Senator Lamar Alexander

Republican  •  Tennessee  •  2nd Term  •  Sworn In 2003
Current Term 2009 - 2014 View All
  • Votes with party 78%
  • Abstains: 2%

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11/20/09
Senate girds for Saturday vote, lo...

Democrats framed their mission in heroic terms. "This is about the woman with high cholesterol, or the man with heart disease, or the chi...

11/19/09
U.S. Senate confirms Hoosier nominee

...Nine other Republicans had joined Lugar in an earlier vote to stop a filibuster of Hamiltons nomination. Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexande...

11/19/09
Ban on importing nuclear waste pas...

...members began howling like dogs baying at the moon. The legislation is now eligible for consideration by the entire House. A companion...

11/18/09
Court nomination filibuster broken

...of Hamilton's home-state Republican senator, Richard Lugar. The Republican senators who voted to limit debate were Lugar; Lamar Alexan...

Source: Tulsa World
11/17/09
Two senators push to ramp up nucle...

...clean energy options with “mini-Manhattan Projects” named for the original U.S. atomic bomb push. Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) and Sen. Lamar...

Source: Grist
11/17/09
Senate Votes for Cloture on Hamilt...

...closely and pushing for a vote, the following ten Republican Senators voted with all Democrats to support cloture: Lamar Alexander (Te...

11/16/09
'Opt out' health care provision no...

...passed Medicaid in 1965, not all states initially signed up. Arizona didn't join the program until the 1980s. Sen. Lamar Alexander, ...

11/16/09
RE: Lamar Alexander

Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Jim Webb (D-Va.) today introduced the The Clean Energy Act of 2009, a bipartisan bill to promote further i...

Source: Augusta Free Press
11/16/09
RE: Lamar Alexander

Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., today are introducing a bill that includes ...

Source: National Journal (blog)
11/16/09
Jim Webb bails on cap-and-trade

On Monday, Webb and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) proposed their own energy bill that would double the use of nuclear power through the...

Source: Politico

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11/19/09
Truthdig - Reports - GOP Obstructi...

AP Photo / Manuel Balce Ceneta. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., right, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky., lef...

11/19/09
Tennessee Republican Party |

November 19th, 2009 – WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on his vote against the ...

11/19/09
It's Call Lamar Alexander and Aggr...

The move is strictly according to Senate rules, which say any senator can demand a bill be read in its entirety before debate begins. Whi...

11/19/09
Reid Rules Out Reconciliation? - G...

Republicans are getting more pointed with their criticisms of the bill. Sen. Lamar Alexander said the bill would have the intended conseq...

11/19/09
South Florida Lawyers: The Interes...

In a bipartisan bill introduced into the United States Senate in 2005 by then-Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman and Republican Senator ...

11/18/09
Activist Judges Begin Short March ...

...Those fools who voted to not take a stand for conservative principles included some faithful RINOs but a few surprises: Lamar Alexande...

Source: Moonbattery
11/18/09
MyDD :: The Alexander-Webb Nuclear...

GOP Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Democratic Senator Jim Webb of Virginia unveiled bipartisan legislation aimed at doubling nu...

Source: MyDD
11/18/09
Venture Nashville: War footing for...

Sen. Lamar Alexander and a Democrat co-sponsor have introduced the Clean Energy Act, calling for creating mini-Manhattan Projects and com...

11/18/09
Sen. Carper Supports EPA SO2 Emiss...

...efforts, including the current climate bill debate in Congress. The senator is working on a three-pollutant bill with Sens. Lamar Alex...

11/18/09
Matthew Yglesias » Can't Change En...

and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), noting they cannot support the cap-and-trade climate bill now churning through the Senate, said their...

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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