Senate Republican Conference Chairman
Lamar Alexander
Senator Tennessee
Elected 2002
Committees:
Appropriations
Environment and Public Works
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Rules and Administration
Ratings for 2010:
Liberal: less
defense spending
protect
civil liberties, human rights
ACLU American Civil
Liberties Union 7
Protect
individuals from legal infringements on rights
Liberal labor
LCV League of
Conservation Voters 0
Pro-environmental
protection
Promote
electronic commerce and innovation
NTU National
Taxpayers Union 93
Pro-taxpayer
rights
Pro-business
Conservative: foreign policy
social
and budget issues
CFG Club for Growth 78
Pro-tax
limitation
Conservative: promotes marriage and family
oppose
abortion
Votes in 111th Congress: 2009 – 2010
No Overturn Ledbetter
Extend
statute of limitations in pay discrimination
No Pass $787
Billion Stimulus
Funds to
revive U.S.
Yes Repeal
DC
Repeal Washington
DC
Yes Confirm Sonia Sotomayor
Confirm
Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court
No Pass Health Care Bill
Provides
insurance for people without health insurance
No Regulate Financial Firms
New federal
regulations on financial services firms
No Pass Tax Cuts for Some
Bush era
tax cuts to continue for incomes under $250,000
No Legalize Immigrants’ Kids
Give
children of illegal parents path to legal status
Yes Ratify New START
Ratify
Strategic Arms Treaty with Russia
No Confirm Elena Kagan
Confirm Elena Kagan to Supreme
Court
Yes Stop EPA Climate Regulations
Oppose EPA
regulations of greenhouse gases under Clean Air Act
No Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Lift ban on
openly gay people in military
Year Candidate Vote Campaign
Chest
2008 Lamar
Alexander (R) 1,579,477 65% 8,309,683
Robert
Tuke (D) 767,236
32 759,199
2002 Lamar
Alexander (R) 891,420
54% 3,761,804
Bob
Clement (D) 728,295
44 2,832,990
Tennessee
Population 2010: 6,346,105
State Rank: 17th
Change since 2000: up
11.5%
Urban: 62%
Rural: 38
Cities:
Nashville-Davidson 626,681
Median Income: 42,832
Median Home Value: 135,400
Private Employment: 78%
Government Employment: 14
Self-Employed: 7
Poverty: 16
Blue Collar: 25
White Collar: 58
Median Age: 38
Over 65: 13%
Under 18: 24
High School Graduates: 83%
College Graduates: 23
Graduate Degree: 8
Veterans: 11%
Registered Voters 2010:
No Party Registration
Voter Turnout - 1,620,542
Turnout, Voting Age -
33%
White: 76%
Black: 17
Hispanic: 5
Asian: 1
2008 Presidential Vote:
John McCain (R) - 1,479,178 57%
Barack Obama (D) - 1,087,437 42
2004 Presidential Vote:
George W. Bush (R) - 1,384,375 57%
John Kerry (D) - 1,036,477 43
Lamar Alexander's Voting History:
Votes in the 110th Congress: 2007 – 2008
Yes Raise CAFE standards
Limit
debate on setting higher fuel standards for vehicles
Yes Expand SCHIP
Expand
State Children’s Health Insurance Program
No Cap Greenhouse Gases
Limit
debate on setting Cap and Trade system to curb climate change
Yes Bailout Financial Markets
$700
billion dollar bailout of financial industry
Yes Make English Official Language
English the
official language of the US
No Path to Citizenship
Limit
debate on immigration reform bill
Yes Fetus is Unborn Child
Define
fetus as an unborn child
No Prosecute Hate Crimes
Limit
debate on measure funding prosecution of hate crimes
No Withdraw Troops March, 2008
Withdrawal
of most US Iraq
Yes Iran Guard is Terrorist Group
Iranian
Revolutionary Guard is terrorist group
Yes Increase
Missile Defense Funding
Increase
funding for missile defense
Yes Overhaul FISA
Overhaul
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Votes in the 109th Congress: 2005 – 06
Votes in the 109th Congress: 2005 – 06
No Bar ANWR Drilling
Bar oil and
gas leasing in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Yes FY06 Spending Curb
Curb
federal entitlement spending
Yes Estate Tax Repeal
Limit
debate on proposal to permanently repeal estate tax
No Raise Minimum Wage
Increase
minimum wage to $7.25
Yes Confirm Samuel
Alito
Confirm
Samuel Alito as Associate Justice, Supreme Court
No Path to Citizenship
Path to
citizenship for illegal immigrants
Yes Bar Same Sex Marriage
Limit
debate on Constitutional amendment for marriage to man, woman
Yes Stem Cell Research Funding
Federal
funds for embryonic stem cell research
Yes Limit
Interstate Abortion
Prohibit
minors crossing borders for abortion without parental consent
Yes CAFTA
Central
American Free Trade Agreement
No Urge Iraq
Start
withdrawing US troops from Iraq
No Provide Detainee Rights
Habeas
Corpus rights for military detainees
Votes in the 108th Congress: 2003 – 2004
No Ban Drilling
in ANWR
Block
drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Yes Approve Bush Tax Cut
Reduce
taxes by $350 billion through 2013
Yes Medicare/Rx Bill
Medicare
prescription drug benefit legislation
No Bar Overtime Pay Regulations
Block funds
for federal regulations of overtime pay
Yes Energy Bill
Cloture
motion to end debate on comprehensive energy bill
No Support Roe v. Wade
Senate
support for Roe v. Wade decision
Yes Ban Partial Birth
Abortion
Ban
procedure opponents describe as “partial-birth” abortion
No Assault Weapons Ban
Extend for
10 years ban on assault weapons sale and possession
Yes Ban Same Sex Marriage
Cloture
motion to end debate on Constitutional amendment to ban same-sex
marriage
No Ban Bunker
Buster Bomb
Prohibit
Energy Department funding of “bunker-buster” program
* Fund Iraq
Provides
$87 billion for US operations in Iraq Afghanistan
No Restrict
Missile Defense
Restrict
deployment of national missile defense system
* Absent
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