Thread by @AliAdair22

🏆In the astonishingly corrupt world of politics in Washington today, it is important to acknowledge people that do the right thing no matter the consequences. I think we should acknowledge the 58 members of the 115th Congress who did the right thing.

#ImpeachTrump

🥇These members of the 115th Congress didn’t think about the political ramifications, their reputations or the timing; they just voted honorably not to table the measure to impeach a prez who is clearly not abiding by the law or representing our country the way it deserves to be.

🏆Most of these members of the 115th Congress are still in Congress, but some are Governors or in new positions. One member, Louise Slaughter D-NY, sadly died in 2018. More on her later.

🏆On December 6, 2017, Al Green D-TX sponsored and introduced House resolution 646 to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of high misdemeanors.

Maybe he should have said felonies.

congress.gov/bill/115th-con…

💥There was a motion to table the measure and it passed on a vote of 364-58 with 4 members voting “present” and 6 not voting.

clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll6…

🏆Al Green D-TX @RepAlGreen, who represents Texas’ 9th district, sponsored HR 646. Green is an American lawyer, who assumed office in 2005.

After graduating from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, he worked as a trial lawyer, then was elected as justice of the peace in Harris County, Texas, where he served for 26 years. He also served as president of the Houston NAACP.

Brad Sherman D-CA @BradSherman represents #California’s 30th Congressional district w/in the San Fernando Valley & has been in Congress since 1997, also representing the 24th & 27th districts. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School & is a Certified Public Accountant

🏆Maxine Waters D-CA @RepMaxineWaters represents #California’s 43rd district and is currently in her 15th term in Congress. In 1966, Waters was hired as an assistant teacher with the Head Start program in Watts.

🏆While in the California Assembly (1976-1990), she helped pass legislation promoting corporate social responsibility using the Sullivan Principles. She also worked for the divestment of state pension funds from businesses in South Africa, operating under apartheid at that time.

🏆Steve Cohen D-TN @RepCohen has been representing #Tennessee’s 9th district—a predominantly African American district— since 2007. He developed an interest in politics when he contracted polio at age 5 and couldn’t play sports.

🎟Cohen also served as a Tennessee Senator from 1983-2006, where he helped repeal the state’s ban on lotteries in 2002 & the lottery now raises money for local schools & scholarships. Cohen thought Trump's handling of the Charlotteville incident was an impeachable offense.

🏆Luis Gutierrez D-IL @RepGutierrez serves the 4th congressional district of #Illinois (known as one of the most gerrymandered in the country nicknamed "earmuffs) & has since 1993.

Gutierrez is an advocate of workers' rights, LGBT rights, gender equality & progressive causes.

🏆Adriano Espaillat D-NY @RepEspaillat has represented #NewYork's 13th congressional district since 2017; previously, he was a member of the NY Senate & Assembly 1997-2016.

Espaillat is the first Dominican-American member of Congress.

🏆Marcia Louise Fudge D-OH @RepMarciaFudge serves #Ohio's 11th district and has since 2008. She was Mayor of Warrensville Heights, OH 2000-2008. She also worked in the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office & served as the Director of Budget & Finance.

@RepMarciaFudge 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐘𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃-𝐊𝐘 @RepJohnYarmuth has been serving #Kentucky's 3rd congressional district—which serves the majority of Louisville's metro area—since 2007. He worked for Senator Marlow Cook 1971-75, then founded the 𝐿𝑜𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 magazine 1976-82.

@RepMarciaFudge @RepJohnYarmuth 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐃-𝐖𝐀 @RepJayapal is an civil rights activist from Washington's 7th district, serving most of Seattle since 2017. Prior to that, she was the founder & Executive Director of 𝑂𝑛𝑒𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎, a pro-immigrant advocacy group.

𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐥 founded the organization—originally named 𝐻𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑍𝑜𝑛𝑒—after the 2001 September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center buildings.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls Jayapal "a rising star in the Democratic caucus."

🏆𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐃-𝐍𝐂 @RepAdams, known for her hats,
🎩👒🧢⛑🎓represents the 12th congressional district in #NorthCarolina & has been since 2014. Previously, she was a member of the North Carolina State House in the 58th District, 1994-2014.

𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬 🎩👒🤠🎓🧢⛑has a PhD in Art Education/Multicultural Education from Ohio State University.

Before serving in the #NorthCarolina State House, she was a Greensboro City Council member (1987-1994) and a member of the Greensboro City School Board (1984-1986).

🏆𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐚́𝐧 𝐃-𝐂𝐀 @RepBarragan assumed office in 2017 and represents #California's 44th district, located in South #LosAngeles & the L.A. Harbor Region.

She worked in the Clinton White House in the Office of Public Liaison & on Barack Obama's campaign.

🏆Starting in college-2003, 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐚́𝐧 served as the Executive Director of the 𝐺𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑆. 𝐹𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, in charge of funding worthy nonprofit organizations in the education, environment & youth program areas.

She has a law degree from USC.

🏆𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐃-𝐂𝐀 @RepKarenBass has served the 37th district in #California since 2013; 33rd 2011-13.

She is the Chair of the Black Cong'l Caucus. Previously, she was on Barack Obama's nat'l African American Leadership Council & Co-Chair of his 2008 campaign.

🏆𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐬 served as the 67th Speaker of the #California Assembly: the 2nd & 3rd African American woman to do so. (CA Assembly 2004-2010).

She worked as a physician's assistant at the USC Keck School of Medicine & has a Master's degree in social work from USC.

𝐁𝐨𝐛 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐃-𝐏𝐀 @BradyforPhilly has served #Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district since 1998. He served as the Philadelphia Democratic Party Chairman for more than 30 years, one of the few members of Congress who was also a county chairman.

@BradyforPhilly 🏆𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐃-𝐌𝐀 @mikecapuano has served the 7th district of #Massachusetts—including the northern 3/4ths of Boston—since 2013; the 8th 1999-2013.

He served on the Somerville Board of Aldermen from 1976-79, and was Mayor 1990-1999, winning on his third try.

@BradyforPhilly @mikecapuano 🏆𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐃-𝐌𝐀 @RepKClark has served #Massachusetts' 5th district since 2013. She is currently Vice-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus.

💼She was in the State Senate (2011-2013) and State House (2008-2011). She has a law degree from Cornell University.

@BradyforPhilly @mikecapuano @RepKClark 🏆𝐋𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐃-𝐌𝐎 @LacyClayMO1 has been serving #Missouri's 1st congressional district since 2001.

His father, Bill Clay, was also a Congressman representing portions of St. Louis 1969-2001.

He served in the Missouri Senate (1991-2001) & House (1983-1991).

@BradyforPhilly @mikecapuano @RepKClark @LacyClayMO1 🏆𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐲𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐃-𝐒𝐂 @WhipClyburn is now in his 14th term in Congress & the House Majority Whip for the 2nd time; formerly the House Assistant Minority Leader.

He represents #SouthCarolina's 6th congressional district & is currently the #3 House Democrat.

𝐂𝐥𝐲𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 worked for Governor John C. West in 1971 & was appointed the first minority advisor to a #SouthCarolina Governor.

West later appointed Clyburn as the state's Human Affairs Coordinator. He stepped down to run for Congress in 1992 and the rest is history.

🏆𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 𝐃-𝐈𝐋 @RepDannyDavis represents #Illinois' 7th district and assumed office in 1997. He was previously a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners 1994-97 and a member of the Chicago City Council 1979-1990.

🙌He has a PhD in public administration.

@RepDannyDavis 🏆𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐃-𝐂𝐀 @MarkDeSaulnier has been representing #California's 11th district—portions of Contra Costa County—since 2015. He served in the state Senate (2008-15) and the Assembly (2006-08).

🏃‍♂️He has run 21 marathons!

🙌Before entering politics, 𝐃𝐞𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐫 owned & operated several restaurants in the Bay Area, & was a member of the Teamsters Int'l Union (he drove trucks) & the Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Int'l Union—giving him an instructive perspective on organized labor.

🏆𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐃-𝐓𝐗 @RepLloydDoggett has served #Texas' 35th district, based in Austin, since 1995. Previously, he was a Justice in the TX Supreme Court (1989-1994) & member of the TX Senate (1973-1985).

⚖His law degree is from the University of Texas at Austin.

𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭 is the only white male #Democrat in Congress representing #Texas & one of the most liberal ever to represent Texas in Congress.

He helped ensure the development of the veterans' Austin Outpatient Clinic, one of the largest of its kind in the country, opening 2011.

🏆𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐃-𝐌𝐍 @keithellison is now the Attorney General of #Minnesota, becoming the first African American elected to statewide office in the state.

He represented the 5th district from 2007-2019; he was also a member of the state House from 2003-2007.

👉After law school, Ellison worked for a firm specializing in civil rights, employment & criminal defense law. He then became Executive Director of the nonprofit org Legal Rights Center, which specializes in indigent clients.

His family was involved in the Civil Rights movement.

🏆𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐃-𝐍𝐘 @RepEliotEngel has represented #NewYork's 16th district since 2013; but previously represented NY's 19th (1989-1993) and 17th (1993-2013).

💺🤵He was just named Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

@RepEliotEngel 🏆𝐃𝐰𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐃-𝐏𝐀 @RepDwightEvans has represented #Pennsylvania's 3rd district this year; and the 2nd district from 2016-2019, winning 2 elections in 2016, 1 special and 1 regular!

He was also a member of the state House 1981-2016. Before that, he was a teacher.

@RepEliotEngel @RepDwightEvans 🏆𝐋𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐥 𝐃-𝐅𝐋 @RepLoisFrankel has represented #Florida's district 21 since 2017 & the 22nd from 2013-17.

Frankel was also Mayor of West Palm Beach (2003-2011) and a member of the state House for 14 years for 2 different districts

𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐥 became #Florida's first female Minority Leader and co-authored a change to the state's existing AIDS omnibus law.

💣In December, she demanded an investigation into Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta's role in the Jeffrey Epstein "sweetheart deal."

🏆𝐉𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐳 𝐃-𝐂𝐀 @RepJimmyGomez —including Los Angeles and the surrounding area—since 2017. Previously, he was in the state Assembly 2012-17.

🌴😎𝐆𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐳 is the child of immigrant parents who moved to #California from #Mexico 🇲🇽 in the early 1970s.

👨‍🎓𝐆𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐳 has a bachelor's degree in political science from UCLA and a master's degree in public policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Before becoming a politician, he was political director for the United Nurses Association of California.

🏆𝐑𝐚𝐮́𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚 𝐃-𝐀𝐙 @RepRaulGrijalva has been representing #Arizona's 3rd district since 2003—it was named the 7th District from 2003-13.

🏫He was a member of the Tuscon Unified School District board from 1974-86. Grijalva Elementary School was named after him.

@RepRaulGrijalva 🏆𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐃-𝐅𝐋 FL @RepHastingsFL became the dean (or longest-serving member) of #Florida's congressional delegation in January, representing Florida's 20th district since 1993.

He's a senior #Democratic whip & a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.

@RepRaulGrijalva @RepHastingsFL 🏆𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐃-𝐍𝐘 @RepBrianHiggins has represented #NewYork's 26th congressional district since 2005. The district was numbered as the 27th district from 2005 to 2013.

He was also a member of #NewYork's Assembly 1999-2004 and the Buffalo Common Council 1988-93.

𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 has an M.A. in history from Buffalo State College & an M.P.A. from the John F. Kennedy School of Gov't at Harvard University.

During his final year on the Council, Higgins was rated "Buffalo's Best Lawmaker," earning the highest score of any political leader.

🏆𝐉𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐃-𝐂𝐀 @JaredHuffman has been the U.S. Rep for #California's 2nd congressional district—including CA's northern coast from the Golden Gate bridge to the #Oregon border—since 2013.

𝐇𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐦𝐚𝐧 was a 3-time All-American volleyball player for UCSB.

💼⚖After law school, 𝐇𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐦𝐚𝐧 became a consumer attorney specializing in public interest cases.

👩👰👩‍🚒👵👮‍♀️He represented the National Organization for Women, which required all California State University campuses to comply with Title IX.

💼⚖𝐇𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐦𝐚𝐧 was also a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Before he became a member of U.S. Congress, he was also elected director of the Marin Municipal Water District for 12 years, including 3 terms as board president.

🏆𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐞 𝐃-𝐓𝐗 @JacksonLeeTX18 is serving her 13th term for #Texas's 18th district, which includes most of #Houston.

🎒She earned a B.A. in political science from Yale University, then got her law degree from the Univ. of Virginia School of Law.

𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐞 was a municipal judge from 1987-1990.

She served on the #Houston City Council in the at-large position 1989-1994.

𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐞 helped pass a safety ordinance that required parents to keep their guns away from children.

🏆𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐃-𝐈𝐋 @RepRobinKelly has represented #llinois's 2nd congressional district since 2013. Before that, she served in the State House 2003-07. She then served as chief of staff for Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias until 2010.

Prior to running for Congress, 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 served as the Cook County Chief Administrative Officer.

In 2017, 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 joined House Democrats to demand action to save American lives from gun violence & in 2019 she has sponsored 3 bills to bring commonsense to federal gun policy.

🏆𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐃-𝐌𝐈 @RepLawrence has served #Michigan's 14th district—including most of eastern Detroit—since 2014.

She was the Mayor of Southfield from 2001-2015 and was both the city's first African American and the first female mayor.

𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 had a 30-year career with the US Postal Service, advancing to work in human resources.

In the early 1990s, she was elected to the Southfield Public Schools Board of Education. She served as president, vice president, and secretary of the board.

𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐞 𝐃-𝐂𝐀 @RepBarbaraLee is a Rep. for #California's 13th congressional district—Oakland & northern Alameda County—& has been since 1998.

Lee is the current Whip & former Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. She is known for her anti-war stance.

🏆𝐋𝐞𝐞 was the only member of either chamber of Congress to vote against the authorization of use of force following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Before she was a member of Congress, she was a state Senator (1996-98) and a member of the state Assembly (1990-1996).

🏆𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 𝐃-𝐆𝐀 @repjohnlewis serves #Georgia's 5th congressional district—including 3/4 of Atlanta—& is in his 17th term and the dean of the Georgia cong'l delegation.

Lewis was awarded the highest civilian honor in the U.S., the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 became a civil rights' leader when he was a college student in #Nashville, #Tennessee, the youngest of the Big Six civil rights leaders 1963-1966.

On "Bloody Sunday," March 7, 1965 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge with 600 other marchers in Selma, Alabama.

👮‍♂️🐎🚨The marchers were met by Alabama State Troopers (some on horseback) at the end of the bridge, who discharged tear gas & charged the demonstrators, beating them with night sticks.

𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬's skull was fractured, but he escaped across the bridge to Brown Chapel.

Before 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 was taken to the hospital, he appeared before the television cameras calling on President Johnson to intervene in #Alabama.

𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 bears scars from the incident on his head that are still visible today. Via @cnn & John Lewis 👇

2 weeks later, President Johnson sent the federalized Alabama National Guard and they accompanied Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with over 3,000 marchers across the same bridge on a 54-mile trek to Montgomery, #Alabama, the state's capital.

The five-day march, one of the seminal moments in civil rights history, led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

𝐑𝐞𝐩 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬: “I was hit in the head by a State Trooper. I thought I saw death. I thought I was going to die.”

cnn.com/2015/03/06/pol…

🏆𝐓𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐮 𝐃-𝐂𝐀 @tedlieu has been serving #California's 33rd district—West Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Bel Air, the Palos Verdes Peninsula & the Beach Cities—since 2015.

𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐮 was a California State Senator 2011-2014; & an Assemblyman 2005-2010.

@tedlieu Leader Nancy Pelosi appointed 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐮 Assistant Whip of the 115th Congress starting in 2017.

𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐮 joined the Air Force in 1995 & served 4 years on active duty as a member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps. He now holds the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.

🎖As a military prosecutor and adviser to commanders, 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐮 has received various awards & medals for his service, both abroad and locally, including the Meritorious Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Force Commendation Medal, and the Humanitarian Service Medal.

𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐃-𝐍𝐉 @FrankPallone has represented #NewJersey's 6th district since 1988. He is Chairman of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Previously, Pallone was a member of the New Jersey Senate 1984-88 & the Long Branch City Council 1982-1988.

💼⚖Pallone has a bachelor's degree from @Middlebury College, a master's degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a law degree from Rutgers School of Law–Camden.

@Middlebury 🏆𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐃-𝐍𝐉 @BillPascrell has been representing #NewJersey's 9th cong'l district since 2013 & the 8th district 1997-2013.

He was the Mayor of Patterson, New Jersey 1990-97; & a member of the state Assembly 1988-97, becoming Minority Leader Pro Tempore.

@Middlebury @BillPascrell 🏈After the death of a young boy in his district who returned to playing football without having fully recovered from a concussion sustained earlier in the season, Pascrell introduced the Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act (the ConTACT Act).

@Middlebury @BillPascrell 🧠The legislation brings together a conference of experts to produce a consensus set of guidelines for the treatment & care of concussions for middle & HS students. It also provides funding for schools' adoption of baseline & post-injury neuropsychological testing technologies.

Pascrell introduced the Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2013 (H.R. 1098; 113th Congress), a bill that would reauthorize appropriations for CDC projects to reduce the incidence of traumatic brain injury & projects related to track & monitor traumatic brain injuries.

🏆𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥 is the Co-founder and Co-chair of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, which was founded in 2001 and now includes more than a hundred members of Congress.

🏆𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐃-𝐌𝐄 @chelliepingree has represented #Maine's 1st congressional district—including most of the southern part of the state including Portland and Augusta— since 2009.

🏛She was a member of the Maine Senate 1992-2000; Majority Leader 1996-2000.

@chelliepingree 🧶In 1981, Pingree started North Island Yarn, a cottage industry of hand knitters with a retail store on North Haven, an island off the ME coast.

Her business expanded nationwide & became North Island Designs, marketing through 1.2K retail stores and 100K mail order catalogues.

Pingree authored & produced 5 knitting books 1986-92.

She was President & CEO of Common Cause 2003-06 touting Net Neutrality; Mandatory Voter-Verified Paper Ballots; Public Financing of Congressional Elections; Nat'l Popular Vote & an Independent Ethics Commission for Congress.

🏆𝐉𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐃-𝐂𝐎 @GovofCO is now the first openly gay person elected to a governorship, his #Colorado, but during his tenure as a U.S. Congressman (2009-19) he voted not to table a resolution to impeach Donald Trump in December 2017.

🖥His parents co-founded Blue Mountain Arts, a greeting card & book publisher, but as you can see by the attached passages, he was more than successful on his own—both in the business and philanthropic worlds.

🏫Before Congress, Polis was a member of the #Colorado State Board of Education 2001-2007.

👨‍🎓He received a Bachelor of Arts in politics from Princeton University.