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Africa: Congressional Subcommittee Membership
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Africa: Congressional Subcommittee Membership
Date Distributed (ymd): 950121
AFRICA POLICY INFORMATION CENTER UPDATE
104TH CONGRESS: AFRICA SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Information current as of January 20, 1995
Capitol Switchboard number: 1-202-224-3121
Interest group ratings for 1993: ACU (American
Conservative Union), ADA (Americans for Democratic
Action), AFL-CIO.
##U. S. Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations,
Subcommitee on African Affairs##
All Senate addresses are The Honorable [ ], U.S.
Senate, Washington, DC 20510.
**1. Nancy L. Kassebaum (R-KS), Chairman
Phone: 1-202-224-4774 Fax: 1-202-224-3514
Email (not confirmed):
senator_kassebaum@kassebaum.senate.gov
Year first elected: 1978
Religious affiliation: Episcopalian
ACU: 64% ADA: 35% AFL-CIO: 18%
2. Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) - previously on Foreign
Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives
Phone: 1-202-224-5344 Fax: 1-202-224-6853
Email (not confirmed): senator_snowe@snowe.senate.gov
Year first elected: 1994
Religious affiliation: Greek Orthodox
3. John Ashcroft (R-MO)
Phone: 1-202-224-6154 Fax: 1-202-224-7615
Email (not confirmed):
senator_ashcroft@ashcroft.senate.gov
Year first elected: 1994
Religious Affiliation: Assembly of God
**4. Russell D. Feingold (D-WI), Ranking
Phone: 1-202-224-5323 Fax: 1-202-224-2725
Email (not confirmed):
senator_feingold@feingold.senate.gov
Year first elected: 1992
Religious Affiliation: Jewish
ACU: 12% ADA: 100% AFL-CIO: 91%
5. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Phone: 1-202-224-3841 Fax: 1-202-228-3954
Email (not confirmed):
senator_feinstein@feinstein.senate.gov
Year first elected: 1992
Religious Affiliation: Jewish
ACU: 13% ADA: 85% AFL-CIO: 100%
** On the Africa Subcommittee in the last Congress
Note: Email addresses of the form senator_[last
name]@[last name].senate.gov are reported to work. But
unless the Senator has publicized an email address, as
none of the five listed has to date, there is no
guarantee that the electronic mailboxes are regularly
checked. For the latest information, contact the
Senator's office. Unlike the House, the Senate does
not yet maintain a directory of email addresses.
##U. S. House of Representatives, Committee on
International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa##
All House addresses are The Honorable [ ], U.S. House
of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515. None of
these Representatives are yet among the minority (42 as
of the last listing) of Representatives who have email
addresses. This is likely to change quickly, however.
The most current information can be found through the
Web server (http://thomas.loc.gov), through the House
of Representatives gopher (gopher.house.gov), or
through sending a blank email message to
congress@hr.house.gov.
*1. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairperson
Phone: 1-202-225-3931 Fax: 1-202-225-5620
Year first elected: 1989
District: 19th, parts of Miami and Dade County
Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic
ACU: 79% ADA: 30% AFL-CIO: 75%
*2. Toby Roth (R-WI)
Phone: 1-202-225-5665 Fax: 1-202-225-0087
Year first elected: 1978
District: 8th, Green Bay, Appleton
Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic
ACU: 83% ADA: 25% AFL-CIO: 17%
3. Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Phone: 1-202-225-6601 Fax: 1-202-225-1445
Year first elected: 1994
District: 2nd, Topeka, Leavenworth, Pittsburg
Religious Affiliation: Methodist
4. David Funderburk (R-NC)
Phone: 1-202-225-4531 Fax: 1-202-225-1539
Year first elected: 1994
District: 2nd, parts of Durham and Rocky Mount
Religious Affiliation: Baptist
5. Steve Chabot (R-OH)
Phone: 1-202-225-2216 Fax: 1-202-225-4732
Year first elected: 1994
District: 1st, Hamilton County, Western Cincinnati
Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic
6. Mark Sanford (R-SC)
Phone: 1-202-225-3176 Fax: 1-202-225-4340
Year first elected: 1994
District: 1st, part of Charleston, Myrtle Beach
Religious Affiliation: Episcopalian
7. Matt Salmon (R-AZ)
Phone: 1-202-225-2635 Fax: 1-202-225-2607
Year first elected: 1994
District: 1st, southeastern Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa
Religious Affiliation: Mormon
*8. Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Ranking
Phone: 1-202-225-2601 Fax: 1-202-225-1589
Year first elected: 1983
District: 5th, Northeast Queens, northern Nassau and
Suffolk counties
Religious Affiliation: Jewish
ACU: 13% ADA: 80% AFL-CIO: 100%
**9. Harry Johnston (D-FL) - Subcommittee Chair in last
Congress
Phone: 1-202-225-3001 Fax: 1-202-225-8791
Year first elected: 1988
District: 19th, parts of Palm Beach and Broward
counties, Boca Raton
Religious Affiliation: Presbyterian
ACU: 8% ADA: 90% AFL-CIO: 92%
**10. Eliot Engel (D-NY)
Phone: 1-202-225-2464 Fax: 1-202-225-5513
Year first elected: 1988
District: 17th, North Bronx, parts of southern
Westchester
Religious Affiliation: Jewish
ACU: 5% ADA: 90% AFL-CIO: 100%
**11. Donald Payne (D-NJ) - incoming chair,
Congressional Black Caucus
Phone: 1-202-225-3436 Fax: 1-202-225-4160
Year first elected: 1988
District: 10th, parts of Newark and Jersey City
Religious Affiliation: Baptist
ACU: 0% ADA: 100% AFL-CIO: 100%
**12. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) - member, Congressional
Black Caucus
Phone: 1-202-225-1313 Fax: 1-202-225-0690
Year first elected: 1992
District: 23rd, southeast, parts of Broward and Palm
Beach counties
Religious Affiliation: African Methodist Episcopal
ACU: 4% ADA: 90% AFL-CIO: 92%
* On the Foreign Affairs Commitee in the last Congress,
but not on the Africa Subcommittee
** On the Africa Subcommittee in the last Congress
##Note and Request:##
A high proportion of the Subcommitee members, in both
the Senate and the House, are new to African issues.
Many, particularly on the Republican side in the House,
are also new to Congress this year. In addition, all
members of Congress face serious time pressures to deal
with a multitude of issues. How much attention the
Subcommittee members devote to Africa, and what views
they advocate, will be highly influenced not only by
their personal sympathies and ideological
perspectives, but also by what they are hearing from
relevant constituencies.
Priority states for building constituencies to educate
Africa Subcommitee members and pressure them to take
African concerns seriously are thus Kansas (1 Senator,
1 Representative), Wisconsin (1 Senator, 1
Representative), Florida (3 Representatives), New York
(2 Representatives) and Maine, Missouri, and California
(1 Senator each). Priority Congressional districts
are indicated above for each Representative.
Among actions that would be appropriate for anyone
concerned about a U.S. Africa policy responsive to
African concerns:
(1) Pass on this update, particularly to Africa-
concerned individuals and groups in the relevant
states and Congressional districts.
(2) If you know of individuals or groups, again
particularly in the relevant states and Congressional
districts, who would be interested in receiving
occasional short material on Africa policy and advocacy
via email, please send, or ask them to send, their
email addresses to woa@igc.org.
Thanks to the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars
(ACAS) for assistance in quickly compiling this list.
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