Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Bob Corker [R, TN]

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

CHATTANOOGA (WRCB) -- Senator Bob Corker says the President and Congressional Democrats should start over on health care reform. ...

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Corker says Wacker plant is on track

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

26--US Sen. Bob Corker said Wednesday that Wacker Chemical Corp. officials assured him last week that their $1 billion polysilicon plant in Bradley County ...

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Thanksgiving Football: The GOP’s Most Valuable Teams

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

...seems to be one degree removed from Republican support. QB Eli Manning’s brother, Peyton Manning, donated $1,000 towards Bob Corker’s 2012 campaign, but Eli gave none himself. John Mara’s father and former Giants owner, Wellington Mara, gave $11,2

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'Best and brightest' are fighting for ideals

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

22, with a remark by our own Sen. Bob Corker taking his congressional colleagues to task for their tremendous lack of respect in dealing with the American ...

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FACTBOX-Obama's agenda runs into economic reality

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

The panel's top Republican, Senator Richard Shelby, is also highly critical. Another vocal Republican on that committee, Senator Bob Corker, was among the ...

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2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

Wednesday Senator Bob Corker told Rotarians in Chattanooga the President tackled the wrong health issues first. But while the politicians debate health care ...

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2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

BENTON -- The health care reform effort in Congress is not about solving problems but instead is about pushing political agendas, US Sen. Bob Corker says. ...

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2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and Dick Lugar (R-IN) both voted to remove North Korea from the state-sponsors of terror list. Sen. Lugar also voted against a ...

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Bennet joins with GOP to warn about Wall St. bill

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

...for Wall Street again." But the Republicans' response to the bill left little indication where compromise could be found. Sen. Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, said the bill wasn't amendable and that the committee needed to start over from scratch. T

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REPORT: At Least 40 GOP Lawmakers Fail The 'Purity Test'

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and Dick Lugar (R-IN) both voted to remove North Korea from the state-sponsors of terror list. Sen. Lugar also voted against a ...

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Pediatricians Concerned About Healthcare Bill

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

During meetings with Tennessee Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, the pediatricians expressed concern over planned cuts to Medicaid set to begin in ...

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Bennet: Financial reform needs work

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said the bill wasn't amendable, and the committee needed to start over from scratch. The senior Republican on the panel, Sen. ...

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Senator Corker Talks Highway Bypass and Health Care in Polk County

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

Tennessee Senator Bob Corker met with Polk County residents today about the rock slide, and other issues. Some residents wanted to know what he could do to ...

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Sen. Corker doesn't expect health care bill to pass this year

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

...(WATE) -- Speaking to a local rotary club Tuesday, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) said don't expect a health care bill to pass by the end of the year. "It will create huge deficits for us down the road," Corker said. It's not that Corker doesn't favor he

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Tennessee's Sen. Bob Corker says health plan uses 'trickery'

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

Democratic-led efforts to reform the nation's health-care system depend on budgeting "trickery," Sen. Bob Corker said on Monday ...

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2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

D.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), and, in the House, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) and the Congressional Black Caucus -- were causing various problems for the bill. ...

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CCT applicant

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

Gobble said Tennessee Tourism Commissioner Susan Whitaker is favorable, and he has also contacted US Senator Bob Corker as well as state representatives and ...

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Ledford Automotive awaiting word on GM franchise

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

Weems said he has written letters to US senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, and US Congressman Zach Wamp. He said he has also filed a complaint with ...

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Tennessee's Sen. Bob Corker says health plan uses 'trickery'

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

...16, 18 million people to the private sector rolls. There are ways to do that, and this is not what this bill does." Corker and Sen. Lamar Alexander, the third-ranking Republican in the Senate, are again attacking the health-care reform legislation after

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Republican Senate Candidates Spar Over Health Care

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Tennessee Rep Marsha Blackburn and Senator Bob Corker had experience with a similar plan in their state and they use Massachusetts as the way not to go for ...

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