The Chamber

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 08/03/2009
Next Election: 2014
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Margie; 5 Children: Jake, Margie Ann, Beth, Jill, Butch
Birth date: 11/27/1957
Birthplace: Lowes, DE
Home City: Georgetown DE
Religion: Methodist

Profession

Owner/Operator, Thoro-Kleen Dry Cleaning Incorporated, 1983-present

Education

BS, Agriculture, University of Delaware, 1981

Committees

Administrative Services/Elections
Capital Improvement
Small Business
Veterans Affairs

SB 129 Removes Protected Wildlife Designation from Coyotes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 100 Background Checks for Contractors on School Premises
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 95 Motorcycle Helmet Requirement
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 100 Background Checks for Contractors on School Premises
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 95 Motorcycle Helmet Requirement
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

View More

SB 129 Removes Protected Wildlife Designation from Coyotes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 100 Background Checks for Contractors on School Premises
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 95 Motorcycle Helmet Requirement
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 100 Background Checks for Contractors on School Premises
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 95 Motorcycle Helmet Requirement
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 97 Approval of Rental Prices on Certain Housing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 17 Authorizes Medical Marijuana
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 30 Same-Sex Civil Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 19 Reduce Punishment for Drug Possession
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 17 Authorizes Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 310 Legalizing Table Games
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 290 2009-2010 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 211 Cigarette Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 291 Estate Tax
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 210 Liquor License Fee
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 212 Alcohol Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 211 Cigarette Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 210 Liquor License Fee
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 212 Alcohol Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 198 National Popular Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 121 Adding Sexual Orientation to Delaware Anti-Discriminatory Laws
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 117 School Board Elections
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 100 Reestablishing a Sports Lottery
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 107 Manufactured Housing Rental Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 300 2008-2009 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 518 Alcohol Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 190 Sports Betting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 36 State Employee Collective Bargaining
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HA 1 Employee Paycheck Consent
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 249 Cigarette Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HA 4 Amendment to "Child's Victim Act"; State Immunity
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 397 State Resource Maps
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 60 Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 537 Crop Damage Levels
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 62 Minimum Wage Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HA 5 Minimum Wage Exception Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 62 Minimum Wage Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HA 5 Minimum Wage Exception Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 62 Minimum Wage Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HA 5 Minimum Wage Exception Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 191 Young Drivers’ Time Restrictions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 368 Hunting License Restrictions for Felons
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 37 Bans Open Containers of Alcoholic Beverages in Motor Vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 37 Bans Open Containers of Alcoholic Beverages in Motor Vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

View Less