Congressman Dennis Kucinich
Presidential Candidate
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Dennis Kucinich was born in Cleveland, Ohio on October 8, 1946. He is the eldest of 7 children of Frank and Virginia Kucinich. He and his family lived in twenty-one places, including a couple of cars, by the time Kucinich was 17 years old. “I live each day with a grateful heart and a desire to be of service to humanity,” he says.
He currently represents the 10th District of Ohio in the United States House of Representatives. He ran for President of the United States in 2004 and has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President in 2008. He is currently the chairman of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.In his fifth term in the United States House, Kucinich has been a leader for Universal Health Care, a full employment economy, fully-paid tuition at public colleges and universities, repeal of the Patriot Act, the development of bio-fuels as alternative energy and restoration of America’s basic manufacturing and infrastructure.
Dennis is also leading an effort to support the role of NASA in the development of basic research for civil aeronautics. Congressman Kucinich’s presidential platform has a comprehensive plan for universal healthcare, withdrawal from Iraq, free primary, secondary and college education, abolishing the death penalty and repealing the Patriot Act. In addition, he has plans for clean energy, social security plan for those at 65, banning handguns, women’s right to choose abortion and ratifying the ABM Treaty and the Kyoto Protocol.
