Coleman wa a member of four Senate committees including the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. In 2004 he ran for chairman of the [[National Republican Senatorial Committee]] (N.R.S.C.) but was defeated by [[North Carolina]] Senator [[Elizabeth Dole]] by one vote. Senator Coleman calls himself pro-life and has voted against embryonic stem cell research. Coleman opposes [[gay]] marriages and civil unions. He opposed President [[George W. Bush]]'s troop increase in [[Iraq]] in January of 2007.
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Coleman was a member of four Senate committees including the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. In 2004 he ran for chairman of the [[National Republican Senatorial Committee]] (N.R.S.C.) but was defeated by [[North Carolina]] Senator [[Elizabeth Dole]] by one vote. Senator Coleman calls himself pro-life and has voted against embryonic stem cell research. Coleman opposes [[gay]] marriages and civil unions. He opposed President [[George W. Bush]]'s troop increase in [[Iraq]] in January of 2007.