Renewable Energy &
Energy Efficiency Caucus, Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus, and the Tennessee
Valley Authority Caucus. He also is involved in the Congressional Children's Working Group
and the National Guard & Reserve Components Congressional Members Organization.
Tenure
Thompson entered a crowded seven-way special election held on April 13, 1993 after Mike
Espy gave up the seat to become Secretary of Agriculture. With five other Democrats
splitting the vote, he finished second behind Republican Hayes Dent with 28 percent of the
vote. He then defeated Dent in the April 13 runoff with 55 percent of the vote. He won the
seat in his own right in 1994 and has been reelected eight times. He has only faced serious
opposition twice, when journalist Clinton LeSueur held him to 55 percent in 2002 and 58
percent in 2004.
Thompson became an outspoken advocate for the Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita hit in 2005. From his position on the Homeland Security Committee, he pushed for
accountability at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and a careful review
of the role of the Red Cross in the time of disaster. He also pursued waste, fraud, and abuse in hurricane contracting and called for
preferences to be given to small and Gulf Coast businesses in the recovery and rebuilding of the affected states. Thompson is the
founding Member of the bipartisan Gulf Coast Recovery & Rebuilding Caucus in the House of Representatives.
Thompson's voting record has been decidedly liberal; he is arguably one of the most liberal congressmen ever to represent Mississippi. He is a founding member of the Congressional
Progressive Caucus. His legislative platform focuses mainly on homeland security, civil rights, agriculture and rural issues, equal education and health care reform. In 1975, he became
one of the original plaintiffs in the Ayers Case, which concerned the adequate funding of predominantly black educational institutes in Mississippi. In 2000, Thompson wrote
legislation that created the National Center for Minority Health and Health Care Disparities.
During his tenure as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Thompson focused on assuring that state and local officials, as well as first responders (fire, police, EMTs), got
the resources they needed to protect their communities. Thompson was particularly concerned about local officials getting adequate resources, having been a volunteer firefighter and a
local elected official for 24 years.
He was one of the 31 who voted in the House to refuse to count the electoral votes from Ohio in the 2004 presidential election. [1] (http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll007.xml)
Along with John Conyers, in April 2006, Thompson brought an action against George W. Bush and others alleging violations of the Constitution in the passing of the Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005.[2] The case (Conyers v. Bush) was ultimately dismissed.[3]
On January 5, 2007, Thompson introduced H.R.1, "Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007," the first bill of the 110th Congress. The bill, cosponsored by
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2. more than 100 House Members, provided for the implementation of the 9/11 Commission's remaining recommendations. It included provisions requiring major improvements in
aviation security, border security, and infrastructure security; providing first responders the equipment and training they need; beefing up efforts to prevent terrorists from acquiring
weapons of mass destruction; and significantly expanding diplomatic, economic, educational, and other strategies designed to counter terrorism. The bill had bipartisan support and
passed 299-128 on January 9, 2007. On July 27, 2007, the Conference Report on H.R. 1 passed the House overwhelmingly, 371-40. The previous day, it had passed the Senate 85-8.
The President signed H.R. 1 into law on August 3, 2007.
With the passage of H.R. 1, Thompson is the first African-American Chairman of a House Committee to have a House-Senate Conference on the first bill introduced in either the
House or the Senate in any given Congress.
On December 27, 2009, commenting on reports that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who had allegedly tried to set off a suicide bomb on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on December 25,
2009, had subsequently confessed to being trained and equipped in Yemen,[4][5] Thompson called for a halt to all current plans with regard to Yemen in light of Abdulmutullab's ties
there, including plans to repatriate approximately 80 Yemeni captives in Guantanamo.
Thompson is a supporter, and one of the proposers of, a recent proposed bill to prevent auto insurance companies from using credit scores to set auto insurance rates. The result of this
bill if passed would be drastically lowered auto insurance rates to help Americans already in financial struggle. Auto insurance rates would be more based solely on factors directly
related to auto mobility instead of arbitrary factors such as debt or poor credit elsewhere.[6]
Thompson has also been a supporter of a measure to increase screening and background checks for pilot trainees to reduce chances of terrorist exploitation. The bill, H.R. 6159 would
require all applicants to go through a waiting period while they were screened and cleared by the Department of Homeland Security. Currently only foreign born trainees are required
to go through this screening, but this bill would extend the precautions taken to all American applicants.[7][8]
Thompson joined hands with Senator Ron Wyden and introduced a bill to limit the number of documents that are classified and to overhaul the security clearance system in July 2014.
The bill's fate is currently unclear.[9]
Legislation sponsored
Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2013 (H.R. 1204; 113th Congress) - Thompson introduced this bill on March 14, 2013.[10] If it became law, the bill would
direct the Transportation Security Administration to establish in the TSA an Aviation Security Advisory Committee and consult with it about matters of aviation security.
Elections
Thompson joined the House of Representatives in April 1993, after winning a special election for the 2nd Congressional seat, which became vacant when Representative Mike Espy
resigned. He was elected to a full term in 1994, and has been reelected six times.
Thompson has had very successful campaign financing and has raised about 1.2 million dollars. This is about 200 times the amount raised by his closest competitor, Republican Bill
Marcy. He has spent much of these funds on television, radio, and print advertisement for his campaign.[11]
Mississippi's 2nd congressional district: Results 1993–2014[12][13]
Year Subject Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes %
1993
Bennie
Thompson
Democratic 72,561 55.2% Hayes Dent Republican 58,995 44.8%
1994
Bennie
Thompson
Democratic 68,014 53.7% Bill Jordan Republican 49,270 38.9%
Vincent
Thornton
U.S.
Taxpayers
Party
9,408 7.4%
1996
Bennie
Thompson
Democratic 102,503 59.6%
Dana
Covington
Republican 65,263 38.0%
William
Chipman
Libertarian 4,167 2.4%
1998
Bennie
Thompson
Democratic 80,284 71.2%
William
Chipman
Libertarian 32,533 28.8%
2000
Bennie
Thompson
Democratic 112,777 65.1%
Hardy
Caraway
Republican 54,090 31.2%
William
Chipman
Libertarian 4,305 2.5% Lee Dilworth Reform 4,167 2.4%
2002
Bennie
Thompson
Democratic 89,913 55.1%
Clinton
LeSueur
Republican 69,711 42.8% Lee Dilworth Reform 3,426 2.1%
2004
Bennie
Thompson
Democratic 154,626 58.4%
Clinton
LeSueur
Republican 107,647 40.6%
Shawn
O'Hara
Reform 2,596 1.0%
2006
Bennie
Thompson
Democratic 100,160 64.3%
Yvonne
Brown
Republican 55,672 35.7%
2008
Bennie
Thompson
Democratic 201,606 69.1%
Richard
Cook
Republican 90,364 30.9%
2010
Bennie
Thompson
Democratic 105,327 61.5% Bill Marcy Republican 64,499 37.6%
Ashley
Norwood
Reform 1,530 .9%
2012
Bennie
Thompson
Democratic 214,978 67.1% Bill Marcy Republican 99,160 31.0%
Cobby
Williams
Independent 4,605 1.4%
Lajena
Williams
Reform 1,501 0.5%
2014
Bennie
Thompson
Democratic 100,688 67.7% Troy Ray Independent 36,465 24.5%
Shelley
Shoemake
Reform 11,493 7.7%
Personal life
Thompson is married to the former London Johnson of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, and has one daughter, BendaLonne, one granddaughter, Jeanna and one grandson, Thomas.
Thompson is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity (Gamma Rho - Tougaloo College) and a lifetime member of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Bolton.
References
"Rep. Bennie Thompson". GovTrack. Retrieved August 14, 2012.1. Associated Press (April 27, 2006). "11 House Members to Sue Over Budget Bill". ABC
News. Retrieved February 20, 2007.
2.
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3. Associated Press (November 6, 2006). "Judge Dismisses Budget Bill Lawsuit". ABC News.
Retrieved November 28, 2006.
3.
"Gitmo transfer to Yemen in doubt". United Press International. December 27, 2009.
Archived from the original on 2009-12-27. "'I'd, at a minimum, say that whatever we were
about to do we'd at least have to scrub (those plans) again from top to bottom,' said House
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss."
4.
Josh Gerstein (December 27, 2009). "Bomb plot complicates Gitmo plan". Politico. Archived
from the original on December 28, 2009.
5.
Pete Kasperowicz (July 17, 2012). "House Dems look to ban auto insurers from using credit
scores to set rates". The Hill.
6.
Pete Kasperowicz (July 20, 2012). "Dems would require pilot trainees to be checked against
terror watchlist". The Hill. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
7.
"Rep. Thompson Moves to Close Flight Training Loophole". Helicopter Association
International. July 23, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
8.
Hicks, Josh. "Does the government have a problem with 'runaway' document classification?".
The Washington Post. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
9.
"H.R. 1204 - Summary". United States Congress. Retrieved December 4, 2013.10.
Deborah Barfield Berry (July 17, 2012). "Thompson's fundraising eclipses challengers".
Clarion Ledger.
11.
"Candidate Details". Retrieved 26 November 2014.12.
"Election Results". Retrieved 4 December 2014.13.
External links
Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (http://benniethompson.house.gov/) official U.S. House site
Bennie G. Thompson for Congress (http://www.benniegthompson.com)
Bennie Thompson (http://dmoztools.net/Regional/North_America/United_States/Mississippi/Government/Federal/US_House_of_Representatives
/Bennie_G._Thompson_%5BD-2%5D) at DMOZ
Biography (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=t000193) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Profile (https://www.votesmart.org/candidate/26929) at Project Vote Smart
Financial information (federal office) (http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?&tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=H4MS02068) at the Federal Election
Commission
Legislation sponsored (https://www.congress.gov/member/bennie-thompson/1151) at The Library of Congress
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Mike Espy
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Mississippi's 2nd congressional district
1993–present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Peter T. King
Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee
2007–2011
Succeeded by
Peter T. King
United States order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by
Nydia Velázquez
D-New York
United States Representatives by seniority
48th
Succeeded by
Frank Lucas
R-Oklahoma
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