Paul Coverdell

Former senator for Georgia · Republican; served until July 18, 2000

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Seat held: Senator for GA, 1993–2000 (7 years, 6 months).

Georgia has about 11.3 million residents, represented by two senators.

Votes compared with what constituents said

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Attendance

In the 106th Congress, Paul Coverdell missed 0 of 570 Senate votes (0%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 96.3% of the time.

Most recent votes

Vote	Date	Their vote
H.R. 8: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phaseout the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period. On Passage of the Bill · Bill Passed	July 14, 2000	Yea
H.R. 8: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phaseout the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period. On the Motion · Motion Agreed to	July 14, 2000	Yea
H.R. 8: To preserve budget surplus funds so that they might be available to extend the life of Social Security and Medicare. On the Amendment · Amendment Rejected	July 14, 2000	Nay
H.R. 8: To provide tax relief by providing modifications to education individual retirement accounts. On the Motion · Motion Rejected	July 14, 2000	Nay
H.R. 8: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit exemption and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction and provide a long-term care credit, and for other purposes. On the Amendment · Amendment Rejected	July 14, 2000	Nay
H.R. 8: To protect and provide resources for the Social Security System, to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the "motherhood penalty", increase the widow's and widower's benefit and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit exemption and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction, and for other purposes. On the Amendment · Amendment Rejected	July 14, 2000	Nay
H.R. 8: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit exemption and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction, to increase, expand, and simplify the child and dependent care tax credit, to expand the adoption credit for special needs children, to provide incentives for employer-provided child care, and for other purposes. On the Motion · Motion Rejected	July 14, 2000	Nay
H.R. 8: To provide for the designation of renewal communities and to provide tax incentives relating to such communities, to provide a tax credit to taxpayers investing in entities seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities, and to provide for the establishment of Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), and for other purposes. On the Motion · Motion Rejected	July 14, 2000	Yea
H.R. 8: To establish a National Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for the development of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families. On the Amendment · Amendment Rejected	July 14, 2000	Nay
H.R. 8: To repeal the increase in tax on Social Security benefits. On the Amendment · Amendment Agreed to	July 13, 2000	Yea
H.R. 8: To amend the internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit exemption and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction, to provide a refundable credit to certain individuals for elective deferrals and IRA contributions, and to provide an incentive to small businesses to establish and maintain qualified pension plans, to amend the Social Security Act to provide each American child with a KidSave Account, and for other purposes. On the Motion · Motion Rejected	July 13, 2000	Nay
H.R. 8: To provide additional budget resources for a medicare prescription drug benefit program. On the Motion · Motion Rejected	July 13, 2000	Nay
H.R. 8: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communication services. On the Amendment · Amendment Agreed to	July 13, 2000	Yea
H.R. 8: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit exemption and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction and expand education initiatives, and for other purposes. On the Motion · Motion Rejected	July 13, 2000	Nay
H.R. 8: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily reduce the Federal fuels tax to zero. On the Motion · Motion Rejected	July 13, 2000	Yea

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