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Published on March 11, 2010 in Politics. 0 Comments. Sen. Bob Corker told a packed news conference this morning that his negotiations with Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, D-Conn., were at the “5-yard line” when Dodd decided to introduce ... The Tennessee Republican and Dodd had been conducting nearly round the clock negotiations trying to come up with a bipartisan bill to remedy some of the problems revealed by the meltdown of the country's financial system. ...

McMillan has a proven record on environmental issues and has received accolades on her legislative record from the Tennessee Conservation Voters organization. “A sustainable environmental and energy strategy will position our state to ...

Over the weekend, the Tennessee Hospital Association also ended its relationship with Mercatus Communications, the marketing and public relations firm co-owned by Baker that also leases space in the hospitals trade group's building. ... About Us. The Tennessean's political staff keeps tabs on the latest from Legislative Plaza and beyond. Contributors include Ryan Underwood, Chas Sisk, Michael Cass, Nate Rau, Brad Schrade, and Bill Theobald. ...

Earmark ban won't mean much to Tennessee. By: Bill Theobald Published on March 10, 2010 in Politics. 0 Comments. Democratic House leaders announced this morning that they would not allow any special projects designated by members, ...

... he was asked last week if he would put his Pilot holdings in a blind trust. Haslam correctly observed that he didn't see that it made much sense. As someone with a business background, he realized such a trust would be silly. Haslam's mistake is not realizing that politics is full of silly shit. .... Nashville Scene - Pith in the Wind » Great Moments in Tennessee Budget Cutting: Give More Kids to Child Rapists. Oh, Sorry, Alleged Child Rapists. Posted 22 hours ago ...

There is no question that White House politics and health care have kept us from getting to the goal line ... Corker, a junior senator from Tennessee, broke with party ranks after Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the banking committee, failed to ...

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Chris Dodd listens to testimony at the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 23, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Larry Downing ( WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial ...

Unable to muster bipartisan agreement on key banking provisions, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd said Thursday he will offer his own version of a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations without Republican support. A month of ...

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The next governor of Tennessee is in all likelihood going to be a Republican ... With the state's politics — and the nation's, to some extent — going in the same conservative direction, the urge to hunker down and try to save what is salvageable ...

Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) blamed the pressure to finish healthcare for the breakdown in talks over a bipartisan financial reform bill. Corker, who'd been negotiated with Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) on a financial reform ...

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, hoping to break a months-long logjam on the biggest overhaul of financial regulations since the Depression, will unveil his own proposal on Monday, without yet having a single Republican ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Empire State has a lot to recommend it - Broadway shows, Niagara Falls, and baseball's World Series champions, the New York Yankees. But politics? As the locals would say, Fuhgeddaboudit. Colorful, ethnic, tribal, the New York ...

There are legislative miles to go before the government will be emancipated from its health care myopia, but it is not too soon for a summing up. Whether all or nothing of the legislation becomes law, Barack Obama has refuted critics who call him a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The House has unanimously approved legislation that seeks to prevent phone scams targeting Tennessee senior citizens. The measure sponsored by Rep. Gary Moore, a Joelton Democrat, was approved 95-0 on Thursday. It would impose a ...