Senator Lamar Alexander

Republican  •  Tennessee  •  2nd Term  •  Sworn In 2003
Current Term 2009 - 2014 View All
  • Votes with party 81%
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03/20/10
Berke, Cobb Sponsor Bill To Keep Foreign Nuclear Waste Out Of ...

They said their efforts are similar to those by Tennessee Congressman Bart Gordon and U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, who are sponsoring the Radioactive Import Deterrent Act in Congress to prohibit the import of foreign-generated radioactive ...

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03/20/10
Give Us Liberty

Sen. John Cornyn R TX Sen. CHRIS DODD D CT* Sen. Lamar Alexander R TN Sen. PATRICK LEAHY D VT** Sen. CARL LEVIN D MI* Sen. MARY L. LANDRIEU D LA* Sen. Richard Lugar R IN Sen.JOHN McCAIN R AZ Sen. John Kyl R AZ Sen. MARK WARNER D VA* ...

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03/20/10
Health reform and the specter of Alf Landon : 112977

John Cornyn (Texas), head of the Senate GOP campaign effort, calls 2010 a referendum on repeal. Sen. Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), the No. 3 Senate GOP leader, sees “an instant spontaneous campaign to repeal it all across the country. ...

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03/20/10
Birds of a Feather: Rehberg's Dirty Dozen Revealed

2-Greg Barkus. Who hasn't heard of Rehberg's friend and northwest Montana Republican Senator and liason currently charged with three felonies.   I'm talking about how he and Rehberg got wasted, Rehberg let a him drive drunk, and ran up an estimated $1.5

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03/20/10
WE HIT THE BOBBY STURGELL "EJECT" BUTTON: You're Gonna Let Senator ...

March 15, 2010 – The Ides Of March Honorable United States Senator Lamar Alexander (TN) 455 Dirksen Senate Office Building United States Senate, United States Capitol Washington, DC 20510 USA Dear Honorable Senator Alexander: ...

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03/20/10
Going Galt on Medicaid « Don Surber

I went to a townhall meeting held by Sen. Bob Corker (R. TN) (he held 24 of them, while Sen. Lamar Alexander (R. TN) didn't hold any), and suggested in writing that the Republicans should have a plan, and that one of the planks should ...

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03/20/10
Download Live Wire online | kerricave

President Obama took Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) to task today for misrepresenting what the CBO says health care reform will do to peoples' premiums. “Let me respond to what you just said, Lamar, because it's not factually accurate,” … ...

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03/20/10
“We live in the United States of Amnesia”

Sen. Lamar Alexander says it's just too darn hard to tackle the problems of an industry that accounts for 17 percent of our GDP. The last time we gave up when the going got tough, 1992, health care accounted for 13 percent of GDP. ...

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03/20/10
Download Distinguished Gentleman, The online | pittihall

Right Pundits Senator Lamar Alexander (R), distinguished gentleman from the great State of Tennessee, essentially opened up today's Health Care … Sen. Lamar Alexander makes opening remarks at White House health summit Washington Post … ...

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03/20/10
Give Us Liberty

Sen. John Cornyn R TX Sen. CHRIS DODD D CT* Sen. Lamar Alexander R TN Sen. PATRICK LEAHY D VT** Sen. CARL LEVIN D MI* Sen. MARY L. LANDRIEU D LA* Sen. Richard Lugar R IN Sen.JOHN McCAIN R AZ Sen. John Kyl R AZ Sen. MARK WARNER D VA* ...

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03/20/10
SEN. LAMAR ALEXANDER: Please, Mr. President, Listen to the People ...

Mar 19, 2010 By Sen. Lamar Alexander FOXNews.com The American people have tried to say in every way they know how to say that they don't want this.

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03/20/10
Chuck Cummins's CHUCKWAGON JOURNAL: HEALTH CARE REFORM

Obama and Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee argued over whether premiums would increase (Alexander's view) or decrease (Obama's), compared with what premiums would do in the absence of legislation. The truth is that for most ...

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03/19/10
Re:Generator Magazine » Blog Archive » They only have Dems best ...

“We have a responsibility to ensure that the rules of the Senate are not abused,” said Sen. Lamar Alexander, of Tennessee, the No. 3 Senate GOP leader. Why are GOP lawmakers expressing such concern? Because they'd hate to see the ...

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03/19/10
Health Care Fight Is The True March Madness | Fix Health Care Policy

Making Health Care Cost More for Individuals. President Obama and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R, TN) publicly sparred over whether the bill would make individual coverage cost less or more than it does already. Eventually, Obama was forced to ...

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03/19/10
Republicans work hard to sway Dems | Akira Daily News

“We have a responsibility to ensure that the rules of the Senate are not abused,” said Sen. Lamar Alexander, of Tennessee, the No. 3 Senate GOP leader. Another tactic Republicans could try: offering a potentially limitless series of ...

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03/19/10
Hell On Earth: SEN. LAMAR ALEXANDER: Please, Mr. President, Listen ...

SEN. LAMAR ALEXANDER: Please, Mr. President, Listen to the People. Read some common sense views on all the new taxes obamacare will bring. obama, pelosi and reid seem to think taxing insurance companies, drug companies and medical ...

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03/19/10
3/19/2010 - Berke, Cobb Sponsor Bill To Keep Foreign Nuclear Waste ...

They said their efforts are similar to those by Tennessee Congressman Bart Gordon and U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, who are sponsoring the Radioactive Import Deterrent Act in Congress to prohibit the import of foreign-generated radioactive ...

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03/19/10
Alexander says revisions to health reform would cost state « In ...

Sen. Lamar Alexander said this morning that changes in the health reform legislation released by Democratic congressional leaders on Thursday would cost Tennessee $186 million to $214 million over five years. ...

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03/19/10
Student Loan Reform in Health Bill Would Save More Than $60 ...

Critics have not contested the central facts about the reform proposal — that it would produce significant budget savings that would be used to make college more affordable. Instead, some critics, such as Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN),[5] ...

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03/19/10
A Final Weekend of Whoppers? | Extreme Conservatives

Obama and Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee argued over whether premiums would increase (Alexander's view) or decrease (Obama's), compared with what premiums would do in the absence of legislation. The truth is that for most ...

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03/19/10
Bipartisan Meeting on Health Financial literacy Reform: Part 1

President Obama and Congressional leaders from both parties meet to discuss health reform at the Blair House in Washington, DC Opening remarks by President Obama, Sen. Lamar Alexander (TN), and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA). ...

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03/19/10
2loan: 19 Million Students Will Be Overcharged for Student Loans ...

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today issued the following statement on preliminary estimates by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the cost of the reconciliation package, ...

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03/19/10
The Pharma Compliance Blog: Your Space. For Your Space.: What to ...

Sen. Lamar Alexander, a Republican from Tennessee said, "Our country is too big, too complicated, too decentralized for Washington, a few of us here, just to write a few rules about remaking 17 percent of the economy all at once. ...

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03/19/10
Sen. Alexander gushes on NRC appointments | Frank Munger's Atomic ...

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, the Tennessee Republican, hasn't had much nice to say about the Obama administration over the past year, what with health care, etc. But today Alexander had nothing but praise following the Senate's ...

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03/19/10
Give Us Liberty: Deemed A Fraud

JESSE L. JACKSON JR. D IL* Sen. John Cornyn R TX Sen. CHRIS DODD D CT* Sen. Lamar Alexander R TN Sen. PATRICK LEAHY D VT** Sen. CARL LEVIN D MI* Sen. MARY L. LANDRIEU D LA* Sen. Richard Lugar R IN Sen.JOHN McCAIN R AZ Sen. John Kyl R AZ.

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03/19/10
Grambling History State University » University Of Tennessee ...

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, a former governor and president of UT, will give the event's keynote address “Research and the Public Good,” on Monday, March 22, at 8 a.m. inside the Howard H. Baker Center for Public Policy's Toyota ...

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03/19/10
Obama Smacks Down Fibbin' GOP Senator at Health Care Summit | Just ...

President Obama took Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) to task today for misrepresenting what the CBO says health care reform will.

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03/19/10
Insurance News - 19 Million Students Will Be Overcharged for ...

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today issued the following statement on preliminary estimates by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the cost of the reconciliation package, ...

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03/18/10
Duncan on the Hill: ESEA does it - California's Children

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.—himself a former federal education secretary—deemed it “an excellent beginning,” particularly its support for rewarding districts that are making strides in raising student achievement.....Rep.

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03/18/10
ISS - Senators who opposed jobs bill come from states hit hard by ...

Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Kit Bond of Missouri, Scott Brown of Massachusetts, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Thad Cochran of Mississippi, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, James Inhofe of Oklahoma, George LeMieux of Florida, ... Following a c

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Official website: http://alexander.senate.gov/public/
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455 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-4944
Fax: 202-228-3398

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