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AJC.com > Legislature > Georgia Beat > Archives > 2005 > February > 25 > Entry
Senate votes to rename office building for late U.S. Sen. Coverdell
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The state Senate voted 47-3 this morning to name the state’s Legislative Office Building in his honor.
Earlier this year, House Majority Leader Jerry Keen (R-St. Simons Island) proposed to rename the building. The office building is on Mitchell Street across from the Capitol.
Coverdell held the No. 5 position in the Senate Republican leadership, but his roots were in the Georgia General Assembly. He was instrumental in developing the Georgia GOP, beginning his state Senate career in 1970 when there were only five GOP senators.
Coverdell died in 2000 at age 61 of complications from a massive stroke.
Several other bills are on the Senate calendar Friday, including Senate Bill 140, a measure that would reduce the maximum eligibility income limits for the state’s PeachCare medical program.
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