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Africa Policy E-Journalgiven the difficulty in maintaining up-to-date links in old files. However, we hope they may still provide leads for your research. 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. ***************************************************** APIC postings and publications, concerning Africa policy issues and the roles of the U.S. in particular, are written to be accessible to a wide variety of readers, including those with little prior background on African issues. Reposting or reproduction (with acknowledgement) is welcomed. Note: Although we are considering options for automating this electronic mailing list, it is currently maintained manually. If you did not request to be on the list, you were either suggested by someone else as likely to be interested or included "Africa" in your on-line profile on Peacenet. If you wish to be removed from the list, or suggest someone else to be added, please send an email message to woa@igc.org, and be patient :-).
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