Members of Congress / Paul Wellstone

Biographical Information

WELLSTONE, Paul David, a Senator from Minnesota; born in Washington, D.C., July 21, 1944; attended the public schools in Arlington, Va.; B.A., University of North Carolina, 1965; Ph.D., University of North Carolina 1969; taught political science at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1969-1990; director, Minnesota Community Energy Program, September 1983-September 1984; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1990; reelected in 1996 and served from January 3, 1991, until his death in a plane crash on October 25, 2002; interment in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minn. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 107th Congress: Senator, Minnesota, Democratic. Jan. 3, 2001, to Oct. 25, 2002.
· 106th Congress: Senator, Minnesota, Democratic. Jan. 3, 1999, to Jan. 3, 2001.
· 105th Congress: Senator, Minnesota, Democratic. Jan. 3, 1997, to Jan. 3, 1999.
· 104th Congress: Senator, Minnesota, Democratic. Jan. 3, 1995, to Jan. 3, 1997.
· 103rd Congress: Senator, Minnesota, Democratic. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Senator, Minnesota, Democratic. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

Last Votes

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
10/16/02	Vote 239: H R 5010: Conference Report H.R. 5010; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/16/02	Vote 238: H R 3295: H.R. 3295 Conference Report; Help America Vote Act of 2002	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/11/02	Vote 237: H J RES 114: H.J.Res. 114; Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002	No	Yes	Yes
10/10/02	Vote 236: S J RES 45: Durbin Amdt. No. 4865; To amend the authorization for the use of the Armed Forces to cover an imminent threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction rather than the continuing threat posed by Iraq.	Yes	No	Yes
10/10/02	Vote 235: S J RES 45: Levin Amdt. No. 4862; To authorize the use of the United States Armed Forces, pursuant to a new resolution of the United Nations Security Council, to destroy, remove, or render harmless Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, nuclear weapons-usable material, long-range ballistic missiles, and related facilities, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	No
10/10/02	Vote 234: S J RES 45: Byrd Amdt. No. 4868; To provide statutory construction that constitutional authorities remain unaffected and that no additional grant of authority is made to the President not directly related to the existing threat posed by Iraq.	Yes	No	No
10/10/02	Vote 233: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Lieberman Amdt. No. 4856; In the nature of a substitute.	No	Yes	Yes
10/10/02	Vote 232: S J RES 45: Byrd Amdt. No. 4869, As Amended; To provide a termination date for the authorization of the use of the Armed Forces of the United States, together with procedures for the extension of such date unless Congress disapproves the extension.	Yes	No	Yes
10/9/02	Vote 231: S J RES 45: Motion to Table Graham Amdt. No. 4857; To provide substitute language that includes an authorization for the use of the United States Armed Forces to defend the national security of the United States against the threat posed by certain foreign terrorist organizations.	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/3/02	Vote 230: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S.J.Res. 45; Further Resolution on Iraq	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/3/02	Vote 229: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report To Accompany H.R. 2215; 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/1/02	Vote 228: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Gramm Amdt. No. 4738; To prevent terrorist attacks within the United States.	Yes	No	Yes
9/26/02	Vote 227: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Gramm Amdt. No. 4738; To prevent terrorist attacks within the United States.	Yes	No	Yes
9/26/02	Vote 226: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Lieberman Amdt. No. 4471, Upon Reconsideration.; To provide a substitute.	Yes	No	Yes
9/25/02	Vote 225: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Lieberman Amdt. No. 4471, as amended; To provide a substitute.	Yes	No	Yes
9/25/02	Vote 224: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Byrd Amdt. No. 4480; To provide funds to repay accounts from which funds were borrowed for emergency wildfire suppression.	Yes	No	Yes
9/24/02	Vote 223: H R 5005: Lieberman Amdt. No. 4694; To establish the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	Yes
9/24/02	Vote 222: H R 5005: Byrd Amendment No. 4644; To provide for the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security, an orderly transfer of functions to the Directorates of the Department, and for other purposes.	Yes	No	Yes
9/23/02	Vote 221: On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Byrd Amdt. No. 4480, as amended, upon reconsideration; To provide funds to repay accounts from which funds were borrowed for emergency wildfire suppression.	Yes	No	Yes
9/23/02	Vote 220: H R 5093: Motion to Table Dodd Amdt. No. 4522; To prohibit the expenditure of funds to recognize Indian tribes and tribal nations until the date of implementation of certain administrative procedures.	Yes	Yes	Yes

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