Marcia Carolyn Kaptur is an American politician serving as the US representative from.
32 Facts About Marcy Kaptur
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Marcy Kaptur was born on June 17,1946, in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Anastasia Delores and Stephen Jacob Marcy Kaptur.
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Marcy Kaptur's mother was an automobile union organizer and her family operated a small grocery.
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Marcy Kaptur started volunteering with the Ohio Democratic Party when she was 13.
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Marcy Kaptur graduated from St Ursula Academy in 1964 and became the first person in her family to attend college.
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Marcy Kaptur did doctoral studies in urban planning development finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981.
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Marcy Kaptur served on the Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions from 1969 to 1975.
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Marcy Kaptur was director of planning for the National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs, founded by Geno Baroni.
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Marcy Kaptur later served as a domestic policy advisor during President Jimmy Carter's administration.
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Marcy Kaptur was instead challenged by Republican Rich Iott, a Tea Party movement favorite.
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The reconfigured 9th was no less Democratic than its predecessor, and Marcy Kaptur had effectively clinched reelection by defeating Kucinich in the primary.
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Marcy Kaptur was seemingly placed in a vulnerable position when redistricting shifted her district to the west in order to take in territory previously in the neighboring heavily Republican.
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In 1996, Ross Perot asked Marcy Kaptur to be his vice-presidential running mate.
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Marcy Kaptur opposed the America Invents Act that passed into law and changed the US Patent System.
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On December 10,1987, Marcy Kaptur introduced the World War II Memorial Act in the House.
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Marcy Kaptur introduced similar legislation twice in 1989 but these bills failed to become law.
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Marcy Kaptur introduced legislation for the fourth time on January 27,1993.
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Marcy Kaptur later said that she felt "a great sense of fulfillment" that the memorial was built.
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Marcy Kaptur supported Roe v Wade, calling it "the law of the land".
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Marcy Kaptur has voted for some proposals to restrict access to abortion and opposed others.
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Marcy Kaptur voted for the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, an amendment to America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009.
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Marcy Kaptur was one of only 16 Democrats to vote for the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act on May 4,2011.
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Marcy Kaptur voted to ban partial-birth abortions in 2000 and 2003.
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Marcy Kaptur voted against the Child Custody Protection Act in 1999 and the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act in 2005.
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Marcy Kaptur voted against allowing privately funded abortions at overseas military hospitals twice in 1995, as well as in 1997,1998 and 1999.
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In 2005, Marcy Kaptur voted to lift the ban on abortions at overseas military hospitals.
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In 2023, Marcy Kaptur voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which would have criminalized failing to provide care for an infant born alive after an abortion attempt.
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Marcy Kaptur helped lead opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement, permanent normal trade relations for the People's Republic of China, and fast track authority for the president.
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Marcy Kaptur opposed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, which provided a bailout for US banks.
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Marcy Kaptur was one of 38 Democrats to vote against the DREAM Act in December 2010.
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Marcy Kaptur endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary, and introduced him at a rally in Toledo.
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Marcy Kaptur has been a vocal supporter of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.