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Rep. Ben Chandler
Democrat • 6th District, Kentucky • 4th Term • Sworn In 2004
- 5 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 318 of 440) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 37 of 440)
- 131 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 324 of 440) 4 Made Into Law (Ranks 113 of 440)
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- Votes with party 94%
- Abstains: 1%
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Last ditch attempts to postpone the mandatory implementation of UIGEA regs
Republicans Geoff Davis, Harold Rogers, Edward Whitfield and Brett Guthrie, and Democrats Ben Chandler and John Yarmuth submitted a letter to US Treasury ...
RE: Ben Chandler
(It hasn't always helped his entire party, as we're sure the DSCC would have loved Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) to run for an open SEN seat.) But by and large, ...
The National Review: Remaking America, Pelosi Style
Marion Berry of Arkansas, Allen Boyd of Florida, Joe Donnelly and Brad Ellsworth of Indiana, Bart Gordon of Tennessee, and Ben Chandler of Kentucky. ...
Kentucky politicians choose winners and losers in gambling issue
Rep. Ben Chandler (D-Versailles) weighed in on the gambling issue in a recent op-ed piece published in the Herald-Leader and the Woodford Sun. ...
Notes from Washington | Obama in Wildcat blue and white?
7, Obama realized he didn't have a lot to offer Rep. Ben Chandler, D-6th District, who was pondering his position. Ultimately, the bill passed, but Chandler ...
Chandler gives business leaders good news, bad news on economy
The good news about the US economy is, “we have no inflation,” and the gross domestic product (GDP) has started to expand, US Rep. Ben Chandler told about ...
Bluegrass PRIDE gets nearly $1 million
...IRVINE — Nearly $1 million in federal funds for environmental programs were announced Friday by U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Versailles. The money goes to Bluegrass PRIDE (Personal Responsibility In a Desirable Environment), which will use it for a grant
Rep. Ben Chandler reveals the truth about himself
Rep. Ben Chandler (D-Versailles) spoke to fifth-graders at Elkhorn Elementary School in Frankfort yesterday, telling them that his no-vote on health care ...
Bluegrass PRIDE gets nearly $1 million
IRVINE — Nearly $1 million in federal funds for environmental programs were announced Friday by US Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Versailles. ...
Dean criticizes Chandler's vote on health care
... 2009 Former Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean said Thursday that he was “deeply disappointed” in US Rep. Ben Chandler's vote against health care ...
Health overhaul proposals test limits of Democrats' unity
...of the Democratic members of Congress in conservative districts are running into" difficulty on health care votes. Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Ky., a target of Republican and Democratic criticism who voted "no" on the health reform bill, is a case in point. "
Hundreds gather at Camp Nelson for Veterans Day program
The Veterans Day program included a speech by US Rep. Ben Chandler. Vietnam veteran Ronald W. Stone knelt at the graves of his father, WWII Army veteran ...
mcconnell cuts ribbon for Murray Industrial Park
There were 39 democrats who opposed it, including Congressman Ben Chandler from our state. And it was a tough sell, why was it a tough sell. ...
Health Overhaul Proposals Test Limits Of Democrats' Unity
Politico reports that votes on a health care bill are subjecting some Democrats to fierce attacks - from other Democrats. "For some of 39 House Democrats who opposed the bill, there are protests outside their offices and promises of retribution. For
Former Fletcher aide running for Congress
...The Lexington lawyer is the first Republican to formally announce his candidacy for the seat held by Ben Chandler, D-Versailles. Barr formed an exploratory committee in September and had raised more than $185,000 by the end of September. In his speech
Obama call couldn't persuade Chandler
... 2009 WASHINGTON — A last-minute phone call from President Obama couldn't persuade US Rep. Ben Chandler to vote in favor of a health-care reform bill ...
Election Day 2009 Begins to Impact Election Day 2010
The Lexington lawyer is the first Republican to formally announce his candidacy for the seat held by Ben Chandler, D-Versailles. Barr formed an exploratory ...
Obama call couldn't persuade Chandler to support House health-care bill
...A last-minute phone call from President Obama couldnt persuade U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler to vote in favor of a health-care reform bill plan that he says failed to meet the presidents own priority reducing skyrocketing medical costs. Chandler was one of 39
RE: Ben Chandler
Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Ky., a target of Republican and Democratic criticism who voted "no" on the health reform bill, is a case in point. ...
Commentary: A disappointing vote against health care reform
...costs are the world's highest by far. That tells us there will be no cure for runaway costs without universal coverage. Rep. Ben Chandler apparently didn't buy that line of reasoning. He was one of 39 Democrats who joined all but one Republican in vot
Health care, climate change votes could dog Blue Dog
WASHINGTON — For Democratic Rep. Ben Chandler, controversial votes against a health care overhaul backed by the House Democratic leadership and for cap-and-trade energy policies that could lead to penalties for his state's leading industry are like
Election Day 2009 Begins to Impact Election Day 2010
The Lexington lawyer is the first Republican to formally announce his candidacy for the seat held by Ben Chandler, D-Versailles. Barr formed an exploratory ...
Guard our freedom
Their congressman, Ben Chandler, although elected to his office as a Democrat, voted for the Stupak Amendment. I hope he doesn't get too excited about the ...
It's official; Barr will challenge Rep. Ben Chandler
LEXINGTON - Republican Andy Barr made his challenge for the Sixth District Congressional seat, currently held by Rep. Ben Chandler (D-Versailles), ...
Kentucky's Chandler draws a GOP rival for 2010 race
...have. The Lexington lawyer is the first Republican to formerly announce his candidacy for the seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Versailles. Barr formed an exploratory committee in September and had raised more than $185,000 by the end of
Democrat Defectors from Rural Districts
Rep. Ben Chandler (KY-6) and Rick Boucher of southwest Virginia had both been early Obama supporters, but both voted against the health reform bill citing ...
Competing programs hamper Kentucky's prescription drug abuse fight
Ben Chandler and Ed Whitfield -- have complicated matters. Since 2002, the Somerset Republican's eponymous Hal Rogers Prescription Monitoring Program, ...
Kentucky lawmakers at odds over pill-tracking programs
...plagued by what one prosecutor called a tsunami of pills from out of state, favors one approach to track the flow of drugs. Reps. Ben Chandler and Ed Whitfield support an alternate plan, which competes with Rogers for limited federal dollars. From his s
RE: Ben Chandler
Rep. Ben Chandler (KY-6) and Rick Boucher of southwest Virginia had both been early Obama supporters, but both voted against the health reform bill citing ...
Chandler votes against health care bill
WASHINGTON — Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Versailles, who faced sharp pushback from conservatives over his failure to ...
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