Rep. John Tanner

Democrat  •  8th District, Tennessee  •  11th Term  •  Sworn In 1989
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
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11/19/09
Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 11-19-09 : Veterans ...

The Clarksville (TN) Leaf Chronicle (11/19, Lowary, 19K) reports, "A day after the Senate passed its version of a military and Veterans Affairs construction spending plan," US Rep. John Tanner (D-TN) "urged continued support for a ...

11/19/09
Lots of Good Political News Today | PoliPundit.com

Ike Skelton (MO-04), John Spratt (SC-05), Bart Gordon (TN-06), John Tanner (TN-08) and Rick Boucher (VA-09) are goners next year. Their eventual vulnerability is highly dependent on the quality of GOP nominees and the discipline of ...

11/18/09
Pakistan warns against premature withdrawal from Afghanistan ...

Senator Bokhari held meetings with NATO PA President John Tanner and Air Marshal Christopher Harper, Deputy Commander, NATOÆs Allied Joint Force Command. The Senator in his interactions underscored the need for NATOÆs long term ...

11/18/09
Sessions Pursuing "Broad Brush" Approach - Hotline On Call

Sessions and McCarthy are particularly enamored of Steve Fincher (R), a gospel singer and farmer who got off to a rapid fundraising start after he decided to challenge Rep. John Tanner (D-TN). It is those types of candidates, ...

11/18/09
NewsTalk 101.5 FM News » Blog Archive » TANNER'S TAX RELIEF BILL ...

John Tanner (D-TN) and Dave Reichert (R-WA) announced that the National Education Association (NEA) endorsed their Teacher Tax Relief Act (H.R. 3758). The bill would increase and make permanent the maximum tax deduction available for ...

11/18/09
Tanner meets with top NATO leaders » Clarksville, TN Online

EDINBURGH – U.S. Rep. John Tanner discussed the future of the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan in meetings with top NATO leaders while presiding over NATO Parliamentary Assembly sessions in Edinburgh. The Parliamentary Assembly is NATO's ...

11/18/09
ISS - Washington home of politically elite Christian group loses ...

There have also been reports that Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) is a resident, though he refused to confirm that to his local paper. Other members of the group reportedly include Sens. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), and Congressmen Frank Wolf

11/18/09
Infidel Bloggers Alliance: Natural Allies Against Liberty

Bart Stupak, a Michigan Democrat (and Catholic) who sponsored the amendment, together with Pennsylvania Republican representative Joseph Pitts (an evangelical Christian), promised that they and other Democrats and Republicans would block ... Joining them

11/18/09
Washington home of politically elite Christian group loses tax-exempt status

...include Sens. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), and Congressmen Frank Wolf (R-Va.), Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.), John Tanner (D-Tenn.) and Lincoln Davis (D-Tenn.). Among the things that led to questions about the group's tax-exempt church status

Source: Facing South
11/17/09
The Rule of Reason :: Weblog of the Center for the Advancement of ...

Bart Stupak, a Michigan Democrat (and Catholic) who sponsored the amendment, together with Pennsylvania Republican representative Joseph Pitts (an evangelical Christian), promised that they and other Democrats and Republicans would block ... Joining them

11/17/09
C Street House No Longer Tax Exempt | TPMMuckraker

Rep. Bart Stupak D-MI Rep. Joe Pitts R-PA Rep. Ike Skelton D-MO Rep. Mike McIntyre D-NC Rep. John Tanner D-TN Rep. Lincoln Davis D-TN Rep. Dan Boren D-OK Rep. Heath Shuler D-NC. The anti-woman group..."keeping women in their place" ...

11/17/09
Windfall saves four city loos (From Oxford Mail)

What a complete tosser John Tanner is. He states "The toilets don't belong to councillors, they belong to the people of Blackbird Leys, Littlemore and Summertown, and we have listened to what people are saying.” ...

11/16/09
MEDICARE CUT $500 BILLION -- BABYBOOMERS AND YOUTH DISADVANTAGED ...

Rep. Charlie Melancon (LA) 30. Rep. Walt Minnick (ID) 31. Rep. Scott Murphy (NY) 32. Rep. Glenn Nye (VA) 33. Rep. Collin Peterson (MN) 34. Rep. Mike Ross (AR) 35. Rep. Heath Shuler (NC) 36. Rep. Ike Skelton (MO) 37. Rep. John Tanner (TN ...

11/16/09
A Jacksonian Republican sweep? | San Francisco Examiner

Tennessee 8, John Tanner, 1988, 56. Texas 17, Chet Edwards, 1990, 67. Virginia 2, Glenn Nye, 2008, 49. Virginia 5, Tom Perriello, 2008, 51. Virginia 9, Rick Boucher, 1982, 59. West Virginia 1, Alan Mollohan, 1982, 57 ...

11/16/09
A Jacksonian Republican sweep? | Washington Examiner

Tennessee 8, John Tanner, 1988, 56. Texas 17, Chet Edwards, 1990, 67. Virginia 2, Glenn Nye, 2008, 49. Virginia 5, Tom Perriello, 2008, 51. Virginia 9, Rick Boucher, 1982, 59. West Virginia 1, Alan Mollohan, 1982, 57 ...

11/16/09
Conservative leaders support Obama's Gitmo plan - MotownSports.com ...

In a joint statement prepared by the Constitution Project, David Keene, founder of American Conservative Union, Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, and former representative and presidential candidate Bob Barr say moving ... Jim Marsha

11/15/09
Babble On: My Day

We signed a resolution to let Congressman John Tanner know that we do not like his voting record, especially on health care reform and that we will support other Democratic candidates now. Then I went to lunch at Lugo's with a friend I ...

Source: Babble On
11/15/09
Berry Laker: Steve Kagen's Distrust of All Americans

Rep. Greg Walden, an Oregon Republican, announced via Twitter in October that he had contracted swine flu. Family members of some House members came down with the virus. So did several congressional pages, who were subsequently quarantined. So far, the on

Source: Berry Laker
11/15/09
Weekly 2010 update: Connecticut's landscape is shuffled as North ...

former Rep. Rob Simmons will not run. IL-Gov, Dem, attorney Ed Scanlan is running community activist William Walls is running. IL-Gov, GOP, Adam Andrzejewski is running DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett will not run ... If John Tanner wants t

11/14/09
Media Lens Message Board: Afghanistan; "a struggle between the ...

US Congressman John Tanner, president of the : Nato parliamentary assembly, said countries : had to come together to fight : "evil" as they had done during : World War II." : : : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8358134.stm : ...

11/13/09
The John Tanner Story

:-)"Treasure in Heaven: The John Tanner Story" is a new short film from director TC Christensen. It tells the story of John Tanner, a Mormon pioneer who gave all of his wealth to the cause of the Latter-day Saints. ...

11/13/09
BlackPerspective.net » Blog Archive » How Tennessee ...

In the Tennessee Congressional delegation Democratic Representatives Lincoln Davis, Bart Gordon, and John Tanner joined Republicans Phil Roe, John Duncan, Zack Wamp, and Marsha Blackburn to vote against the health care bill. ... Louisiana Representative J

11/12/09
Moe Lane » Looking at the Cook Competitive Race Chart.

TN-8, John Tanner, R+6. CO-3, John Salazar, R+5. FL-16, Tom Rooney, R+5. VA-5, Tom Perriello, R+5. AZ-5, Harry Mitchell, R+5. AR-2, Vic Snyder, R+5. NY-29, Eric Massa, R+5. VA-2, Glenn Nye, R+5. AZ-8, Gabrielle Giffords, R+4 ...

Source: Moe Lane
11/12/09
Bart Stupak Threatens Dems If His Amendment Is Removed | Crooks ...

Rep. Bart Stupak D-MI Rep. Ike Skelton D-MO Rep. Mike McIntyre D-NC Rep. John Tanner D-TN Rep. Lincoln Davis D-TN Rep. Dan Boren D-OK Rep. Heath Shuler D-NC *All of these Democratic members need to be voted out of office. ...

11/12/09
Bart Stupak Says He Just Rents a Room at the C Street House, But ...

Rep. Bart Stupak knows that the first rule of the Family is that you're not allowed to talk about the Family. And the Michigan Democrat's silence has been golden for the secretive group behind the infamous C Street House. .... Ike Skelton ( D-MO),

11/12/09
Rhymes With Right - Big GOP Gains In House In 2010?

John Tanner, R+6. CO-3, John Salazar, R+5. FL-16, Tom Rooney, R+5. VA-5, Tom Perriello, R+5. AZ-5, Harry Mitchell, R+5. AR-2. Vic Snyder, R+5. NY-29, Eric Massa, R+5. VA-2, Glenn Nye. R+5. AZ-8, Gabrielle Giffords, R+4. NY-13 ...

11/12/09
Social Security Subcommittee Calls For GAO Investigation Of ...

US Rep. John Tanner, Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, has asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate reports that the Social Security Administration (SSA) often makes payments to disability ...

11/12/09
The Daily Politics - NY Daily News

Of the House members voting for the Stupak amendment, 8 are members of the C Street house machinations: Rep. Bart Stupak D-MI Rep. Joe Pitts R-PA Rep. Ike Skelton D-MO Rep. Mike McIntyre D-NC Rep. John Tanner D-TN Rep. ...

11/11/09
Allvoices.com - All Republicans should be “Cao'd”

•Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) •Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD) •Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) •Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL) •Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) •Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ) •Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) •Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) •Rep. John Tanner (D-TN) ...

11/11/09
Stupak, Stupid, It's the Pitts! « HYSTERICAL RAISINS

Stupak-Pitts isn't just “the biggest restriction on women's right to choose in our generation,” as Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado puts it; it's also evidence that on abortion the Democratic Party is now captive, just like the GOP, ... C.,

Official website: http://www.house.gov/tanner/
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1226 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-4714
Fax: 202-225-1765

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