Members of Congress / Bob Dole
Biographical InformationDOLE, Robert Joseph, (husband of Elizabeth H. Dole), a Representative and a Senator from Kansas; born in Russell, Kans., July 22, 1923; graduated, Washburn Municipal University, Topeka, Kans., with an undergraduate and law degree in 1952, after attending Kansas University 1941-1943 and University of Arizona 1948-1949; during the Second World War served as a combat infantry officer in Italy; was wounded twice and hospitalized for thirty-nine months; awarded two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star with an Oak Cluster for military service; admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Russell, Kans., 1952; member, State house of representatives 1951-1953; county attorney of Russell County 1953-1961; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1969); elected to the United States Senate in 1968, reelected in 1974, 1980, 1986, and 1992, and served from January 3, 1969, to June 11, 1996, when he resigned to campaign for the presidency; majority leader 1985-1987, 1995-1996; minority leader 1987-1995; chairman, Committee on Finance (Ninety-seventh through Ninety-eighth Congresses), Special Committee on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Ninety-ninth Congress); chairman, Republican National Committee 1971-1972; advisor, President’s Delegation to Study the Food Crisis in India 1966; advisor, U.S. Delegation to Study the Arab Refugee Problem 1967; advisor, U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization 1965, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979; member, U.S. National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization 1970 and 1973; member, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe 1977; advisor, GATT Ministerial Trade Conference 1982; member, National Commission on Social Security Reform 1983; member, Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission 1984; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1976; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988; unsuccessful Republican nominee for President of the United States in 1996; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 17, 1997; chairman, International Commission on Missing Persons in the Former Yugoslavia 1997-2001; national chairman, National World War II Memorial 1997-2004; engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., 1997-. (Source.) More coverage of Bob Dole on washingtonpost.com Roles in Congress
· 104th Congress: Senator, Kansas, Republican.
Jan. 3, 1995, to June 11, 1996. |
Last Votes
| Date | Vote | Position | GOP opinion | DEM opinion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote 158: H J RES 1: h.j.res.1 as amended; A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 157: On the Cloture Motion: motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed to consider s.1635; Defend America Act of 1996 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 156: H CON RES 178: h.con.res.178; A concurrent resolution establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 155: S CON RES 57: byrd amdt no. 4040; To improve our water and sewer systems, national parks and Everglades, to be offset by closing corporate loopholes and changes in tax expenditures. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 154: S CON RES 57: Roth amdt. no. 4025; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the funding of Amtrak. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 153: S CON RES 57: domenici amdt no. 4027; To adjust the fiscal year 1997 non-defense discretionary allocation to the Appropriations Committee by $5 billion in budget authority and $4 billion in outlays to sustain 1996 post-OCRA policy. | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 152: On the Decision of the Chair: appeal fo the ruling of the chair re: point of order; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 151: S CON RES 57: motion to table feingold amdt no. 3969; To eliminate the tax cut. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 150: S CON RES 57: chafee amdt no. 4018; In the nature of a substitute. | Not Voting | No | Yes | |
| Vote 149: S CON RES 57: motion to table kerrey amdt no. 4016; To express the sense of the Senate on long term entitlement reforms. | Not Voting | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 148: On the Motion: motion to waive C.B.A. re: murkowski amdt no. 4015; To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit sense of the Senate amendments from being offered to the budget resolution. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 147: S CON RES 57: motion to table bumpers amdt no. 4014; To restore common sense to the budget rules by eliminating the defense firewalls. | Not Voting | Yes | No | |
| Vote 146: S 1357: motion to table bumpers amendment no. 4036; To strike the deep water regulatory relief provision. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 145: S CON RES 57: mccain amendment no. 4035; To express the sense of the Senate regarding corporate subsidies and to provide a rule that would prohibit the scoring of proceeds from asset sales that would lead to a financial loss by the Federal Government. | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 144: S CON RES 57: Motion to table harkin amendment no. 4011; To provide that the first reconciliation bill not include medicaid reform, focusing mainly on welfare reform by shifting medicaid changes from the first to the second reconciliation bill. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 143: S CON RES 57: dole amendment no. 4019; To express the the sense of the Senate relating to the Administration's practice regarding the prosecution of drug smugglers. | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 142: S CON RES 57: gramm amendment no. 4034; To express the sense of the Congress that the 1993 income tax increase on social security benefits should be repealed. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 141: S CON RES 57: Exon amdt. no. 4033; To express the sense of the Senate that no provisions in this resolution should worsen the solvency of the Medicare Trust Fund. | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 140: S CON RES 57: Ashcroft amendment no. 4008; To provide for an income tax deduction for the old age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals. | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 139: On the Motion: motion to waive C.B.A. Re: graham amendment no. 4007; To create a 60 vote point of order against legislation diverting savings achieved through medicare waste, fraud and abuse enforcement activities for purposes other than improving the solvency of the Medicare Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. | No | No | Yes |
Full list of votes by Bob Dole
