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Lamar Alexander

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  • Lamar Alexander is a U.S. Senator from the State of Tennessee. Alexander won re-election to the Senate in 2008, defeating Democrat Robert D. Tuke. Before becoming Tennessee's senator, Alexander was the state's governor and the U.S. Secretary of Education under George H. W. Bush. The senator is a ranking member of the Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight and Children's Health Protection.Lamar Alexander: Committees
  • Fast Facts:

    1. Born: July 3, 1940 in Maryville, Tennessee
    2. Alma Mater: Vanderbilt University
    3. Received a J.D. from New York University
    4. Party: Republican
    5. Assumed Office: January 7, 2003
    6. Won re-election in 2008
    7. Spouse: Lesley "Honey" Buhler
    8. Began political career as an assistant for Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee
    9. Helped found Bright Horizons Family Solutions

  • Positions

    • Voted for prohibiting minors to cross state lines in order to get an abortion.
    • Voted against reducing oil usage by 40 percent by 2025 instead of 5 percent
    • Voted against implementing the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission report
    • Voted against redeploying US troops out of Iraq by March 2008

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