February 2, 2005: Headlines: Directors - Coverdell: Awards: Macon Telegraph: Georgia House names office building for Coverdell
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February 2, 2005: Headlines: Directors - Coverdell: Awards: Macon Telegraph: Georgia House names office building for Coverdell
Georgia House names office building for Coverdell
Georgia House names office building for Coverdell
House names office building for Coverdell
Associated Press
ATLANTA - The newly Republican state House voted Wednesday to name a state office building for one of their heroes, the late Sen. Paul Coverdell.
Coverdell, who was a Republican senator from 1992 until his death in 2000, was formerly a state senator and director of the U.S. Peace Corps.
The measure would add his name to the Legislative Office Building, which is across the street from the Capitol and houses most state lawmakers. It passed 121-47 and now heads to the Senate.
Democrats who opposed the name change said it was an inappropriate honor because Coverdell opposed the office building when he was in the Legislature. The building was converted to legislative offices in the mid-1980s.
House Democratic Leader DuBose Porter suggested adding a former Democratic senator, Zell Miller, to the name. But he pulled his amendment after Republicans asked him to. Still, some Democrats said the building shouldn't be named for someone of either party because it houses all legislators.
"Let's leave the building unnamed," said Rep. Georganna Sinkfield, D-Atlanta.
Other Democrats ended up supporting the name change. House Republican Leader Jerry Keen called it an honor for "a great public servant."
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