Members of Congress / Paul Coverdell
Biographical InformationCOVERDELL, Paul, a Senator from Georgia; born in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, January 20, 1939; attended Cobb County, Ga. public schools; graduated Lees Summit High School, Lees Summit, Mo.; attended Georgia State University, Atlanta, Ga., and graduated University of Missouri 1961; served in the United States Army in Okinawa, Taiwan, and Korea 1962-1964; businessman; member, Georgia State Senate 1971-1989; minority leader 1974-1989; chairman, southern steering committee for the 1988 George Bush presidential campaign; director, United States Peace Corps 1989-1991; elected as a Republican in the November 24, 1992, general election runoff to the United States Senate for the term ending January 3, 1999; reelected in 1998, and served until his death due to cerebral hemorrhage on July 18, 2000; remains were cremated. (Source.) More coverage of Paul Coverdell on washingtonpost.com Roles in Congress
· 106th Congress: Senator, Georgia, Republican.
Jan. 3, 1999, to July 18, 2000. |
Last Votes
| Date | Vote | Position | GOP opinion | DEM opinion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote 215: H R 4810: H.R. 4810; Marriage Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2000 | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 214: H R 4810: Lott Amdt. No. 3881; To provide a substitute. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 213: H R 4810: Hollings Amdt. No. 3875; To pay down the debt by striking the tax cuts. | Not Voting | No | No | |
| Vote 212: H R 4810: Burns Amdt No. 3874; To repeal the modification of the installment method. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 211: H R 4578: H.R. 4578, As Amended; Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 210: H R 4578: Boxer Amdt No. 3912; | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 209: H R 4578: Bond Amdt No. 3886; To prohibit the use of funds for application of unapproved pesticides in certain areas that may be used by children. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 208: H R 4578: Nickles Amdt No. 3884; To defend the Constitutional system of checks and balances between the Legislative and Executive branches. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 207: H R 4578: Bryan Amendment No. 3883; To reduce the Forest Service timber sale budget by $30,000,000 and increase the wildland fire management budget by $15,000,000. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 206: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Robb Amdt No. 3853; To make the bill effective upon enactment of a Medicare prescription drug benefit. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 205: On the Motion: Motion to Waive CBA re: Durbin Amdt No. 3852 as modified; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow small business employers a credit against income tax for employee health insurance expenses paid or incurred by the employer. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 204: On the Motion: Motion to Waive BCA re: Kennedy Amdt. No. 3848; To amend title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to permit States to expand coverage under the medicaid program and SCHIP to parents of enrolled children, and for other purposes. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 203: On the Motion: Motion To Waive C.B.A. Re: Harkin Amendment No. 3847; To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 202: On the Motion: Motion To Waive C.B.A. Re: Feingold Amendment No. 3846; To provide a nonrefundable credit against tax for costs of COBRA continuation insurance and allow extended COBRA coverage for qualified retirees, and for other purposes. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 201: H R 4810: Feingold Amendment No. 3845; To strike the adjustment to the rate brackets and to further adjust the standard deduction. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 200: H R 4810: Moynihan Amendment No. 3863; To provide a complete substitute. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 199: On the Motion: Roth Motion To Waive Byrd Rule On Sunset Strikes (S. Amdt. 3864 and S. Amdt. 3865) In H.R. 4810; To strike sunset provision. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 198: On the Motion: Feingold Motion to Commit H.R. 4810 to the Committee on Finance; Marriage Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2000 | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 197: H R 8: H.R. 8; Death Tax Elimination Act of 2000 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 196: On the Motion: Lott Motion To Committ H.R. 8; Death Tax Elimination Act of 2000 | Yes | Yes | No |
Full list of votes by Paul Coverdell
