Biography
KERRY, John Forbes, a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Fitzsimons Army Hospital (Colorado), December 11, 1943; graduated, St. PaulÂ’s School, Concord, N.H., 1962; graduated, Yale University 1966; served in the United States Navy 1966-1969, with service in Vietnam; graduated, Boston College Law School 1976; admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1976 and commenced practice in 1976; assistant district attorney of Middlesex County, Mass. 1977-1982; lieutenant governor of Massachusetts 1982-1984; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1984; reelected in 1990, 1996, and again in 2002 for the term ending January 3, 2009; chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (One Hundredth Congress), Committee on Small Business (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20,

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Bills Sponsored (115)
Bill name Last Action
S.RES.709A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should pursue the adoption...11/20/2008Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consi...
S.3700A bill to encourage and support the development of high-speed passenger rail transportation in th...11/19/2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10663)
S.3675A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain excessi...10/01/2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10338)
S.RES.690A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the conflict between Russia and Georgi...09/27/2008Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consi...
S.3628A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to...09/26/2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9710-9711)

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Bills Co-Sponsored (613)
Bill name Last Action
S.RES.728A resolution designating January 2009 as "National Mentoring Month".
12/11/2008Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10957-10958)
S.20A bill to prohibit the implementation or enforcement of certain regulations.
11/20/2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10745)
S.3710A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the Employee Retirement Income Securit...11/20/2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.RES.713A resolution calling on all parties to the escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of ...11/20/2008Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unani...
S.2136A bill to address the treatment of primary mortgages in bankruptcy, and for other purposes.
11/19/2008Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

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