Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Stephen Lee Fincher [R, TN-8]

Fincher’s Farm Bill

2013-06-19T01:00:00Z

...debated on the floor of the House today: Fincher’s Farm Bill. That’s because the bill is designed to help farmers like Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.), the notorious member of the House Agriculture Committee who cited the Bible to champion cuts to an

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Fincher’s Farm Bill

2013-06-19T01:00:00Z

How Republicans Who Took Millions In Farm Subsidies Justify Cutting Food Stamps

2013-06-18T01:00:00Z

...as food stamps) with a variety of smears against recipients and misrepresentations of the program’s nature and performance. Rep. Stephen Fincher’s (R-TN) erroneous biblical argument for cuts that would knock two million Americans off of food aid dre

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Farm Bill Is Like Welfare for the Wealthy: Mark Bittman

2013-06-13T01:00:00Z

...deceive the public when it comes to direct subsidy payments to farmers, a contentious part of the farm bill. Tennessee Rep. Stephen Fincher, for example, took home nearly $3.5 million in taxpayer money from 1999 to 2012 because he and his wife Lynn Finc

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God is opposed to food stamps? Let’s try an evidence-based approach to hunger instead.

2013-06-12T01:00:00Z

...Democrats who used biblical arguments for food stamps. During a meeting of the House Agricultural Committee, Tennessee Rep. Stephen Fincher quoted from Matthew and Thessalonians that the poor will always be with us and that those unwilling to work shall

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Direct Payments Not Dead Yet – For Cotton Farmers like Fincher

2013-06-12T01:00:00Z

...week, Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.) crowed that the House Agriculture Committee had voted to finally end the long-discredited program of “direct payments” that have been paid to farmers since 1996 – regardless of need or whether they even grew a

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TN lawmakers question Senate bill

2013-06-11T01:00:00Z

...promising, but that he is waiting on proposals under development in the House. Reps. Scott DesJarlais, R-Jasper, and Stephen Fincher, R-Frog Jump, are skeptical of the Senate bill. I do not support the Senate immigration bill in its current form, DesJar

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Tennessee lawmakers in D.C. voice concerns over immigration bill

2013-06-11T01:00:00Z

...Cooper said. Two Tennessee members who remain highly skeptical of the Senate bill are Reps. Scott DesJarlais, R-Jasper, and Stephen Fincher, R-Frog Jump. I do not support the Senate immigration bill in its current form, DesJarlais said. We cannot have a

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Middle TN members of Congress voice concerns over immigration bill

2013-06-10T01:00:00Z

..."looks promising," but that he is waiting on proposals under development in the House. Reps. Scott DesJarlais, R-Jasper, and Stephen Fincher, R-Frog Jump, remain skeptical of the Senate bill. "I do not support the Senate immigration bill in its current

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And the Award for Most Hypocritical Performance by a Member of Congress Goes To…

2013-06-09T01:00:00Z

...over the years. Using Agriculture Department data, researchers at the Environmental Working Group found that Representative Stephen Fincher, a Republican and a farmer from Frog Jump, Tenn., collected nearly $3.5 million in subsidies from 1999 to 2012. T

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Meet Your New Wingnut Congresscritter: Stephen Fincher

2013-06-07T01:00:00Z

...bat around poor people for sport when things get boring on the fauxtrage front. Which brings us to our latest contender, Rep. Steve Fincher of the Eighth Congressional District of Tennessee. The blog is always on the lookout for bright new scriptural sc

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O’Donnell Calls Out GOP Rep. For Blatant Conflict Of Interest: ‘Should Be A Crime,’ But ‘Everyone’s Cool’ With It

2013-06-06T01:00:00Z

...O’Donnell used his Rewrite segment tonight to put the spotlight squarely on Republican congressman Stephen Fincher, who used the Bible to justify his opposition to food stamp programs while using his position on the House Agriculture Committee to figh

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Andre E. Johnson: If You Don't Work, You Should Not Eat: The Hypocrisy of Congressional Public Theologians

2013-06-06T01:00:00Z

...debate shifted from a policy debate to a theological one. While many tended to focus on Tennessee Republican Congressman Stephen Fincher and his misinterpretation of 2 Thessalonians 3:10, "For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: Anyone

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Rep. Stephen Fincher under fire: 'Hypocritical with a capital 'H''

2013-06-05T01:00:00Z

...— For Rep. Stephen Fincher, the last few weeks have not brought the kind of publicity most members of Congress desire. Fincher, R-Frog Jump, has been roasted by cable news commentators and newspaper editorial writers nationwide due to his recent input

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Crop circles

2013-06-04T01:00:00Z

...renewal of the farm bill includes a $20 billion food-stamp cut over the next 10 years, supported by committee member Rep. Stephen Fincher, R-Tenn. Never mind that Fincher received a $70,000 farm subsidy in 2012, according to the Environmental Working Gr

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Editorial | Propping up farmers

2013-06-04T01:00:00Z

...over the next 10 years. ÂWe represent the peopleÂs money, and we have to be good stewards of that,Â said committee member Rep. Stephen Fincher, R-Tenn. Never mind that Mr. Fincher received a $70,000 farm subsidy in 2012, according to the Environmenta

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And the Award for Most Hypocritical Performance by a Member of Congress Goes To…

2013-06-04T01:00:00Z

Farm Subsidies: The Temporary Program That Just. Won’t. Die.

2013-06-03T01:00:00Z

...The program doesn’t just pay rich New Yorkers. It also pays congressional representatives, including folks like Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.), who got more than 70 grand last year. (To his credit, he’s called for the program to be shut down.) This

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Congress’ crop circles

2013-06-03T01:00:00Z

...the next 10 years. “We represent the people’s money, and we have to be good stewards of that,” said committee member Rep. Stephen Fincher, R-Tenn. Never mind that Fincher received a $70,000 farm subsidy in 2012, according to the Environmental Work

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Farm Bill Could Reduce Transparency Of Agriculture Safety Net

2013-06-03T01:00:00Z

...actually farmers or to point out exactly how much money is flowing to individual members of Congress . For instance, Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.) and his wife received $70,574 in direct payments last year. Fincher's payments made headlines after he sa

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