Caroline Simone
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Caroline Simone | |
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| 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office September 9th, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Malcolm Douglas |
| Leader of the House Democratic Caucus | |
| Assumed office September 9th, 2019 | |
| Deputy | Kathleen Nez |
| Preceded by | Malcolm Douglas |
| Chair of the House Democratic Caucus | |
| In office April 8th, 2019 – September 9th, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | [NPC] |
| Succeeded by | Phillip Crawford |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 12th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | [Not-Carolyn Maloney] |
| United States Ambassador to Turkey | |
| In office February 19th, 2009 – August 24th, 2012 | |
| President | Rashid Baharia |
| Preceded by | James Franklin Jeffrey |
| Succeeded by | Francis J. Ricciardone |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Caroline Paola Simone March 15, 1951 (age 69) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | George Hayes (m. 1975; div. 1993) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Cornell University (BA, MA) |
Carolina Paola Simone (born March 15, 1951) is an American politican and former diplomat currently serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019. She has served as a U.S. Representative from New York since 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, she is only the second woman and second Italian-American to serve as Speaker. She is second in line in the presidential line of succession, after Vice President Jay Dietrich.
Beginning her career in public service under the Burke Sr. Administration in 1992, she would serve for a long time in the Office of Southern European Affairs, with a particular focus on issues relating to Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus, before eventually becoming a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in 2006 under President John Burke Jr. When the Baharia Administration came into power, she was selected as a career foreign service officer to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Turkey in 2009, a post in which she served for three years, before retiring (amidst speculation that she disagreed with President Baharia's Syria policy) and entering politics in 2012.
First elected to Congress in a special election in late 2013 to New York's 12th District, she occupied a prominent position on the Foreign Affairs Committee and was seen as a general guru on foreign policy, but there was no expectation of her rising to higher office. The decline in the authority of Speaker Malcolm Douglas led to Simone's rise first to the position of Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, and when it became apparent that Speaker Douglas could not continue, she was the unrivalled favorite to succeed him as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Seen as a largely unifying and diplomatic figure, apparent rifts between moderate and progressive Democrats in the House have been healed under her leadership, and her reputation for rigor and bipartisanship allowed her to - for a time - shepherd several pieces of legislation through the divided 116th Congress. With the unfolding of the 2020 U.S. Recession, she has been increasingly engaged in difficult negotiations with Republican leaders, managing to negotiate concessions on SNAP work requirements, stop-gap healthcare provisions, and federal investment in deprived industrial areas.
Biography
Early life and education
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Early career
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U.S. Department of State
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U.S. House of Representatives
Pre-speakership career
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2016 presidential election
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Speakership (2019-)
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Political positions
Civil liberties and human rights
Immigration
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LGBT+ rights
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Marijuana
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Government surveillance
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Use of torture
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Economy
Fiscal policy
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Infrastructure
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Disaster relief
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Education
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Environment
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Healthcare
Affordable Care Act
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Abortion
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Contraception
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Security
Firearms policy
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Selective Service Act
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Wolf Presidency
Considerations over the 25th Amendment
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Tawney Presidency
2020 U.S. Recession
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Aegean Sea Crisis
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Foreign Affairs
China
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Russia
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Cuba and Venezuela
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Iraq
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Iran and Lebanon
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Afghanistan
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Syria
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Myanmar
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Israel
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North Korea
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Turkey
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Electoral history
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Democratic | Caroline Simone | 87,437 | 85.3 | +14.3 | |
| Republican | Hugh Roffley | 10,408 | 14.7 | -2.7 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Democratic | Caroline Simone | 90,603 | 77.2 | -8.1 | |
| Republican | Nick Di Iorio | 22,731 | 19.4 | +4.7 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Democratic | Caroline Simone | 244,358 | 83.2 | +6.0 | |
| Republican | Robert Ardini | 49,398 | 16.8 | -2.6 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Democratic | Carolyn Maloney | 217,430 | 86.4 | +3.2 | |
| Republican | Eliot Rabin | 30,446 | 12.1 | -4.7 | |
| Green | Scott Hutchins | 3,728 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Democratic | Carolyn Maloney | 265,172 | 82.0 | -4.4 | |
| Republican | Carlos Santiago-Cano | 53,061 | 16.0 | +3.9 | |
| Libertarian | Steven Kolln | 4,015 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Personal life
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