Amy Jean Klobuchar (born May 25, 1960) is a former American prosecutor, writer and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Labor Party-Minnesota, a Minnesota affiliate of the US Democratic Party, and the first US Senator of Women elected in Minnesota.
Klobuchar had previously served as district attorney for Hennepin County, Minnesota's most populous region. As a lawyer, he worked with former Vice President Walter Mondale. He has been called the "rising star" in the Democratic Party.
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Early life and education
Born in Plymouth, Minnesota, Klobuchar is the daughter of Rose Katherine (nÃÆ' Â © e Heuberger), who retired at the age of 70 from second grade teaching, and James John "Jim" Klobuchar, a writer and retired sports writer and columnist for Star Tribune . Amy has one sister. Jim's grandfathers were Slovenian immigrants, and his father was a miner in the Iron Range; Amy's grandparents came from Switzerland.
Klobuchar attended a public school in Plymouth and delivered a farewell speech at Wayzata High School. He received a B.A. the title of magna cum laude in political science from Yale University in 1982, where he was a member of the Yale College Democrat, the Feminist Caucus, and a member of the improvised troupe Suddenly Susan. During his time at Yale, Klobuchar spends time as an apprentice to Senator Walter Mondale. His senior thesis is Revealing the Dome , a 150-page history of ten political years that surrounds the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome building in Minneapolis. After Yale, Klobuchar enrolled at the University of the Chicago Law School, where he served as associate editor of the University of Chicago Law Review and received a Juris Doctor degree in 1985.
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Careers
After law school, Klobuchar works as a corporate lawyer. In addition to working as a prosecutor, Klobuchar is a partner at Minnesota Dorsey & amp; Whitney and Gray Plant Mooty before seeking public office. His first assault into politics came after he gave birth and was forced to leave the hospital 24 hours later, a situation exacerbated by the fact that Klobuchar's daughter was born in a condition in which she could not swallow. The experience made Klobuchar appear before the Minnesota State Legislature advocating a bill that would ensure new mothers stay 48 hours in the hospital. Minnesota passed the bill and President Clinton later made a federal legal policy.
Klobuchar was elected lawyer for the Hennepin region in 1998, and was re-elected in 2002 without any opposition. In 2001 Minnesota Lawyer renamed it "Lawyer of the Year". Klobuchar was President of the Minnesota County Attorneys Association from November 2002 to November 2003.
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Selection
- 2006
In early 2005 Mark Dayton announced that he would not seek re-election to the US Senate, and Klobuchar was recognized early as a favorite for the DFL nomination for 2006 elections. The EMILY list endorsed Klobuchar on 29 September 2005, and Klobuchar won DFL support on 9 June 2006 He gained support from the majority of DFL state legislators in Minnesota during the preliminary election. A poll taken from a DFL state delegate showed Klobuchar beating his closest opponent, Patty Wetterling, 66% to 15%. In January, Wetterling came out of the race and supported Klobuchar. Former Senate candidate and renowned lawyer Mike Ciresi, widely seen as a serious potential DFL candidate, indicated in early February that he would not enter the race; which is seen as an important boost for Klobuchar.
In the general election, Klobuchar faces Republican candidate Mark Kennedy, Independent Party candidate Robert Fitzgerald, candidate for Constitution Ben Powers, and Green Cavlan Party candidate. Klobuchar consistently leads in polls throughout the campaign, and wins with 58% of votes for 38% of Kennedy and Fitzgerald 3%, bringing all but eight of 87 countries in Minnesota. She was the first woman to be elected a US Senator from Minnesota. (Muriel Humphrey, the first state senator and former First Lady of the United States, is appointed to fill her unexpired and non-eligible term of office.)
- 2012
Klobuchar faced the Kurt Bills State Representative and won a second term in the US Senate. He won convincing, with 65.2% votes for Bills 30.6%.
Tenure
From January to July 2009, Klobuchar was the only senator from Minnesota, during a disputed 2008 Senate election resolution.
In September 2009, 58% of Minnesotans approved the work he did, with 36% disagreeing. On March 12, 2010, Rasmussen's report showed 67% of Minnesotans approved of the work he did. The Winona Daily News describes it as "a rare politician working across the hall." Walter Mondale said, "He has done better in the sad Senate than most people there."
On March 30, 2008, Klobuchar announced the adoption of Senator Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential election, pledging his undefined superdelegated voice. He cited Obama's performance in the Minnesota caucus, where he won with 66% of popular votes, as well as his own "independent judgment".
At the end of the 114th Congress by the end of 2016, Klobuchar was noted to have passed more legislation than any other Senator. In February 2017, he called for an independent bipartisan commission such as the 9/11 Commission to investigate relations between Russia and US President Donald Trump and his government. Concerns about the relationship between Trump and Russia increased following reports that Trump's campaign officials had made frequent contact with senior Russian intelligence officials before the 2016 US election. Klobuchar had signaled his interest in US-Russian relations in December 2016 when he joined Republican Senator John McCain and Lindsey Graham on their way to the Baltic States and Ukraine. He retained high approval ratings throughout 2017, with the Star Tribune Poll Poll announced in April 2017 that the approval rating was 72%. In October 2017, Morning Consult listed Klobuchar in their top 10 list of senators with the highest approval rating, and a poll of KSTP-TV in November 2017 showed approval ratings of 56% compared to low ratings for Al Franken after he faced allegations of sexual offenses.
Committees assignment
For the 115th Congress, Klobuchar was assigned to the following committees:
- The Committee on Justice
- Antitrust Subcommittee, Competition Policy, and Consumer Right (Ranking Member)
- Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and Courts
- Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
- Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security
- Subcommittee on Monitoring, Federal Rights, and Agent Action
- Joint Economic Committee
- Committees of Commerce, Science and Transport
- Flight, Security, and Security Operations Subcommittee
- Subcommittee on Communication, Technology, and the Internet
- Subcommittee on Tourism, Competitiveness, and Innovation
- Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Security, and Insurance
- Subcommittee on Science and Space
- Subcommittee on Transport of Surface and Infrastructure of Marine, Security, and Security of Traders
- Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
- Employment, Rural Economic Growth and Energy Innovation
- Conservation, Forestry, and Natural Resources
- Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing, and Agricultural Security
- Committee on Rules and Administration (Member Members, 115th Congress)
- Joint Committee on Printing
- Joint Committee on Libraries
caucus membership
- NextGen Congress 9-1-1 Caucus
Role in the Democratic Party
In September 2014, when US Attorney General Eric Holder announced his intention to step down, Klobuchar was seen as a potential candidate for the next US Attorney General.
He was named by The New York Times and The New Yorker as one of the women most likely to be the first female President in United. Country, and by MSNBC and The New Yorker as possible candidates for the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 2017, Klobuchar and Bernie Sanders represent the Democrats in a televised debate on health care policy and the possible lifting of the Affordable Health Act on CNN.
Electoral history
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Political position
As a Democrat, Klobuchar's political position is generally in line with modern American liberalism. He is a pro-choice on abortion, supporting LGBT rights, supporting federal social services such as Social Security and universal health care, and criticizing the Iraq War.
At the end of the 114th Congress by the end of 2016, according to GovTrack, Klobuchar issued more laws than any other Senator. According to Congress.gov, on January 24, 2018, it has sponsored or sponsored 98 laws that have become law.
Government oversight
In August 2007, Klobuchar was one of only 16 Democratic senators and 41 members of the DPRD who voted for the 2007 US Protest, widely seen as eroding civil liberties protection from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and asking difficult questions related to the Fourth Amendment. Klobuchar, however, voted against providing impunity to telecommunications companies that cooperated with the NSA's unsecured surveillance program.
Klobuchar voted in favor of the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2008, which included provisions to prohibit the use of waterboarding by the United States.
During the hearing of US Supreme Court candidate Elena Kagan, Klobuchar argued with Senator Tom Coburn when she questioned the candidate about her perception that Americans "lost their freedom." Klobuchar argues that Coburn's "free society" is one in which women are under-represented in government, including no representation in the Supreme Court or the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Klobouchar is one of 14 co-sponsors, led by Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2017. The law adds additional child-directed online protection to those provided by the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (which has 60 cosponsors, including Klobuchar, and sponsored by Joe Biden). He also sponsored the KIDS Act of 2008, which adds protection against online sexual predators targeting children, along with 20 other senators led by Chuck Schumer.
Food policy
When the Healthy Dry-Free Children Act of 2010 raised the possibility that pizza would be removed from school, threatening Schwan's Company of Minnesota for $ 3 billion, Klobuchar petitioned the USDA to protect frozen pizza at school lunches. This results in a sauce used in pizza that is counted as a portion of vegetables.
Foreign policy
In March 2007, Klobuchar made an official trip to Iraq with Senate Sheldon Whitehouse, John E. Sununu, and Lisa Murkowski. He noted that US troops are finishing their jobs and working hard to train Iraqi citizens.
Klobuchar opposed President George W. Bush's plan to increase troop numbers in Iraq in January 2007. In May 2007, after Bush vetoed a bill (elected by Klobuchar) that would fund troops but impose deadlines on the Iraq War, and supporters failed to gather votes congress enough to rule out his veto, Klobuchar chose additional funding for Iraq without such a time limit, saying that he "could not resist the idea of ​​using our army as a bargain chip".
Health policy
Klobuchar chose Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act in December 2009 and the Education Health and Reconciliation Act 2010. In December 2012, he advocated to "remove or reduce" the tax on medical equipment included in the Affordable Care Act, because it will be dangerous for business in his country. Nevertheless, on September 30, 2013, Klobuchar chose to remove the provision that would withdraw the medical device tax from the government funding bill contrary to the provisions used as a condition to keep the government open. In January 2015, Klobuchar was one of 17 senators to co-sponsor S. 149, a bill to retroactively withdraw the device's excise tax. He said that medical device taxes threaten jobs, although his statements have been questioned by investigative reporters. Medtronic spends more than any other medical device company to lobby against device taxes in 2014, with Klobuchar as one of the main recipients of the Medtronic political action committee (PAC).
Human trafficking
Klobuchar has sponsored and sponsored a number of laws aimed at halting trafficking in human beings, including the Trafficking in Persons Against Trafficking; The Human Trafficking Law Has No Way; S.2974 (which funded the US National Hotline Hotline); and the Court for Trafficking in Crime 2015.
Law of arms
Klobuchar has an "F" rating from the National Rifle Association (NRA) to support weapons control laws.
After a Orlando 2016 nightclub shoot, Klobuchar participated in Chris Murphy's gun control filibuster.
Crime control
According to his Senate website, when he served as Hennepin District Attorney, Klobuchar was "a leading advocate for the successful legalization of DWI's first crime law in Minnesota." He also focuses on criminal prosecution of criminals and criminals while serving as District Attorney.
Eric T. Schneiderman, New York State Attorney General, applauded Klobuchar's efforts to legislate against phone theft. In 2017 he took over the sponsorship of Al Franken from a bill to provide grants for law enforcement personnel to receive training on how to question victims of sexual assault and other traumas, after Franken was accused of sexual offenses.
In 2011, Klobuchar introduced the S.978, Commercial Felony Streaming Act, a law that would create an unauthorized flow of copyrighted material for the purpose of "commercial gain or personal financial gain" of crime under US copyright law. Supported by the US Chamber of Commerce and praised by industry groups, this law is highly unpopular among critics who believe it will apply to those who stream or post videos of copyrighted content on public sites such as YouTube.
Trading
Klobuchar opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership "because he [has] concerns about whether the proposed legislation [is] sufficiently strong for American workers."
Advocacy recreation
Klobuchar has been an active supporter of outdoor recreation legislation, including the Recreational Trails Program (RTP). When the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed the MAP-21, road interests and state park officials warned that the new policy could effectively end the program by lowering recreational travel projects to competition for funding among broad categories of non-road projects authorized highway. Klobuchar leads efforts to change the proposal, working closely with recreational interests to develop a floor amendment that will re-validate the RTP program unchanged. Although he faced bipartisan leadership in support of the committee's proposals, Klobuchar succeeded in gaining acceptance of his new language by the legislative floor manager, and he won strong bipartisan support for his amendments. The result was the Senate section in early 2012 a new surface transport law, which continued the RTP with $ 85 million in guaranteed annual funds and no significant changes in its operations.
As chair of the Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation and Export Promotion, he plays a key role in the 2010 section of the Travel Promotion Act and the creation of Brand USA, an advertising effort to restore the international tourism market share that will highlight their national parks and their natural treasures. With Klobuchar's active support, the program has been awarded $ 100 million annually in suitable federal funding, widely expected to bring millions of additional visitors and billions of dollars to the US and its gardens each year, and has been the main focus of the Home Initiative White.
On June 6, 2012, Klobuchar received the Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award at the Special Week Special celebration organized by the American Recreation Coalition. The award, created in 1989 to honor Sheldon Coleman's lifelong efforts, is presented to individuals whose personal efforts have contributed greatly to enhancing outdoor experience across America. Winners are selected by a panel of 100 leaders of the national recreational community, from corporate executives to federal and key state officials and community leaders of nonprofit organizations. Klobuchar is the fifth woman, and the first woman to serve in Congress, to receive honor.
Personal life
Klobuchar's husband, John Bessler, is a private practice lawyer and a professor at Baltimore University Law School; from Mankato, Minnesota, Bessler attended Loyola High School and graduated from the University of Minnesota. Klobuchar and Bessler were married in 1993. They had one child, a daughter.
Klobuchar has written two books. In 1986 he published Unveiling the Dome , a case study of 10-year political struggle behind the development of Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. In 2015 he published the autobiography, The Senator Next Door: A Memoir from the Heartland .
Awards and honors
Klobuchar has received many awards throughout his career. As Hennepin County Attorney, he was named by the Minnesota Lawyer in 2001 as "Attorney of the Year" and received a leadership award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving to advocate for the successful first DWI embezzlement law in Minnesota. Working Mother named her "Best in Congress" 2008 for her work on behalf of the working family and The American Prospect named her "woman to watch."
In 2012, Klobuchar received the Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award at the Special Week Special celebration organized by the American Recreation Coalition. He is one of the recipients of the 2012 Association of Agricultural Association Legislator's Awards along with Republican Representative John Mica. In 2013, Klobuchar received the award for his leadership in the fight to prevent sexual assault in the military at a national summit hosted by the Women's Action Network Service (SWAN). In the same year, Klobuchar was selected as the recipient of the 2013 CACFP Friendship Award for his leadership in the part of the measures of Famine-Free Children and his endeavors to establish new nutritional standards for all food served at CACFP by the National Children and Adult Care Food Association Sponsors Program ( CACFP). Klobuchar is named with Senator Al Franken as a recipient of the 2014 Generation Farm Bureau Award by the branch of the Federation of Agricultural Agriculture of America in Minnesota. He received the Congressional Justice Award from the American Bar Association in 2015 for his efforts to protect vulnerable populations from violence, exploitation and assault and to eliminate discrimination in the workplace. Also in 2015, Klobuchar is honored by the National Consumers League with the Trumpeter Award for his work "on legislation to strengthen consumer product security laws, to ensure a fair and competitive market, and increase accessibility for communications, particularly in wireless space. In 2016, he received the Goodwill Goodwill Goodwill Goodwill Policies Award for his commitment to the nonprofit sector and leads the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act. He was named recipient of Arabella Babb Mansfield Award from the National Association of Women Lawyers in 2017. Also in 2017, Klobuchar was elected Chair of Mary Louise Smith in Women and Politics for the Carrie Chapman Catt Center at Iowa State University.
See also
- Women in the United States Senate
Footnote
External links
- Senator Amy Klobuchar is official US Senate site
- Amy Klobuchar for the Senate
- Amy Klobuchar on Curlie (based on DMOZ)
- Biography at the Directory of Congressional Biographies of the United States
- Profile in Project Vote Smart
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Electoral Commission
- Rules are sponsored in the Library of Congress
- Appearance in C-SPAN
- "Audacity of Minnesota: Senator Amy Klobuchar," Elle, Lisa DePaulo, March 30, 2010
- Coverage collected from Minnesota Public Radio - Campaign 2006: Amy Klobuchar
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