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Rep. Frederica Wilson
- Florida
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Party
Democratic
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Current Office
U.S. House
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First Elected
11/2/2010
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Next Election
2014
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Sponsored Bills
Congress 113
5
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CoSponsored Bills
Congress 113
99
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Missed Vote %
2.43%
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Votes with Party
96.65%
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OFFICE ADDRESS
18425 Northwest 2nd Avenue Suite 355 Miami, FL
Ph: 305-690-5905
Fx: 305-690-5951
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Frederica Wilson is an American politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2011. Located in South Florida, Wilson's congressional district—numbered the 17th during her first two years in Congress, and the 24th since 2013—is a majority African-American district that includes the southern parts of Broward County and the eastern parts of Miami-Dade County. Included within the district are Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, Miramar, and North Miami. She gained national attention in early 2012 as a result of her high-profile comments on the killing of Trayvon Martin, who was a constituent of hers and whose family she knew personally....
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Frederica Wilson is an American politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2011. Located in South Florida, Wilson's congressional district—numbered the 17th during her first two years in Congress, and the 24th since 2013—is a majority African-American district that includes the southern parts of Broward County and the eastern parts of Miami-Dade County. Included within the district are Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, Miramar, and North Miami. She gained national attention in early 2012 as a result of her high-profile comments on the killing of Trayvon Martin, who was a constituent of hers and whose family she knew personally....
Frederica Wilson
has sponsored bill
HR5778
To support stabilization and lasting peace in northeast Nigeria and areas affected by Boko Haram through development of a regional strategy to support multilateral efforts to successfully protect civilians and eliminate the threat posed by Boko Haram, to support efforts to rescue female students abducted in Nigeria on April 14, 2014, as well as other kidnapping victims of Boko Haram, and to provide funds for humanitarian relief, development programs, transitional justice, and victim support, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs....
Frederica Wilson
has sponsored bill
HR5720
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers a credit against income tax for employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the c...
Frederica Wilson
has sponsored bill
HR5719
To secure the Federal voting rights of non-violent persons when released from incarceration.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary....
Frederica Wilson
has co-sponsored bill HR5670
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means....
Frederica Wilson
has co-sponsored bill HR5663
To provide for a competitive grant program for apprenticeship and internship programs through the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology....
Frederica Wilson
has co-sponsored bill HR5571
To provide an increased allocation of funding for assistance in persistent poverty counties, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequen...
Frederica Wilson
has co-sponsored bill HR5570
To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources....
Frederica Wilson
has co-sponsored bill HR5533
To promote apprenticeships for credentials and employment, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce....
Frederica Wilson
has co-sponsored bill HR5489
To provide for youth jobs, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce....
Frederica Wilson
has co-sponsored bill HR5330
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the tax treatment for certain build America bonds permanent and to provide for recovery zone economic development bonds for certain cities, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means....
Frederica Wilson
has co-sponsored bill HR5239
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means....
Frederica Wilson
has co-sponsored bill HR5238
Securing the Assistance of Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014 (SAVE Act)
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture....
Frederica Wilson
has co-sponsored bill HR5159
To permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation, and to ensure that employers consider these requests; and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain growing low-wage occupations, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of s...
Frederica Wilson
has co-sponsored bill HR5051
To ensure that employers cannot interfere in their employees' birth control and other health care decisions.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the...
Frederica Wilson
has co-sponsored bill HR5031
To define STEM education to include computer science, and to support existing STEM education programs at the National Science Foundation.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology....