Senator Herb Kohl (D)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/08/1988
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Single
Birth date: 02/07/1935
Birthplace: Milwaukee, WI
Home City: Milwaukee WI
Religion: Jewish

Profession

Owner, Milwaukee Bucks, National Basketball Association, present President, Kohl's Grocery and Department Stores, 1970-1979 United States Army Reserves, 1958-1964 President, Herbert Kohl Investments

Education

MBA, Harvard University, 1958 Bachelors, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1956

Committees

Appropriations
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Judiciary
Special Committee on Aging
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
Subcommittee on Defense
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance
Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Recent Votes

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea

S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2230 Establishes a Minimum 30 Percent Tax Rate for High-Income Taxpayers
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea

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