1978 JIM SENSENBRENNER Wisconsin CONGRESS US House POLITICAL Brochure SHOREWOOD

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Frank James
"
Jim
"
Sensenbrenner Jr.
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(born June 14, 1943), is an
American
politician who has been a member of the
Republican Party
in the
United States House of Representatives
since 1979, representing
Wisconsin's 5th congressional district
. The district, the state's most Republican, includes many of
Milwaukee
's northern and western suburbs, and extends into rural
Jefferson County
. It was numbered as the 9th District until 2003.
He is the former Chairman of the
House Science Committee
and the former Chairman of the
House Judiciary Committee
; when the Republicans lost control of the House, he finished his six-year term as Chairman, and was not chosen as the Judiciary Committee's ranking minority member (that honor went to
Lamar S. Smith
of
Texas
).
[1]
He served as the Ranking Republican on the
House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming
from 2007 to 2011, when Republicans abolished the committee after regaining control of the House. Sensenbrenner currently is the "dean" of the Wisconsin delegation, the most senior serving member.
Early life, education, and early political career
[
edit
]
Sensenbrenner was born in
Chicago, Illinois
. As one of the heirs to the
Kimberly-Clark
fortune,
[
citation needed
]
he grew up in very comfortable circumstances. He was raised in
Shorewood, Wisconsin
, and attended the private
Milwaukee Country Day School
, from which he graduated in 1961. He
matriculated
at
Stanford University
, graduating with a
B.A.
in
Political Science
in 1965. He received a
Juris Doctor
degree from the
University of Wisconsin Law School
in 1968. Sensenbrenner served as staff assistant to California U.S. Congressman
J. Arthur Younger
and Wisconsin State Senator
Jerris Leonard
.
[2]
Wisconsin legislature
[
edit
]
Sensenbrenner was elected to the
Wisconsin State Assembly
in 1968, the same year he graduated from law school. He was there until 1975, and in the
Wisconsin State Senate
from 1975 to early 1979.
[3]
U.S. House of Representatives
[
edit
]
Elections
[
edit
]
When 9th District Congressman
Bob Kasten
vacated his seat to run for governor in 1978, Sensenbrenner ran in the election to succeed him, defeating his primary opponent,
Susan Engeleiter
, by 589 votes with a plurality of 43%.
[4]
[5]
He was elected in November 1978 with 61%,
[6]
and has been reelected 16 more times with no substantive opposition, sometimes running unopposed. His district was renumbered as the 5th after the 2000 census, when Wisconsin lost a district. He has never won re-election with less than 62% of the vote. In fact, his worst two re-elections were in 2004, when he defeated
UW-Milwaukee
professor Bryan Kennedy with 67% of the vote,
[7]
and in 2006 defeated him in a rematch with 62%.
[8]
In the 2016 election he defeated Khary Pennebaker [Democrat].
[9]
Impeachment of Bill Clinton
[
edit
]
In 1998, Sensenbrenner was one of the acting
House managers
in the
impeachment
of
U.S. President
Bill Clinton
.
Security
[
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]
Sensenbrenner introduced the
USA PATRIOT Act
to the House on October 23, 2001. Although the primary author was
Assistant Attorney General of the United States
Viet Dinh
,
[
citation needed
]
Sensenbrenner has been recognized as "one of the architects of the Patriot Act".
[10]
In November 2004, Sensenbrenner and California Congressman
Duncan Hunter
objected to provisions of a bill that created a
Director of National Intelligence
, a key recommendation of the
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
, known as the
9/11
Commission. In 2006, the NRA successfully lobbied Sensenbrenner to add a provision to the Patriot Act re-authorization that requires Senate confirmation of ATF director nominees.
[11]
In 2005, Sensenbrenner authored the
Real ID Act
, which requires scrutiny of citizenship before issuing
drivers' licenses
to make it more difficult for terrorists and criminals to alter their identities by counterfeiting documents. He attached the controversial act as a rider on military spending bill HR418, which was passed by the Senate without debate.
[12]
On June 17, 2005, Sensenbrenner, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, ended a meeting where Republicans and Democrats were debating the renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act and walked out in response to Democratic members discussing
human rights
violations at the
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
and the ongoing
Iraq war
. He ordered the court reporter to halt transcription of the proceedings and
C-SPAN
to shut off its cameras. Sensenbrenner defended his actions by stating that the Democrats and witnesses had violated House rules in discussing issues unrelated to the subject of the meeting.
[13]
Democrats have claimed that his walkout was contrary to House
parliamentary procedure
, which is to adjourn either on motion or without objection.
[14]
In June 2013, Sensenbrenner objected to the
FBI
and
NSA
's use of the PATRIOT Act to routinely collect phone metadata from millions of Americans without any suspicion of wrongdoing. He said:
The Bureau's broad application for phone records was made under the so-called business records provision of the Act. I do not believe the broadly drafted FISA order is consistent with the requirements of the Patriot Act. Seizing phone records of millions of innocent people is excessive and un-American.
[15]
He released a statement saying: "While I believe the Patriot Act appropriately balanced national security concerns and civil rights, I have always worried about potential abuses."
[16]
[17]
He also criticized the
PRISM
program, stating that the Patriot Act did not authorize the program.
[18]
[19]
Sensenbrenner supported the
Amash Amendment
, a plan to defund the NSA's telephone surveillance program. "Never, he said, did he intend to allow the wholesale vacuuming up of domestic phone records, nor did his legislation envision that data dragnets would go beyond specific targets of terrorism investigations." The Amendment fell seven votes short of the number it needed to pass.
[20]
[21]
In October 2013, he introduced the
USA Freedom Act
in the House, a bill designed to curtail the powers of the NSA and end the NSA's dragnet phone data collection program. The bill is supported by civil liberties advocacy groups, including the
American Civil Liberties Union
.
[22]
Right to die
[
edit
]
In March 2005, Sensenbrenner sided with the parents and siblings in the
Terri Schiavo case
, who fought unsuccessfully in federal court to block the withdrawal of her feeding tube.
Sensenbrenner's official portrait, by George and Jim Pollard, 1998
Immigration
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edit
]
Sensenbrenner was the main sponsor of
H.R. 4437
, a bill passed by the House in 2005 that would provide additional criminal penalties for aiding and abetting
illegal immigration to the United States
.
[23]
Human services
[
edit
]
On September 8, 2005, Sensenbrenner voted against a bill to provide billion in emergency aid to victims of
Hurricane Katrina
.
[24]
The bill passed and was signed into law by President
George W. Bush
.
Intellectual property
[
edit
]
On December 16, 2005, Sensenbrenner introduced the
Digital Transition Content Security Act
. He helped lead the effort to pass the
Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2006
, which was supported by large
copyright
holders and opposed by
fair use
activists.
[25]
Separation of powers
[
edit
]
In 2006, Sensenbrenner expressed outrage at the
FBI
raid of the congressional office of Democratic Representative
William J. Jefferson
, asserting constitutional concerns over
separation of powers
. He held Judiciary Committee hearings in May 2006 on this issue.
[
citation needed
]
. One year before, on May 9, 2005, he suggested the creation of an "inspector general" on the federal Judiciary.
[26]
Animal rights
[
edit
]
In fall 2006, the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act unanimously passed the Senate, but Sensenbrenner used his position to block final House consideration of the legislation, even though the bill had 324 co-sponsors. The act creates
felony
-level penalties for
animal fighting
activities.
[
citation needed
]
Foreign relations
[
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]
Sensenbrenner was the only Republican to join House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi
's Congressional delegation to meet the
Dalai Lama
in
Dharamsala
,
India
during the March 2008
protests against China
by
Tibetans
.
[27]
While there he said, "In the US Congress, there is no division between Democrats and Republicans on the issue of protecting Tibetan culture and eliminating repression against Tibetans around the world."
[28]
Following the death of
Nelson Mandela
, Sensenbrenner objected to the executive proclamation by President
Barack Obama
to lower the flags to half-staff to honor Mandela. He stated it was his belief that the American flag should only be flown at half-staff for Americans.
[29]
Defense
[
edit
]
In 2009, Sensenbrenner authored the
Heavy Duty Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2009
.
[30]
Immigration
[
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]
Sensenbrenner, in spite of unanimous Congressional support,
[31]
attempted to delay a bill
[32]
in December 2010 that would have been benefited Hotaru Ferschke, the Japanese-born widow of a United States Marine killed in combat. Congressman
John Duncan
was able to use "a loophole" to get the bill passed in spite of Sensenbrenner's objections. By adding language in the Senate indicating the bill would not impact the federal budget Sensenbrenner could no longer block the bill by himself according to House rules. The measure was passed unanimously.
[33]
Communications standards
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]
Sensenbrenner believes in criminal prosecution of broadcasters and cable operators who violate decency standards, in contrast to the
FCC
regulatory methods.
[34]
In July 2012, Sensenbrenner advocated amending the
Espionage Act of 1917
to enable the prosecution of journalists involved in publishing leaks of state secrets.
[35]
Comment about Michelle Obama
[
edit
]
In December 2011, the
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
reported Sensenbrenner referred to
First Lady
Michelle Obama
's "big butt" while talking to church members at a
Christmas bazaar
at St. Aidan's church in
Hartford
.
[36]
Church member Ann Marsh-Meigs told the newspaper that she heard Sensenbrenner's remarks. She said the congressman was speaking about the first lady's efforts to combat childhood obesity, and added, "And look at her big butt." On December 22, Sensenbrenner's press secretary said Sensenbrenner had sent Obama a personal note and released a statement saying he regretted his "inappropriate comment". Sensenbrenner's office would not release the text of the note.
[37]
Rankings
[
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]
Sensenbrenner has received high marks from the
National Taxpayers Union
, a
non-profit organization
that supports low taxes.
[38]
Sensenbrenner was named the 2006 "Man of the Year" by the
conservative
publication
Human Events
because of his opposition to open-borders immigration policies.
[39]
In contrast, in the same year he was rated the second-worst member of the House by
Rolling Stone
, which dubbed him "the
dictator
".
[40]
Also in 2006, the NRA lobbied Sensenbrenner to add a provision to the
Patriot Act
re-authorization that requires Senate confirmation of ATF director nominees.
[11]
Committee assignments
[
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]
Committee on the Judiciary
United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
(Chairman)
United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations
United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs
United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats
United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations
Caucus memberships
Congressional Coalition on Adoption
Congressional Grace Caucus
International Conservation Caucus
Personal life
[
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]
In 1977, Sensenbrenner married Cheryl Warren, daughter of former state attorney general and U.S. District Court Judge
Robert W. Warren
. The couple have two sons, Frank (born 1981), and Bob (born 1984). Frank worked as a lobbyist for the Canadian embassy in Washington D.C. starting in 2007, although he didn't register with the U.S. as an agent for a foreign government.
[41]
He is currently a Visiting Fellow at
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
, his research focusing on Eurozone financial markets, and has blogged for the
Huffington Post
on Italian politics and the
Vatican
.
[42]
[43]
When not in
Washington D.C.
, Sensenbrenner resides in Menomonee Falls. He also holds a 25/44th interest in a summer home on Pine Lake in
Chenequa, Wisconsin
.
[44]
[
not in citation given
]
Sensenbrenner has a net worth of about .6 million.
[45]
His net worth in 2010 was .9 million.
[46]
He is an heir to the
Kimberly-Clark
family fortune,
[47]
but no longer owns any Kimberly-Clark stock.
[46]
His great-grandfather, Frank J. Sensenbrenner, invented
Kotex
napkins and served as Kimberly-Clark's second president and CEO, but the congressman has never served on the board or been directly involved with the company.
[46]
He has put his money into stocks, as detailed in the
Congressional Record
.
[5]
Sensenbrenner has also won lottery prizes three times, the largest, 0,000, in 1998.
[45]
[48]
Other notable ancestors of Sensenbrenner's include maternal great-great-grandfather
John C. Pritzlaff
, founder of Milwaukee-based
John Pritzlaff Hardware Company
, and paternal great-grandfather
James C. Kerwin
, a justice on the
Wisconsin Supreme Court
. His ancestry includes German, Irish, and
Alsatian
.
[49]
In August 2009, Sensenbrenner announced that he was diagnosed with
prostate cancer
. His doctor said the cancer was caught in the early stages when the cure rate is between 85-95 percent.
[50]
A former
United Episcopalian
, Sensenbrenner became a
Catholic
in August 2014.
[51]
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