Mike Thompson

Mike Thompson (2010)

Charles Michael "Mike" Thompson (born January 24, 1951 in St. Helena , California ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party . As a member of the US House of Representatives , he represented the first congressional constituency of the state of California between 1999 and 2013 . Since 2013 he has represented the fifth constituency of his state there. Before that, he was a member of the California Senate in 1982 and 1983 . Re-elected in 2016, he will also serve in the 115th Congress of the United States , which will meet on January 3, 2017 . His new legislative term runs until January 3, 2019 with the option of a further candidacy in 2018.

Political opinions

Unusually for a Catholic, Thompson is one of the “pro-choice” politicians, ie he advocates liberal abortion legislation. Together with 47 other Catholic Congressmen, he signed a letter to Cardinal Theodore McCarrick in Washington DC, with which he was to be dissuaded from withholding the sacraments from Catholic representatives because of their voting behavior.

Thompson is also a member of the moderately conservative Blue Dog Coalition .

Parliamentary work

He is a member of the following committees of the House of Representatives:

• House Committee on Ways and Means
  • Subcommittee on Health
  • Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
• United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
  • Subcommittee on Terrorism / HUMINT, Analysis and Counterintelligence
  • Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

family

Thompson is married and has two sons.

swell

• Re-election 2016 at Ballotpedia

Web links

Commons : Mike Thompson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mike Thompson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Web presence at the congress