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Sen. Paul Coverdell

Former Senator for Georgia

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Coverdell was a senator from Georgia and was a Republican. He served from 1993 to 2000.

Photo of Sen. Paul Coverdell [R-GA, 1993-2000]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Coverdell is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the Senate in 2000 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Coverdell sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 1995 to Dec 15, 2000. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Coverdell was the primary sponsor of 15 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 15 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Coverdell sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (20%) Commerce (14%) Law (13%) Science, Technology, Communications (12%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (12%) Taxation (10%) Economics and Public Finance (10%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Coverdell recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Feb 1993 to Jul 2000, Coverdell missed 54 of 2,844 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is on par with the median of 1.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jul 2000. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including: