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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11/19/09
Montgomery County nursing home in ...

...after the Senate passed its version of a military and construction bill that included $83 million for Fort Campbell, U.S. Rep. John Ta...

11/18/09
Tanner urges support for Montgomer...

...plan, one of Tennessee's representatives urged continued support for a 140-bed veterans nursing home in Clarksville. Rep. John Tanner,...

11/16/09
Date set for food waste recycling ...

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

Source: Oxford Mail
11/15/09
Health reform will help people wit...

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 s...

...Control and Prevention and to local health departments. Some members, including Reps. Lincoln Davis, D-Pall Mall, and John Tanner, D-U...

11/15/09
Congress gets ready to face down s...

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

Source: The Tennessean
11/12/09
This Is Not the Cycle for an Incum...

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 ...

Source: National Review Online (blog)
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 wa...

Source: New York Daily News
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'...

Source: Irish Echo
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 ...

Source: 4ni.co.uk

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11/19/09
Top 10 Veterans News from Around t...

The Clarksville (TN) Leaf Chronicle (11/19, Lowary, 19K) reports, "A day after the Senate passed its version of a military and Veterans A...

11/19/09
Lots of Good Political News Today ...

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 e...

11/18/09
Tanner meets with top NATO leaders...

EDINBURGH – U.S. Rep. John Tanner discussed the future of the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan in meetings with top NATO leaders while pre...

11/18/09
Pakistan warns against premature w...

Senator Bokhari held meetings with NATO PA President John Tanner and Air Marshal Christopher Harper, Deputy Commander, NATOÆs Allied Join...

11/18/09
Infidel Bloggers Alliance: Natural...

Bart Stupak, a Michigan Democrat (and Catholic) who sponsored the amendment, together with Pennsylvania Republican representative Joseph ...

11/18/09
Washington home of politically eli...

...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...

Source: Facing South
11/18/09
ISS - Washington home of political...

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 m...

11/18/09
NewsTalk 101.5 FM News » Blog Arch...

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

11/18/09
Sessions Pursuing "Broad Brush" Ap...

Sessions and McCarthy are particularly enamored of Steve Fincher (R), a gospel singer and farmer who got off to a rapid fundraising start...

11/17/09
The Rule of Reason :: Weblog of th...

Bart Stupak, a Michigan Democrat (and Catholic) who sponsored the amendment, together with Pennsylvania Republican representative Joseph ...

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

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