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Mark Pryor
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- This article is about the United States Senator. For the Major League Baseball pitcher with a similar name, see Mark Prior.
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| Assumed office January 7, 2003– Serving with Blanche Lincoln |
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| Preceded by | Tim Hutchinson |
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| Succeeded by | Incumbent (2009) |
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| Born | January 10, 1963 (age 44) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Jill Pryor |
| Religion | Evangelical |
Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, is a politician in Arkansas. He is a Democratic junior U.S. Senator for the state of Arkansas, having defeated incumbent Republican Tim Hutchinson in 2002. He was the only Democratic candidate for the Senate to defeat a Republican incumbent in that election cycle.
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Pryor, the son of former Senator and governor David H. Pryor, received both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Arkansas. He was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1991 to 1994. He was elected the state Attorney General in 1999, and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 2000.
On May 23, 2005, Pryor was one of the 14 senators who forged a compromise on the Democrats' use of the judicial filibuster. This effectively ended any threat of a Democratic filibuster (and thus also avoided the Republican leadership's threatened implementation of the so-called "nuclear option.") Under the agreement, the Democrats would retain the power to filibuster a Bush judicial nominee only in an "extraordinary circumstance." The threat of a filibuster removed, Republicans were able to force cloture on the three most conservative Bush appellate court nominees (Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen and William Pryor-no relation), who subsequently passed a vote by the full Republican-controlled Senate.
On September 28, 2006, Pryor was one of 12 Senate Democrats who voted to adopt S.3930, the Military Commissions Act of 2006 [1]. He voted against the flag burning amendment in June 2006, and against repeal of the Federal Inheritance/Estate Tax.
On March 15, 2007, Pryor was one of 2 Democratic Senators to vote against a resolution aimed at withdrawing most American combat troops from Iraq in 2008. The vote, requiring 60 votes to pass, was 50 to 48 against. [2]
Pryor currently serves on the Armed Services Committee, Committee on Homeland Security and Government Relations, Commerce Committee, Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, and the Select Committee for Ethics.
- ^ U.S. Senate roll call votes, 109th Congress http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00259
- ^ Toner, Robin (March 15, 2007). Senate Rejects Measure for Iraq Pullout. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
- United States Senator Mark Pryor official Senate site
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Federal Election Commission - Mark Lunsford Pryor campaign finance reports and data
- On the Issues - Mark Pryor issue positions and quotes
- OpenSecrets.org - Mark Pryor campaign contributions
- Project Vote Smart - Senator Mark Pryor (AR) profile
- SourceWatch Congresspedia - Mark Pryor profile
- Washington Post - Congress Votes Database: Mark Pryor voting record
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| Preceded by Winston Bryant |
Attorney General of Arkansas 1999–2003 |
Succeeded by Mike Beebe |
| Preceded by Tim Hutchinson |
United States Senator (Class 2) from Arkansas 2003- Served alongside: Blanche Lincoln |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Arkansas's current delegation to the United States Congress |
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| Senators: Blanche Lincoln (D), Mark Pryor (D)
Representative(s): Marion Berry (D), Vic Snyder (D), John Boozman (R), Michael Avery Ross (D) All delegations: Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming — American Samoa • District of Columbia • Guam • Puerto Rico • U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Gang of 14 (in the United States Senate) |
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| Republicans: McCain • Graham • Warner • Snowe • Collins • DeWine • Chafee Democrats: Lieberman • Byrd • Nelson • Landrieu • Inouye • Pryor • Salazar |