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| Term Start | Term End | Role | State | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2012 | Senator | TN | Republican |
Committee Membership
Most Recent Sponsored Bills
Sponsored Bill Statistics
Recent Voting History
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S.3268 Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act of 2008 On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 3268 ) |
Aye July 22, 2008 |
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H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 5501 As Amended ) |
Aye July 16, 2008 |
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S.2731 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 On the Amendment (DeMint Amdt. No. 5077 ) |
Aye July 16, 2008 |
Voting Trends Analysis
- Most often votes with: Sen. John Thune [R, SD]
- Least often votes with: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
- Democrat most often votes with: Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
- Republican least often votes with: Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
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Bob Corker in the News
July 21, 2008 On VW, Prognosticators Were Wrong
"You know, the first time we ever talked about bringing them here was November of last year," said Senator Bob Corker. In the weeks leading up to the final ...
July 21, 2008 Haywood can be next mega-success
Phil Bredesen, Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matt Kisber, former Chattanooga Mayor and now US Sen. Bob Corker, and Chattanooga leadership ...
July 21, 2008 Chattanooga Leaders Woo VW
Senator Bob Corker even hosted three high profile dinners at his home. Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce leaders can't put a dollar figure on the recruitment ...
Bob Corker in the Blogs
July 23, 2008 Like Playing Cards With His Sisterâs Kids
Ususually an even-tempered bipartisan figure, Herman Wang notes Senator Bob Corkerâs increasing frustration with Democrats on the isssue of domestic oil production:. âMy daughters learned about supply and demand in elementary school,â ...
July 23, 2008 Breakfast Club 7/23/2008
... region be transformed by the tremendous economic impact and new job creation that will result from Volkswagenâs investment, our entire state will reap great benefits from suppliers and other supporting businesses. - US Sen. Bob Corker.
Source: Chattarati
July 23, 2008 Washington: Corker: Public backs new oil drilling
With the Senate deadlocked over a bill to tighten regulation of energy futures markets, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., has let fly with some of his most partisan comments to date, calling the Democratsâ focus on oil speculators a smokescreen ...
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On November 23, 2007 Bob Corker was featured on the homepage of OpenCongress:
Speaking at a luncheon at the Chattanoogan hotel on Tuesday, Bob Corker (R-TN) surprised the audience with remarks critical of the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war. "I was in the White House a number of times to talk about the issue [of Iraq], and I may rankle some in the room saying this, but I was very underwhelmed with what discussions took place at the White House," Corker, who has consistently voted in favor of Bush's war policies, said.
Campaign Contributions
Top Contributor: Miller & Martin ($74,550)
| Industry | Donation | % of total |
|---|---|---|
| Finance/Insur/RealEst | $2,296,831 | 27.3 % |
| Other | $1,229,397 | 14.6 % |
| Misc Business | $1,176,024 | 14.0 % |
| Health | $855,672 | 10.2 % |
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $720,076 | 8.5 % |
| Construction | $717,250 | 8.5 % |
| Transportation | $332,510 | 3.9 % |
| Energy/Nat Resource | $314,515 | 3.7 % |
| Communic/Electronics | $281,329 | 3.3 % |
| Ideology/Single-Issue | $240,712 | 2.9 % |
| Agribusiness | $229,450 | 2.7 % |
| Defense | $28,400 | 0.3 % |
| Labor | $1,000 | 0.0 % |
| Total: | $8,423,166 |
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Those who vote for unconstitutional warrentless wiretaps and vote to protect the criminals that violate our privacy are not worthy of the position they hold. It's impossible to justify undermining the very essence of our constitution in order to protect it. Another sell out.
I have been out of work since November 2007. My unemployment benefits have run out. My money has run out. I unable to obtain employment and need more time to continue my search for employment. I am at risk of losing my car. Gas prices continue to rise daily. I am highly skilled in my field. My State Rhode Island is one of the hardest hit with unemployment. I am 53 old and have worked hard all my life. I've paid taxes all my life, and this is how my country is treating me. Unbelievable. The Senate, House and President continue to play games as peoples life's are put in jeopardy. Totally disgusting. So all the extra time that I am not spending on looking for employment, I will dedicate to making sure any politician that votes nay on not extending unemployment insurance will be out of a job their next term by informing the public of their decision in every forum available. I will encourage others to do so as well. It is time in this country for the people to take control of their government again and take it out of the hands of the uninformed, out of touch, uncompassionate, ignorant, greedy, self absorbed fools that are the true terrorists ruining this country. Pass a fxxkxxg bill extending unemployment benefits or you will be out of a fxxkxxg job!!!!!!!!! Try to remember you work for all the PEOPLE of this country! And all those PEOPLE will remember how you vote on this issue.
As I sit here typing this, my mind is frantic with worry. I continue to wonder how my family and I will survive the next few months. I have been unemployed since October 2007. My full time job has been looking for employment….just looking takes hours. Thank God for the internet. Who could afford to do it the old fashioned way with gas costs so high.
I have managed to get a few temporary jobs doing odds and end work since that time, piecing it with my unemployment benefits that end this week and we have managed to barely survive. I received my last $188 payment via direct deposit today and I have no more benefits to receive.
We have some food but it will run out soon. We have no equity in our home and cannot sell it, because the market has erased our 20% down payment. We cannot sell our cars because we live in an outlying area with no public transportation and my husband has to have his car to go to work and I need mine to go on the few job interviews where I never get a call back. But you have to try anyway, right? We cannot drive back and forth because gas costs are too high.
We do not live above our means. We tried to do everything society said we should do. We purchased a reasonably priced home and avoided credit card debt as best as we could until we had to start charging the heat, electric, phone, and water bills on my credit card. Now, we will be paying for that during the next 10 years provided I can get a job now, but that looks unlikely. We depleted our savings and retirement plans so no chance of getting income from that. All we had left as extra income was the unemployment benefits that I receive to go with my husband’s income, but now unemployment is gone too.
Please, please, please, pass this bill. Otherwise, my family just like other American families will be homeless. We know we are blessed because at least we will have two cars to sleep in when we are foreclosed upon.
I wonder where we went wrong. We worked and never received any government assistance. As a matter of fact, we helped the government out because some years after paying taxes from each of our two paychecks, you guys decided we had not paid enough. So on April 15th of many of the preceding 30 years, we had to write you nice guys a check for whatever more you wanted to drain from us or the IRS would get us.
Now, we need your help and it just don’t seem like you are there for us like we were for you on those many April 15ths.
Please pass this bill so that we can have some relief from this economy. How anyone can say that this bill is useless is amazing to me. Obviously, they are in the minority of people who are just getting along fine because the majority of us are not!
I want to work, but I cannot find a job. I have a stable work history, excellent references, and a ton of education and certifications but all of that is useless because it means nothing in this job market. The economy is just too bad now and nothing seems to be working in anyone’s favor to make it better.
Of course, we appreciated the economic stimulus checks you guys made a big deal about but even that did not work as we only got $600 instead of the $1200 you promised. Somewhere along the line you came up with “it depends on filing status” though you didn’t say that in the beginning..
If my family and I don’t get this extension, like many other families, we are up the creek without a paddle.
Won’t you help us like we have helped you?
Lisa Douglas Drummonds,Tn
Thanks! for voting nay on S 3101 (Medicare Competitive Bidding Delay)...lets just turn this country into a socialistic society. Do you realize that by allowing competitive bidding you are making large companies get bigger and shutting down thousands of smaller Durable Medical Equipment companies, thus thousands of jobs have been lost. Medicare recipients have not been educated on this issue and are in for a scare. Thanks again....greed and money= US government!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is it taking so long to send out the letters for the emergency unemployment
extension? Why are we repeatedly being told to wait on letters. Are you all that
incompetent? It's not rocket science. People are hungry and can't pay
bills. School is about to start and my kids need
uniforms and shoes. What is the hold up and why can't we get any real
answers besides wait on the letters? God forbids, if you all get laid-off and
run out of money.It seems so ridiculous that there is no uniform system to handle this situation on the federal level. We are all long term unemployed and everyone is in dire need of their Extended Benefits. They know how to standardize the paying of our federal income taxes by April 15th. Why can't someone come up with a similar way to instruct the UE offices to handle this federally mandated extension? Maybe then you will understand the meaning of emergency.
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