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Each year a number of organizations rate Members of Congress based on their voting records. I am proud of my voting record and here are the "grades" I received from organizations that monitor congressional votes.

Scorecard Ratings
(108th Congress except where noted)

100%
Alliance for Retired Americans

100%
American Association of University Women

90%
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

99%
American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
(Lifetime)

100%
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees

96%
American Public Health Association

100%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

100%
Campaign for United Nations Reform

100%
Children’s Defense Fund

100% (Cumulative)
Handgun Control - Center for Prevent Handgun Violence

100%
Hunger and Poverty Bread for the World

100%
International Association of Fire Fighters

100%
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers

88%
League of Conservation Voters

100%
NARAL (National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League)

100%
National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)

100%
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

100%
National Council of Senior Citizens (NCSC)

100%
National Educational Association

100%
National Farmers Union

82%
NETWORK (Children’s Environmental Health)

100%
Public Citizen

85%
Service Employees International Union

100%
United Auto Workers (UAW)

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Congressman Bennie G. Thompson authored legislation creating the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is the longest-serving African-American elected official in the state of Mississippi.

As lead plaintiff in the Ayers case, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson lead the way for an historic $503 million settlement agreement to benefit Alcorn State, Jackson State and Mississippi Valley State Universities.

According to latest Census data, the Second District is home to 711,164 people.

Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is the Ranking (most senior) Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee

The Second Congressional District is the fourth largest congressional district – 13,937 sq. miles - east of the Mississippi River.

Bennie G. Thompson graduated from Jackson State University in 1972, with a Masters Degree in Education Administration.

Bennie G. Thompson was elected to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors in 1980.

In 1993, Bennie G. Thompson was elected as a Democrat to the 103rd Congress.

Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is a life-long member of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Bolton.

More than 65% on the world’s catfish is produced in the Second Congressional District.

Mississippi’s Second Congressional District is the largest cotton-producing district in the country.

Bennie G. Thompson was an original plaintiff in the landmark Ayers college desegregation case.

Bennie G. Thompson was first elected to public office at age 20, as an Alderman in his hometown of Bolton.

In 1968, at age 20, Bennie G. Thompson graduated from Tougaloo College.

From 1973-1979, the Mayor of Bolton was Bennie G. Thompson.

Bennie G. Thompson is now serving his seventh term as the Democratic Congressman.

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