Rep. John Tanner

Democrat  •  8th District, Tennessee  •  11th Term  •  Sworn In 1989
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 95%
  • Abstains: 9%

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11/24/09
Disability denials troubling to leaders

...the number or nature of complaints against administrative law judges, saying the information would violate their privacy. Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn., who chairs the House subcommittee on Social Security, said Monday that the committee will "continue to f

11/23/09
Democrats ready to go-it-alone on health care reform — Schumer

The House passed its health care bill 220-215 earlier this month, with Congressman John Tanner of Union City among the lawmakers voting against the measure. ...

Source: Weakley County Press
11/22/09
Social Security disability claims denied more often in Delaware

Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn., who chairs the House Subcommittee on Social Security, also would not comment on the disparity directly, but issued a statement ...

Source: The News Journal
11/21/09
Millington may hire lobbyists to push plans

Bast, a resident of Eads, worked for US Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn., for two years before spending the last six years as a lobbyist for such clients as the ...

Source: DeSoto Appeal
11/20/09
Social Security disability backlog hearing convened

US Rep. John Tanner, chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, urged the Social Security Administration to continue its focus on ...

Source: Weakley County Press
11/20/09
Obama goes from radiant to radioactive

... John Spratt (SC-05, first term in 1983), Bart Gordon (TN-06, 1985), John Tanner (TN-08 since 1989) and Rick Boucher (VA-09 since 1983) may be in for the ...

Source: American Thinker
11/19/09
Tax relief act touted by national educators

John Tanner (D-TN) and Dave Reichert (R-WA) announced that the National Education Association (NEA) endorsed their Teacher Tax Relief Act (HR 3758). ...

Source: Weakley County Press
11/19/09
Cook Political Report: Obama Is 'Beyond Radioactive' in Key Democratic Districts

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. ...

Source: National Review Online (blog)
11/19/09
Montgomery County nursing home in military funding package

...after the Senate passed its version of a military and construction bill that included $83 million for Fort Campbell, U.S. Rep. John Tanner said just as much focus is needed on helping the veterans living in Montgomery County. Fort Campbell will see some

11/19/09
Disability claims taking longer

... Legal Services Inc. for the last 22 years, testified before the Ways and Means subcommittee on Social Security chaired by US Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn. ...

Source: DeSoto Appeal
11/18/09
Vulnerable Democrats in 2010--Where Should We Look???

... dog Volunteer State Dems including Congressmen Lincoln Davis, Bart Gordon, and John Tanner who represent the 4th, 6th, and 8th districts respectively. ...

Source: Election Dissection (blog)
11/18/09
Tanner urges support for Montgomery County veterans home

...plan, one of Tennessee's representatives urged continued support for a 140-bed veterans nursing home in Clarksville. Rep. John Tanner, who represents west and middle Tennessee in the House, included in the House version of the plan language calling for

11/16/09
Date set for food waste recycling to start in Oxford

City councillor John Tanner, executive member for a cleaner, greener city, said a food waste collection should have come first. Mr Tanner said: “Everybody ...

Source: Oxford Mail
11/15/09
Congress gets ready to face down swine flu

...Control and Prevention and to local health departments. Some members, including Reps. Lincoln Davis, D-Pall Mall, and John Tanner, D-Union City, have recorded public service television spots through the Health and Human Services Department, directing pe

11/15/09
Health reform will help people with expenses

7 when they voted "no" on this bill, including representatives from my home state of Tennessee — John Tanner and Marsha Blackburn. ...

Source: Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
11/15/09
Congress gets ready to face down swine flu

Lincoln Davis, D-Pall Mall, and John Tanner, D-Union City, have recorded public service television spots through the Health and Human Services Department, ...

Source: The Tennessean
11/12/09
News Of The Day »

Ike Skelton (D-MO), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), John Tanner (D-TN), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Dan Boren (D-OK), Heath Shuler (D-NC) -- only one was elected within ...

Source: New York Daily News
11/12/09
This Is Not the Cycle for an Incumbent House Democrat to Be Complacent

There are a lot of perennials in this mix — Chet Edwards, John Tanner, Baron Hill, Bart Gordon — but it's been a while since those guys have faced such a ...

Source: National Review Online (blog)
11/11/09
Reps. hail progress in North visit

Leading the"co-del" is Rep. John Tanner (D-TN) who said that this was the first time for most of the group to have been in Ireland. "We're impressed by what ...

Source: Irish Echo
11/10/09
Congressman requests probe into Social Security overpayments

By: AP WASHINGTON — US Rep. John Tanner, chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, has asked the Government Accountability Office to ...

Source: Weakley County Press
11/10/09
RE: John Tanner

Commenting on the visit, US Congressman John Tanner, Representative for Tennessee's 8th District in West and Middle Tennessee and Chair of the House Foreign ...

Source: 4ni.co.uk
11/09/09
Editorial: Grim prospects for health care reform

Among those voting no were Memphis area Democrats John Tanner and Travis Childers and Republican Marsha Blackburn. Democrats Steve Cohen, Marion Berry and ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
11/09/09
RE: John Tanner

That group includes the Blue Dogs among the House Democrats, including our own congressman, John Tanner of Union City. He was among 39 Democrats who voted ...

Source: Paris Post Intelligencer
11/09/09
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226, Walhalla Booking Date: 11/7/09 Walhalla City Police Public drunk/under the influence in public John Tanner Wike, 18 1154 Return Church Rd., ...

Source: Daily Journal
11/09/09
Our Town In Brief: 11/09/2009

This year's speakers include Cadet Daniel Heck and RADM John Tanner. The national anthem and the Mariner's Hymn will be sung by the Traverse City St. ...

Source: Traverse City Record Eagle
11/09/09
RE: John Tanner

That group includes the Blue Dogs among the House Democrats, including our own congressman, John Tanner of Union City. He was among 39 Democrats who voted ...

Source: Paris Post Intelligencer
11/09/09
Tanner votes 'no' on bill

Congressman John Tanner voted “no” on the controversial health care reform bill that passed the House by a vote of 220-215 Saturday, according to Randy Ford ...

Source: Weakley County Press
11/09/09
Tenn. delegation splits vote 2 "yes," 7 "no"

Fellow Democrats Lincoln Davis, Bart Gordon and John Tanner voted against the bill, which passed 240-194. All Republicans in the Tennessee delegation ...

Source: WZTV
11/09/09
Tennessee's Congressional Delegation Votes Mostly “No” on Healthcare Changes

Memphis Democrat Steve Cohen voted for the measure, but fellow party members Bart Gordon and John Tanner voted against the bill because they said in ...

Source: Nashville Public Radio
11/09/09
RE: John Tanner

Thus, a vote against a major Obama policy initiative would certainly seem to be the safe thing to do -- just as Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA) became the only ...

Source: TPMDC (blog)

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1226 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-4714
Fax: 202-225-1765

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