Mark Pryor

:This article is about the United States Senator. For the Major League Baseball pitcher with a similar name, see Mark Prior.

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United States Senator - Major League Baseball - Mark Prior

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Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is a politician in Arkansas.

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January 10 - 1963 - Politician - Arkansas

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As of 2005 he is currently a Democratic Senator for the state of Arkansas, having defeated incumbent Republican Tim Hutchinson in 2002. He was the only Democrat to defeat a Republican incumbent in that election cycle.

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As of 2005 - Democratic - Senator - Republican - Tim Hutchinson - 2002

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On May 23, 2005, Pryor was one of fourteen senators to forge a compromise on the Democrats' use of the judicial filibuster, thus blocking the Republican leadership's attempt to implement the so-called "nuclear option". Under the agreement, the Democrats would retain the power to filibuster a Bush judicial nominee only in an "extraordinary circumstance", and the three most conservative Bush appellate court nominees (Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen and William Pryor) would receive a vote by the full Senate.

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Fourteen senators - Filibuster - Nuclear option - Appellate court - Janice Rogers Brown - Priscilla Owen - William Pryor

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