Rep. Ben Chandler

Democrat  •  6th District, Kentucky  •  4th Term  •  Sworn In 2004
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 94%
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09/02/09
Boisterous crowd challenges Yarmuth on health-care reform

Some members of Congress, including US Rep. Ben Chandler, D-6th District, have refused to hold such meetings because they have often devolved into shouting ...

Source: Louisville Courier-Journal
09/02/09
Kentucky Blue Dog Rep. Chandler stays vague on health care reform

...[the Republicans] don't like that they're in the minority.'' About two dozen advocates for cancer treatment urged U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler on Tuesday to support health care reform that provides insurance for all Americans. In return, the Versailles Democ

Source: Miami Herald
09/02/09
RE: Ben Chandler

About two dozen advocates for cancer treatment urged US Rep. Ben Chandler on Tuesday to support health care reform that provides insurance ...

Source: MiamiHerald.com
09/02/09
Kentucky Blue Dog Rep. Chandler stays vague on health care reform

...tool goes here About two dozen advocates for cancer treatment urged U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler on Tuesday to support health care reform that provides insurance for all Americans. In return, the Versailles Democrat offered empathy, but few promises. Cha

Source: McClatchy
09/02/09
Kentucky: Is health care Chandler's Achilles' heel?

US Rep. Ben Chandler (D), now in his third term, has enjoyed easy re-elections for the past two cycles. In 2006, Chandler was sent back to Washington with ...

Source: Southern Political Report
09/02/09
RE: Ben Chandler

Charlie's “angels” on the committee include Congressmen Ben Chandler of Kentucky, GK Butterfield of North Carolina and Peter Welch of Vermont. ...

Source: RedState
09/02/09
Rangel-ing: Charlie Pays 'Angels' In Ethics Probe

Charlie's "angels" on the committee include Congressmen Ben Chandler of Kentucky, GK Butterfield of North Carolina and Peter Welch of Vermont. ...

Source: WCBS-TV New York
09/02/09
RE: Ben Chandler

Charlie's “angels” on the committee include Congressmen Ben Chandler of Kentucky, GK Butterfield of North Carolina and Peter Welch of Vermont. ...

Source: RedState
09/01/09
Chander Meets Cancer Survivors

As debate over healthcare reform rages on, Representative Ben Chandler sat down with one group that is intimately familiar with the healthcare system. ...

Source: WTVQ
08/31/09
RE: Ben Chandler

The only exception was Happy Chandler, governor of Kentucky and grandfather of current Representative Ben Chandler (Chandler appointed himself in 1939). ...

Source: AMERICAN.COM: A Magazine of Ideas, Online
08/30/09
People of various faiths pray for health care solution

Mayer also said she was upset that US Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Versailles, has declined to hold a town-hall meeting on health care in his district. ...

Source: Kentucky.com
08/30/09
People of various faiths pray for health care solution

Mayer also said she was upset that Democratic US Rep. Ben Chandler of Woodford County has declined to hold a town-hall meeting on health care in his ...

Source: Kentucky.com
08/29/09
Blue Dogs being fed well

...and pharmaceutical industries while Republicans received $81,086, according to public campaign finance data. In July, Rep. Ben Chandler of Versailles, a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, attended a campaign fund-raiser luncheon with seats starting at $5

Source: Kentucky.com
08/28/09
Chandler avoids town halls, tough questions (Posted August 28, 2009)

But when US Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Ky., said he wouldn't have a town hall meeting to directly answer questions about the “reform,” many in his district hit ...

Source: Bluegrass Institute
08/28/09
EKU gets biofuel research grant

Rep. Ben Chandler helped secure a $4 million earmark for the 2009 fiscal year that was passed down from the US Department of Defense (DOD) through the ...

Source: Richmond Register
08/26/09
Congressmen tour Depot construction

Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Rep. Ben Chandler, D-6th District, visited the site Tuesday morning for a briefing on progress at the site of the Blue Grass ...

Source: Richmond Register
08/26/09
McConnell, Chandler visit Army Depot's chemical agent-destruction ...

Mitch McConnell and US Rep. Ben Chandler wore hard hats and orange safety vests Tuesday as they toured a construction site where chemical weapons eventually ...

Source: Kentucky.com
08/26/09
Power Lines Along Newtown Pike Extension Will Be Buried

Mike Noyes, a member of US Rep. Ben Chandler's staff, read a statement from the congressman, who has been heavily involved in bringing the extension to ...

Source: istockAnalyst.com (press release)
08/26/09
Power lines along Newtown Pike Extension will be buried

Mike Noyes, a member of US Rep. Ben Chandler's staff, read a statement from the congressman, who has been heavily involved in bringing the extension to ...

Source: Kentucky.com
08/26/09
In KY, mcconnell Brags About Stimulus Projects, Requests More ...

Yesterday — the same day he asked for Recovery Act money to be diverted — mcconnell and Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) toured a construction site at the Blue ...

Source: Think Progress
08/25/09
News briefs from around Kentucky at 4:58 pm EDT

Mitch McConnell and Democratic Rep. Ben Chandler of Kentucky commended the progress made since their last visit to Blue Grass Army Depot a year ago, ...

Source: Kentucky.com
08/25/09
Power lines along Newtown Pike Extension will be buried

Mike Noyes, a member of US Rep. Ben Chandler's staff, read a statement from the congressman, who has been heavily involved in bringing the extension to ...

Source: Kentucky.com
08/25/09
McConnell, Chandler visit Blue Grass Army Depot

...RICHMOND — U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler wore hard hats and orange safety vests Tuesday as they toured a construction site where chemical weapons eventually will be destroyed at the Blue Grass Army Depot. McConnell and Chandler

Source: Kentucky.com
08/25/09
Senator Mitch McConnell On Tour

Senator Mitch McConnell and Representative Ben Chandler visited the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond Tuesday, August 25, 2009. They put on safety goggles ...

Source: WBKO
08/24/09
US Rep. Ben Chandler says any proposed health

US Rep. Ben Chandler says any proposed health care reform plan must preserve consumers' ability to make their own health care choices. ...

Source: State-Journal.com
08/23/09
Chandler Avoids Town Halls

But when US Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Ky., said he wouldn't have a town hall meeting to directly answer questions about the “reform,” many in his district hit ...

Source: iSurfHopkinsCo
08/23/09
Reform a 'galvanizing' topic

Rep. Ben Chandler, D-6th District, hasn't held any public forums on the topic, citing concerns that protesters have disrupted such meetings in other states. ...

Source: Louisville Courier-Journal
08/21/09
More heat, less light

In Kentucky, Rep. Ben Chandler's spokeswoman cited the "lack of civility" in explaining why the Lexington-area Democrat would not hold public town halls on ...

Source: Cincinnati.com
08/21/09
Chandler avoids town halls, tough questions

But when US Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Ky., said he wouldn't have a town hall meeting to directly answer questions about the “reform,” many in his district hit ...

Source: Times Tribune of Corbin
08/21/09
Leaky roof rains on fundraising success

US Rep. Ben Chandler presented Thorn Hill with a $237000 check in April for roof repairs, but the project still faces approval and a bidding process. ...

Source: State-Journal.com

Official website: http://chandler.house.gov/
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1504 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-4706
Fax: 202-225-2122

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