Robert William Packwood was born on September 11,1932 and is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party.
21 Facts About Bob Packwood
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Bob Packwood was born in Portland, Oregon, graduated from Grant High School in 1950, and in 1954 graduated from Willamette University in Salem.
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Bob Packwood had his great-grandfather's political bent from his early years.
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Bob Packwood received the Root-Tilden Scholarship to New York University's Law School, where he earned national awards in moot court competition and was elected student body president.
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Bob Packwood was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1963 to 1968.
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In 1968, Bob Packwood was nominated to run for the US Senate in Oregon as the Republican candidate against Democratic incumbent Wayne Morse.
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Bob Packwood supported restrictions on gun owners and liberal civil rights legislation.
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Bob Packwood voted in favor of the bill establishing Martin Luther King Jr.
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Bob Packwood differed with President Richard Nixon on some significant issues.
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Bob Packwood voted against Nixon's Supreme Court nominees Clement Haynsworth and G Harrold Carswell, as well as Nixon's proposals for the B-1 bomber, submarines capable of carrying the Trident missile and the supersonic transport.
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Bob Packwood became the first Senate Republican to support Nixon's impeachment.
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In 1987, Bob Packwood crossed party lines to vote against the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, and he was one of only two Republicans to vote against the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the court in 1991.
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Bob Packwood played a major role in the enactment of the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area Act, sponsoring a bill which protected scenic Hells Canyon, the deepest river gorge in North America, by making it into a 652,488-acre National Recreation Area on the borders of northeastern Oregon and western Idaho.
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Bob Packwood has been described as an "ardent" pro-Israel supporter.
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Bob Packwood opposed a sale of F-15s to Saudi Arabia under President Reagan.
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Bob Packwood was most noted for his role in the 1986 tax reform while he was chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
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Bob Packwood's debating skills were rated A+ by USA Today in the issue of July 18,1986.
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Publication of the story was delayed until after the 1992 election, as Bob Packwood had denied the allegations and the Post had not gathered enough information about the story at the time.
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Bob Packwood did divulge 5,000 pages to the Senate Ethics Committee but balked when a further 3,200 pages were demanded by the committee.
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Bob Packwood then made what some of his colleagues interpreted as a threat to expose wrongdoing by other members of Congress.
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In 2015, Bob Packwood returned to the Senate as a witness for the Senate Finance Committee, which was again considering tax reform.