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Lamar Alexander
U.S. Senate: Senator
Republican Next Election Year: 2014

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

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Voting Record on Legislation Involving Executive Branch

(2010) PN 1768 Elena Kagan, Associate Justice

Outcome: Nomination Confirmed (63/37)

Summary:

Alexander's Vote

N

(2010) S J Res 26 Statement of Opposition to EPA Greenhouse Gas Rule

Outcome: Motion Rejected (47/53)

Summary: -The rule can be viewed by searching for "page 66494" in Volume 74 (2009) of the Federal Register ( http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/search.html).

Alexander's Vote

Y

(2010) S Amdt 4204 Requiring Afghanistan Troop Redeployment Plan and Timetable

Outcome: Amendment Rejected (18/80)

Summary:

Alexander's Vote

N

(2010) S Amdt 4072 Inspector General Appointment Modification

Outcome: Amendment Adopted (75/21)

Summary: -Repeals an expansion of presidential authority to appoint and terminate inspectors general of the following offices (Sec. 989B):

-Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; -Commodity Futures Trading Commission; -National Credit Union Administration; -Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; and -Securities and Exchange Commission.-Requires the approval of 2/3 of the board or commission serving as the head of any entity of an Office of Inspector General to remove an inspector general (Sec. 989D). -Expands oversight of inspectors general to include the board or commission of the entity, whereas existing law requires inspectors general to only report to the head of the entity (Sec. 989B). -Establishes a Council of Inspectors Generals on Financial Oversight, chaired by the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury, consisting of the inspectors general of the following (Sec. 989E):

-Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; -Commodity Futures Trading Commission; -Department of Housing and Urban Development; -Department of the Treasury; -Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; -Federal Housing Finance Agency; -National Credit Union Administration; -Securities and Exchange Commission; and -Troubled Asset Relief Program.-Requires the Council of Inspectors General to meet at least once each quarter to facilitate the sharing of information among inspectors general and to discuss the ongoing work of each inspector general, with a focus on the broader financial sector and ways to improve financial oversight (Sec. 989E). -Requires the Council of Inspectors General to submit an annual report to Congress that includes, but is not limited to, the following (Sec. 989E):

-A section within exclusive editorial control for each inspector general that is a member of the Council that highlights the concerns and recommendations of such inspector general, with a focus on the broader financial sector; and -A summary of the general observations of the Council based on the aforementioned editorials submitted by each inspector general, with a focus on measures to improve financial oversight.

Alexander's Vote

Y

(2010) PN 1351-111 Craig Becker, Member of the National Labor Relations Board

Outcome: Cloture Not Invoked (52/33)

Summary:

Alexander's Vote

N

(2010) PN 959-111 Ben S. Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman

Outcome: Nomination Confirmed (70/30)

Summary:

Alexander's Vote

Y