Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Paul Coverdell
Paul Coverdell was a Republican U.S. senator from Georgia, first elected to Congress in 1993, who sponsored 8 bills that became law (103rd–106th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- S. 1762 Small Watershed Rehabilitation Act of 2000Oct 25, 2000 · Held at the desk.
- S. 2459 A bill to provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to former President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Reagan in recognition of their…Jul 24, 2000 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 708.
- S. 2776 Medical Research Investment Act of 2000Jun 22, 2000 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5680)
- S. 2664 A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines used in the manufacture of digital versatile discs.May 25, 2000 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S. 2663 A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on machines, and their parts, for use in the manufacture of digital versatile discs (DVDs).May 25, 2000 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Top bills sponsored
- S. 1567 (106th) A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 223 Broad Street in Albany, Georgia, as the "C.B. King United States Courthouse".Became law
- S. 604 (106th) Lake Oconee Land Exchange ActBecame law
- S. 669 (105th) A bill to provide for the acquisition of the Plains Railroad Depot at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site.Became law
- S. 759 (105th) An Act to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to Congress concerning…Became law
- S. 1575 (105th) A bill to rename the Washington National Airport located in the District of Columbia and Virginia as the "Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport".Became law
- S. 2344 (105th) Emergency Farm Financial Relief ActBecame law
- S. 543 (105th) Volunteer Protection Act of 1997Became law
- S.J.Res. 43 (106th) A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President of the United States should encourage free and fair elections and respect for democracy…Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Coverdell has won
Sen. Coverdell has won 2 U.S. Senate elections (1992, 1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.3 to 7.2 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 62 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 62 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a committee report listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 106th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.