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2012 Public Policy Guide

Senator Lamar Alexander (R)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/05/2002
Next Election: 2014
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Honey; 4 Children: Andrew, Leslee, Kathryn, William
Birth date: 07/03/1940
Birthplace: Maryville, TN
Home City: Nashville TN
Religion: Presbyterian

Education

JD, New York University Law School, 1965 BA, Latin American History, Vanderbilt University, 1962

Profession

Lawyer, Law Firm of Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stansberry and Woolf, 1998 Lawyer, Law Firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman and Caldwell, 1993-1995 Chair, Republican Exchange Satellite Network, 1993-1995 President, University of Tennessee, 1988-1991 Chair, Leadership Institute at Belmont University, 1987-1988 Special Counsel to Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker, 1977 Commentator, WSM Television in Nashville, 1975-1977 Lawyer/Founding Partner, Law Firm of Dearborn and Ewing, 1970-1976 Director, Tennessee Governor Winfield Dunn's Election Campaign, 1970 Executive Assistant to Bryce Harlow, White House Congressional Liaison for President Richard Nixon, 1969-1970 Legislative Assistant, Tennessee Republican Senator Howard Baker, 1967-1968 Director, Howard Baker's Campaign for United States Senate, 1966 Law Clerk, United States Circuit Court Judge John Minor Wisdom, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, New Orleans, 1965-1966 Co-Founder, Corporate Child Care Services Goodman Professor, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Lawyer, Law Firm of Fowler, Roundree and Robertson Author

Committees

Appropriations
Environment and Public Works
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Rules and Administration
Subcommittee on Children and Families
Subcommittee on Children's Health and Environmental Responsibility
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Defense
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
Subcommittee on Energy And Water Development
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight, and Children's Health Protection
Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife

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: Nay

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 Establishing a Minimum Tax Rate for High-Income Taxpayers
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

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