Brad Miller (politician) explained

Brad Miller
Birth Name:Ralph Bradley Miller
Birth Date:19 May 1953
Birth Place:Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
Profession:Attorney
Residence:Raleigh, North Carolina
Education:University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)
London School of Economics (MS)
Columbia University (JD)
State1:North Carolina
District1:13th
Term Start1:January 3, 2003
Term End1:January 3, 2013
Preceded1:Constituency Re-established
State Senate2:North Carolina
District2:14th
Term Start2:January 1, 1997
Term End2:January 1, 2003
Preceded2:Henry McKoy
J. K. Sherron
Succeeded2:Eric Miller Reeves (Redistricting)
Alongside2:Eric Miller Reeves
State House3:North Carolina
Term Start3:January 1, 1993
Term End3:January 1, 1995
District3:61st
Preceded3:Art Pope
Succeeded3:Chuck Neely
Party:Democratic

Ralph Bradley Miller (born May 19, 1953) is an American attorney, congressman and former U.S. Representative for, serving from 2003 to 2013. District 13 included all of Caswell and Person counties, and parts of Alamance, Granville, Guilford, Rockingham and Wake counties. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Early life, education, and law career

Miller was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina to Margaret Hale Miller and Nathan David Miller.[1]

Miller earned a BA degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1975, a Master's degree from the London School of Economics in 1978, and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1979. After graduation he served as clerk to Judge J. Dickson Phillips Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Miller practiced Law in Raleigh before entering politics.

North Carolina legislature

He was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1992 until 1994 and a member of the North Carolina Senate from 1996 to 2002.[2]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

In 2002, Miller was elected to represent North Carolina's 13th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Following the 2000 Census, Miller had a hand in redrawing the district map which established NC 13.[3] During the 2002 election, Miller advanced from a crowded Democratic primary, which included former Congressman Robin Britt, to defeat Republican Carolyn Grant and a Libertarian candidate with roughly 55% of the vote. Grant later sued Miller alleging, among other things, that he and his campaign defamed her in an October 2002 television advertisement.[4] She later dropped the suit after she failed to comply with several court orders.

Miller was elected to his second term in the 2004 Congressional elections, earning 59% of the vote and defeating Republican Virginia Johnson.

Miller's opponent in the 2006 race was Vernon Robinson, a conservative African American politician who is a former city council member and current resident of Winston-Salem, North Carolina (outside the thirteenth congressional district). Robinson was able to garner national attention due to his bombastic and exaggerative rhetoric.[5] [6] [7] Robinson made several accusations against Miller, including that he was cutting money from US troops to study the sex lives of prostitutes.[8] He also claimed that Miller was gay, despite having a wife,[5] and that he was allowing illegal immigrants to sneak into America.[9] Miller defeated Robinson 63.71% to 36.29%.[10]

In 2007 Miller considered a run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Elizabeth Dole[11] [12] but decided against it.[13] Later, he ruled out running against Sen. Richard Burr in 2010.[14]

After the 2010 United States Census, Republicans who controlled the state's General Assembly redrew the districts. In the process, they placed Miller into a new, heavily Republican 13th District stretching from northern Raleigh all the way to Surry County on the other side of the state. While Barack Obama carried the old 13th fairly handily with 59 percent of the vote, John McCain would have won the reconfigured 13th with 56 percent of the vote.[15]

However, after 1st District Congressman G. K. Butterfield raised objections that the new map violated the rights of African-American voters in the eastern part of the state, the state legislature was forced to redraw the map again.[16] The new plan made the 13th more compact, taking in territory from areas just west and east of Raleigh to just east of Rocky Mount. However, it is still significantly more Republican than its predecessor; McCain would have won it with 54 percent.[17] The new map also placed Miller's apartment complex 50 yards inside the 4th district, represented by fellow Democrat David Price, but left the rest of Miller's precinct in the 13th.[18] On January 26, 2012, Miller announced that he would not seek re-election to Congress.[19]

Tenure

EducationMiller co-founded and co-chairs the bipartisan congressional Community College caucus, which educates members of Congress on the importance of community colleges.[20] For his efforts, he was recognized with the Congressional Award from the Council for Resource Development.[21]
Healthcare reformMiller voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[22] [23]
Financial reformThe Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2009In Congress, Miller served on the House Financial Services Committee, where he has worked to protect consumers from abusive lending, especially predatory mortgage lending. In 2007 and 2009 the House passed comprehensive federal mortgage lending reform legislation authored by Miller, but neither bill was subsequently considered in the Senate.[24]
Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2009In 2009 Miller introduced legislation with Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) to establish a Financial Product Safety Commission. The bill, modeled on a concept proposed by Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren, was subsequently included in the financial regulatory reform package announced by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on July 24, 2009.[25]
Emergency Homeownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007On September 20, 2007 Miller introduced H.R. 3609, becoming the first member of Congress to propose that bankruptcy courts be allowed to modify the mortgage debt of persons in foreclosure or against whom foreclosure proceedings had been commenced.[26]
AIG HearingOn March 18, 2009 Miller, a member of the Financial Services Committee, excoriated American International Group (AIG) Chairman Edward Liddy during testimony pertaining to the insurance company's controversial financial policies following its receipt of federal assistance. Miller cited AIG's allocation of $49.5 billion of taxpayer resources toward bank credit insurance policies, criticizing the company for acting to compromise "market discipline."[27]
Repeal of Defense of Marriage ActIn September 2011, Miller announced that he will co-sponsor a bill that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law that forbids federal agencies from recognizing the legal marriages of gay and lesbian couples. Describing the legislation, Miller said "North Carolina would still not be required to perform civil marriage, but it would be required to recognize marriages performed in other states." The announcement comes on the heels of the North Carolina Legislature announcing that it would include a proposed constitutional amendment on the next ballot banning gay marriage.[28]
EnvironmentMiller was originally in favor of having the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) located close to his district in Butner, North Carolina, but changed his mind after his constituents objected to the project.[29]

Committee assignments

In January 2007 Miller was named to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.[30] Soon thereafter he was appointed chairman of the new Science and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight.[31]

Caucus memberships

Personal life

Miller is an occasional blogger at the Daily Kos.[32] He is an Episcopalian.[33]

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Denis Larionov & Alexander Zhulin. Read the ebook North Carolina manual[serial] (Volume 1993-1994) by North Carolina Secretary of State|publisher=Ebooksread.com].
  2. Web site: About Brad Miller: Biography. https://web.archive.org/web/20060327005031/http://www.bradmiller.org/bio.php. March 27, 2006. March 27, 2006. October 23, 2018.
  3. http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/nc13_109.gif map
  4. http://mobile.newsobserver.com/politics/politicians/miller/story/1262360p-7381055c.html The News & Observer
  5. http://www.newsobserver.com/630/story/445032.html newsobserver.com|Contest for 13th already strident
  6. News: newsobserver.com The birth of rumor ill-sired. https://archive.today/20070514111849/http://www.newsobserver.com/1101/story/500754.html. May 14, 2007. May 14, 2007. archive.is. October 23, 2018.
  7. http://www.newsobserver.com/722/story/499865.html newsobserver.com|Attacks fly fast in 13th debate
  8. http://factcheck.org/article442.html FactCheck.org: "XXX" Marks the Spot Where Campaign Ads Head South
  9. http://www.vernonrobinson.com/media/mariachiad.html
  10. Web site: US Congressional District 13. 2006 General Election Results. NC State Board of Elections. September 16, 2011.
  11. http://www.newsobserver.com/114/story/563228.html newsobserver.com|Miller looking at Senate race
  12. Web site: journalnow.com Winston-Salem News, Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Classifieds. Journal. Winston-Salem. Winston-Salem Journal. en. October 23, 2018.
  13. http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/draft_dodger Draft dodger?|newsobserver.com projects
  14. http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1335463.html Miller won't challenge Burr; others mum
  15. Web site: North Carolina General Assembly - Rucho-Lewis Congress 1 . October 9, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111102063526/http://www.ncleg.net/gis/randr07/District_Plans/PlanPage_DB_2011.asp?Plan=Rucho-Lewis_Congress_1&Body=Congress . November 2, 2011 .
  16. Morrill, Jim. GOP redraws district map . The Charlotte Observer, July 15, 2011.
  17. http://www.ncleg.net/gis/randr07/District_Plans/DB_2011/Congress/Rucho-Lewis_Congress_3/Reports/DistrictStats/rptStatPack.pdf Stat Pack
  18. Leslie, Laura. No primary fight for Miller, Price. WRAL-TV, July 19, 2011.
  19. Web site: abc11.com - ABC11 WTVD Raleigh Durham Fayetteville North Carolina News. ABC11 Raleigh-Durham. en-US. October 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20110223150240/http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/index. February 23, 2011.
  20. http://www.house.gov/bradmiller/prpr20060208.html Congressman Brad Miller : Home
  21. http://www.house.gov/bradmiller/prpr20061006.html Congressman Brad Miller : Home
  22. Web site: House Vote 163 - Procedural Vote on Health Care - NYTimes.com. Politics.nytimes.com. March 22, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100324120848/http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/111/house/2/163?ref=policy. March 24, 2010.
  23. Web site: Voting History: Rep. Bradley Miller [D, NC-13] - U.S. Congress |publisher=OpenCongress |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525092947/http://www.opencongress.org/people/voting_history/400280_R_Miller |archive-date=May 25, 2010 ].
  24. Web site: Read The Bill: H.R. 3915 [110th]]. GovTrack.us.
  25. Web site: H.R. 1705: Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2009. GovTrack.us.
  26. Web site: H.R. 3609 [110th]: Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007]]. GovTrack.us.
  27. Web site: Miller attacks AIG head at hearing | newsobserver.com projects . Projects.newsobserver.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20120304094056/http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/miller_attacks_aig_head_at_hearing . March 4, 2012 .
  28. Web site: Santoscoy. Carlos. Brad Miller To Co-Sponsor DOMA Repeal; Says NC Gay Marriage Ban Political. On Top Magazine. September 19, 2011.
  29. News: Sorg. Lisa. B.J. Lawson, The Hybrid Candidate. Independent Weekly. October 15, 2008.
  30. http://www.newsobserver.com/659/story/531452.html newsobserver.com|Speaker vote sparks talk of deal with GOP
  31. http://www.newsobserver.com/659/story/535476.html newsobserver.com|Edwards says Iran must not get nuclear bomb
  32. Web site: Rep Brad Miller's Profile . Daily Kos . en. October 23, 2018.
  33. News: Religion in the House by state and by faith. Whiteside. Mary Ann Chick. 2006-12-16. M Live. 2024-07-31.

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