Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Lamar Alexander [R, TN]

Pork Alert: 2009 Homeland Security

2008-10-09T00:00:00Z

...Committee Ranking Member Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee member Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) for the Southeast Region Research Initiative in Tennessee. To date, this organization

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Governor Convenes Local Leaders on Future of Clean Energy Technology in Tennessee

2008-10-09T00:00:00Z

...to Bredesen, Baker and Mr. Jacoby, confirmed speakers and moderators include both current U.S. senators from Tennessee, Lamar Alexander Bob Corker; TVA President and CEO Tom Kilgore; ORNL Director Thom Mason; UT President John Petersen; and Appalachian

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Campaigns shed early signs of clean race

2008-10-08T00:00:00Z

...has turned increasingly negative. "The limits are that the American people don't want to hear very much of it," said Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee. "The real limits are that in a debate, they are feet from each other and real people are in front of

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Goin' to town: McCain will try to make most of debate format

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

...that he can take on Wall Street, the terrorists, Congress and the special interests all at once," cracked McCain-backing Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). The joke by one of McCain's strongest supporters underscored the daunting task he faces with less th

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Dolly Parton, Josh Turner join in debate festivities

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

...under a tent on the lawn of the executive residence, featured Gov. Bredesen and former Tennessee governors Winfield Dunn, Lamar Alexander, Ned McWherter and Don Sundquist. Ann Ellington-Wagner, daughter of late Gov. Buford Ellington, also attended. Sen.

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Money talks

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

Senator Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican, said it's far too early for McCain's campaign to panic about their standing in the polls. ...

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McCain, Obama clash over causes, cures of crisis

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., a McCain supporter, felt such attacks would be less effective than tackling the crises weighing so heavily on voters. ...

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Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) Update - Environmental Protection ...

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

On September 11, 2008, Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) hosted a roundtable to discuss legislative methods to mitigate the harmful ...

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What McCain Needs to Do, According to Experts

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

Whit Ayres is a pollster and consultant who worked on Lamar Alexanderâ€™s 1996 presidential campaign and in numerous Senate and gubernatorial races. ...

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Sen. Alexander to launch new TV campaign

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

(AP) _ Incumbent Republican US Sen. Lamar Alexander is launching a statewide television ad to reintroduce himself to Tennessee voters. ...

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IRAQ: Marines, politicians fight to bring widow to US

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

...battalion commander, Lt. Col. William Seely, Maj. Jordan Walzer, several Tennessee congressional representatives, and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) petitioned the State Department to reconsider. Ferschke now plans to remain in Japan for the birth, bu

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Marine Corps News, news from Iraq - Marine Corps Times

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander was instrumental is working with the State Department. Marine Corps Times was unable to reach Alexander. ...

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Alexander airs first TV general election campaign ads

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

NASHVILLE - US Sen. Lamar Alexander starts airing tonight the first television commercials of his general election showdown with Democratic challenger Bob ...

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Alexander launches first TV ad

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

...Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander began on Monday airing his first television ad of the election campaign. The ad, titled "Good," focuses on Alexander's long public career as governor, U.S. Secretary of Education and now senator. It is narrated by soul gu

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Sen. Alexander To Launch Statewide Television Ad

2008-10-05T00:00:00Z

...Tenn. -- Incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander is launching a statewide television ad to reintroduce himself to Tennessee voters. The minute-long ad features images of Alexander over the years, dubbing him Tennessee's "senior statesman." The sp

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Alexander Gets Backup from "Great Tennesseans," Praises Bailout ...

2008-10-04T00:00:00Z

US Senator Lamar Alexander, a Republican up for reelection, got some bigtime help from Democratic friends Friday night. Memphis mayor Willie Herenton hosted ...

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Alexander to launch statewide television ad

2008-10-04T00:00:00Z

...Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander is launching a statewide television ad to reintroduce himself to Tennessee voters. The minute-long ad features footage of the former two-term governor over the years, and dubs him Tennessee's "senior statesman." Alex

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Y-12 out of mercury bill

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...of the toxic metal. That storage site, however, will not be the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge because U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander inserted language into the legislation that prohibits it. Alexander was unsuccessful in an earlier attempt to get a

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Navy Personnel Command celebrates 10-year milestone in Millington

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

"Ten fabulous years," is how R. Adm. Sonny Masso described the first decade during an outdoor, 10th anniversary ceremony attended by Sen. Lamar Alexander. ...

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Marine's widow gets visa

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...led to Ferschke being told she could not come back to the U.S. for the boy's birth. Lee Pitts, spokesman for U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said Wednesday that Ferschke had been issued a temporary visa and that the senator's office would immediatel

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