Mark Pryor

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U.S. Senator

Mark Pryor

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Positions
Leadership: No leadership position
Committees: Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Senate Select Committee on Ethics
(subcommittees and past assignments)

Candidates for the AR-Senate Class II Seat:
(Next election: 4 November 2014)

Confirmed: None so far
Considering: None so far
Rumored: None so far
Potential: None so far
Dropped-out: None so far
(more info and editing for the AR-Senate Class II Seat)
On the Web
Official website


Mark Lunsford Pryor, a Democrat, has represented Arkansas in the United States Senate since 2002.

Contents

Record and controversies

Congressional scorecards

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Organization 2007 Scorecard
Score - Agree ratio 		2008 Scorecard
Score - Agree ratio
American Civil Liberties Union not avail. not avail.
American Conservative Union 12 - 3/25 not avail.
AFSCME 86 - 6/7 not avail.
Americans for Democratic Action 70 - 14/20 85 - 17/20
Club for Growth not avail. not avail.
Drum Major Institute not avail. not avail.
Family Research Council 22 - 2/9 22 - 2/9
Information Technology Industry Council 100 - 5/5 100 - 5/5
League of Conservation Voters not avail. 91 - 10/11
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People not avail. not avail.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 45 - 5/11 not avail.


Iraq War

On March 15, 2007, Pryor was one of two Democratic Senators who voted against a joint resolution to revise U.S. policy in Iraq. The measure failed 48-50. Later on March 27, he was the only Democrat to vote with Republicans in favor of an amendment to the Iraq supplemental spending bill that would have stripped the measure of its troop withdrawal deadline. The amendment was narrowly defeated 48-50. He later voted with all Democrats in passing the final spending bill, which passed the Senate 51-47.

Main article: U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007 (H.R.1591)
For more information see the chart of U.S. Senate votes on the Iraq War.

Environmental record

For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal

Oil Record

Mark Pryor has voted in favor of big oil companies on 67% of important oil-related bills,according to Oil Change International. These bills include Iraq War funding, climate change studies, clean energy, and oil import reductions. [1] See below for oil money in politics.

Gang of 14

On May 23, 2005, Pryor was one of fourteen senators to forge a compromise on the Democrats' use of the judicial filibuster, thus blocking the Republican leadership's attempt to implement 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", and the three most conservative Bush appellate court nominees (Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen and William H. Pryor, Jr.) would receive a vote by the full Senate.

Bio

Pryor was born January 10, 1963 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He earned his B.A in History from the University of Arkansas in 1985 and his J.D. from the University of Arkansas in 1988. He worked as an attorney in private practice for more than ten years before being elected to office. He was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1991-1998 and served as the Arkansas Attorney General from 1999-2002. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 2000. He is the son of former Senator and governor David H. Pryor.

Pryor defeated incumbent Republican Tim Hutchinson in 2002 to gain his seat. He was the only Democrat to defeat a Republican incumbent in that election cycle.

Pryor is one of the few Democrats in the Senate to oppose legal abortion.

2008 elections

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 This information was gathered by volunteer researchers as part of the Superdelegate Transparency Project on the superdelegates for the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. For more info see the Arkansas superdelegate tracker or visit the STP homepage.

Before Hillary Clinton conceded the race, Mark Pryor, as a superdelegate, had endorsed her for President.


Money in politics

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section.

Top Contributors to during the 2008 Election Cycle
DonorAmount (US Dollars)
Murphy Oil$ 33,950
Simmons Cooper LLC$ 28,600
Entergy Corp$ 26,000
Merrill Lynch$ 23,900
Alltel Corp$ 20,100
CSX Corp$ 19,000
Norfolk Southern$ 19,000
Thornton & Naumes$ 18,100
Weyerhaeuser Co$ 18,000
Fowler Foods$ 17,700
Source: The Center for Responsive Politics' www.OpenSecrets.org site.
Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from
the organization's PAC, employees or owners. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.
Links to more campaign contribution information for Mark Pryor
from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.
Fundraising profile: 2008 election cycle Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation: 2008 election cycle Career totals
Top contributors by industry: 2008 election cycle Career totals

Oil Money in Politics

Mark Pryor has received $89,750 in oil contributions during the 110th congress. $38,000 of those dollars were from industry PACS. [2] In total, Pryor has accepted $134,400 from oil companies since 2000, which makes him one of the top recipients of oil money in the United States Senate. [3] See above for oil and energy voting record.

Committees and Affiliations

Committees

Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

Coalitions and Caucuses

Boards and other Affiliations

More Background Data

Wikipedia also has an article on Mark Pryor. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.

Contact

DC office
  • 255 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
    Ph: 202-224-2353 Fax: 202-228-0908
    Webform email
District offices
  • The River Market, Suite 401, 500 Clinton Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72201
    Ph: 501-324-6336 Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
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