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Summary

Senator Lindsey O. Graham

Full Name: Lindsey O. Graham
Office: U.S. Senate (SC) - Sr, Republican
First Elected: 11/05/2002
Last Elected: 11/04/2008
Next Election: 2014
Gender: Male
Family: Single
Birth Date: 07/09/1955
Birth Place: Seneca, SC
Home City: Seneca, SC
Religion: Southern Baptist

Recent Key Votes

S Amdt 3018 - Prohibits the Indefinite Detention of Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents
Amendment (Yea)

Nov. 29, 2012 - Prohibits an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority from authorizing the indefinite detention, without charge or trial, ...

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Recent Public Statements

Klobuchar, Graham, Schumer, Hoeven Legislation to Crack Down on Rise in Metal Theft Passes Senate Judiciary Committee

June 13, 2013 - U S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Charles Schumer (D-NY) and John Hoeven (R-ND) today announced that their bipartisan bill to crack down ...

Statement by Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham on Syria

June 13, 2013 - U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) today released the following statement on Syria: "We appreciate the President's finding that the Assad regime ...

Graham Ranks in Top 5 for Spending Cuts

June 12, 2013 - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) proposed and sponsored legislation over the past two years which would cut more than $400 billion in federal spending ...

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Recent Interest Group Ratings

Span Name Rating
2011-2012 American Civil Liberties Union Positions 25%
2009-2010 Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress Net Congressional Score 21%
2009-2010 Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress Regressive Action Score 68
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Campaign Finances

Election Cycle 2012
Total Income $7,630,218.00
Total Spent $5,848,508.00
Cash On Hand $4,412,522.00
Debt $0.00
Source OpenSecrets.org
Updated 12/31/2012
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Lindsey Graham repeatedly refused to provide any responses to citizens on the issues through the 2008 Political Courage Test when asked to do so by national leaders of the political parties, prominent members of the media, Project Vote Smart President Richard Kimball, and Project Vote Smart staff.

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View Lindsey O. Graham's Congressional Election 2000 National Political Awareness Test
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Contact Information

Washington, D.C. Webmail
http://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.EmailSenatorGraham

Washington, D.C. Website
http://lgraham.senate.gov/

Capitol Website - Twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/GrahamBlog

Capitol Website - Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/USSenatorLindseyGraham

Capitol Website - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/USSenLindseyGraham

Washington, D.C.
290 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5972
Fax: 202-224-3808

District
140 East Main Street, Suite 110
Rock Hill, SC 29730
Phone: 803-366-2828
Fax: 803-366-5353

District
130 South Main Street
7th Floor
Greenville, SC 29601
Phone: 864-250-1417
Fax: 864-250-4322

District
508 Hampton Street, Suite 202
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: 803-933-0112
Fax: 803-933-0957

District
530 Johnnie Dodds Boulevard, Suite 202
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
Phone: 843-849-3887
Fax: 843-971-3669

District
124 Exchange Street
Suite A
Pendleton, SC 29670
Phone: 864-646-4090

District
McMillan Federal Building
401 West Evans Street
Suite 111
Florence, SC 29501
Phone: 843-669-1505
Fax: 843-669-9015

Key Staff
Richard Perry
Chief of Staff
290 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5972

Key Staff
Lauren Edwards
Scheduler
290 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5972

Key Staff
Kevin Bishop
Media Director
290 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5972

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