A Guide to Senator Graham's Legislation
Graham was elected to serve as a United States Senator on November 5, 2002. He serves on four committees in the U.S. Senate: Armed Services, Budget, Judiciary, and Veteran's Affairs. During the 108th Congress he served on the Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee.He also served as the Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee's Presidential Roundtable from 2003-2005.
He recently helped fashion an agreement that allowed for votes on President Bush's judicial nominees and prevented a permenent change in the operation of the Senate.Graham was elected to four terms, begining in 1994, as the Congressman from South Carolina's Third District which includes the state's largest employer-the Savannah River Site. The district includes ten counties and runs along the western border of the state encompasing national forests and parks. He was the first Republican to represent the district since 1877. While representing the district he was a member of the Education and the Workforce, Judiciary, and Armed Services committees.
During his time in Washington Graham has become known as a leader who never abandoned his independence or strayed from the conservative reform agenda. He has fought to balance the federal budget, provide tax relief for all taxpayers, ensure our military is adequately funded and prepared, and ensure the government keeps its promise to America's greatest generation.
Prior to his time in Washington Graham served in the South Carolina State House representing the second district of Oconee County. Sen. Graham also held positions as the city attorney for the City of Central and the assistant county attorney for Oconee County.
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Lindsey Graham U.S. Senator from South Carolina
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Blog Posts about Sen. Graham
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- Whereas, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham continues to hold the Republican Party hostage and undermines R...
- Lindsey Graham Censured By SC County GOP For Working With ...
- CHARLESTON, SC ? Republican leaders in a South Carolina county have censured their own US Sen. Lin...
- Riehl World View: Lindsey Graham Censured By SC GOP
- I'd say this is as indicative of the times as it is Lindsey Graham. Politician gets sent to Washingt...
- County Republican Party leaders censure Sen. Graham The Post and ...
- The Charleston County Republican Party's executive committee took the unusual step Monday night of c...
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