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July 22, 2008 For sick nuclear workers, shifting rules form quagmire of despair
Labor Secretary Elaine Chao was warned three years ago by a bipartisan group of powerful Senators â including Obama, Hillary Clinton, Lamar Alexander and ...
July 22, 2008 Fedex founder Smith named delegate to GOP convention
The honorary chairman of the Tennessee delegation will be Sen. Lamar Alexander. Blackburn will serve as an at-large delegate.
July 22, 2008 Nissan celebrates new HQ, 25 years in South
Phil Bredesen, Republican US Sen. Lamar Alexander and many Nissan employees, Carlos Ghosn said the company working with its partner Renault is focused on ...
July 22, 2008 Dedication Held Of Nissanâs $100 Million Headquarters
Sen. Lamar Alexander today gave the following remarks while joining Gov. Phil Bredesen and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn to celebrate the dedication of Nissan ...
July 22, 2008 Nissan Americas opens Cool Springs headquarters
In front of crowd of mostly Nissan corporate employees, Nissan top executives along with Sen. Lamar Alexander and Gov. Phil Bredesen thanked everyone under ...
July 21, 2008 Can you feel it? America's turning red, white and GREEN
Even Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander, who has little use for windmills, proffers optimism. Recently he proposed legislation to prevent other nations from ...
July 21, 2008 Monday Morning Quarterbacking: What Other Towns Are Saying About ...
He also noted Tennessee's strong recruitment team, which included Sen. Lamar Alexander, a former Tennessee governor; US Rep. ...
July 21, 2008 Phil the Dealmaker: Volkswagen announcement is latest deal
... and heâsa good dealmaker, whether itâs with the Titans or with the Nissan headquarters or with Volkswagen,â said Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn. ...
July 21, 2008 Money for Tennessee ag
Here's the full release from Sen. Lamar Alexander's office. US Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) today announced that the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Agriculture ...
July 21, 2008 Democratic Senate Race - Erika Kurre
... three weeks away and the Tennessee Democratic Party says there are three main contenders who could face incumbent republican Senator Lamar Alexander. ...
July 21, 2008 TENNESSEE ELECTION BRIEFS
WASHINGTON (AP) â Incumbent Sen. Lamar Alexander has no Republican primary opposition and so far has stayed above the fray of the candidates on the ...
July 21, 2008 Nissan dedication has root in Tennessee song
While working almost three decades ago to recruit the Japanese company, Republican US Sen. Lamar Alexander as governor used his piano talent to entertain ...
July 20, 2008 Democrats try to raise profile of Senate race
... of the Dickson high school to try to persuade the party faithful that they are the best candidate to take on Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander this fall. ...
July 20, 2008 Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn., Tom Griscom column: Chemistry ...
During the evening, Sen. Lamar Alexander, who is a skilled pianist, offered his rendition of "The Tennessee Waltz." Later at the announcement news ...
July 20, 2008 Tuke, Padgett spar for Aug. 7 vote
... Dickson High School to try to persuade the party faithful there that they are the best candidate to take on Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander this fall. ...
July 19, 2008 Dog And Pony Shows
Lamar Alexander has drawn enough taxpayer money. This man has been on government welfare for way too long. Its time we sent him the same way we sent welfare ...
July 19, 2008 Chattanooga: 'Choo Choo' hit right note with Volkswagen
Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander and Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen worked together in bipartisan fashion to help win over VW executives during cocktails and ...
July 19, 2008 Tennessee drives for bigger automotive stake
But US Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., who as governor a generation ago recruited both Nissan and General Motorsâ Saturn automobile assembly plants, ...
July 19, 2008 Alexander wants bans lifted on offshore drilling
That was the message brought from Washington DC on Friday by US Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. Speaking to about 55 areawide politicians, ...
July 18, 2008 Early voting begins for Aug. 7 primary
Incumbent US Sen. Lamar Alexander is unopposed in the Republican Primary, while Democrats Bob Tuke and Mike Padgett have been campaigning around the state ...
July 18, 2008 Alexander, Corker Secure $190 Million for State Military, Vets
WASHINGTON - US Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) Friday announced that the Fiscal Year 2009 Military Construction and Veterans ...
July 18, 2008 Alexander : Key To Lowering Gas Prices Is To âFind More, Use Lessâ
US Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tn.) said on Friday at an energy roundtable in Jackson that the key to solving the current energy shortage and high gas prices ...
July 18, 2008 Sen. Alexander visits West Tennessee
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., is in West Tennessee today. He will attend meetings in Madison, Carroll, Lauderdale and Shelby counties. ...
July 15, 2008 Tenn. officials hail VW decision on new auto plant
US Sen. Lamar Alexander, who helped bring the automobile industry to Tennessee when he was governor more than two decades ago, credited Bredesen, ...
July 14, 2008 SUBJECT: ENERGY POLICY ALSO PARTICIPATING: SENATOR PETE DOMENICI ...
ALEXANDER: I'm Lamar Alexander. I'm joined by Senator Domenici, our ranking Republican on energy and Senator Allard of Colorado. ...
July 12, 2008 Important Medicare bill rightfully passed
Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker). Where would 1 million Tennessee Medicare patients turn to if doctors refused to take on any new patients had the ...
July 11, 2008 Alexander: âTime to finish work in Iraqâ
By JIMMY SETTLE ⢠The Leaf-Chronicle ⢠July 11, 2008 US Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said today in Clarksville itâs time for the US military to âhonorably ...
July 11, 2008 Alexander Says Many Could Be Driving Electric Cars, Trucks In 5 Years
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) on Friday told the Sumner County Chamber of Commerce that in five years many of Sumner County residents could be driving ...
July 10, 2008 Bush will veto Medicare bill, White House says
At least one of the Republicans who flipped, Sen. Johnny Isakson (Ga.), has publicly confirmed he would cast his vote against the veto. Sen. Lamar Alexander ...
July 10, 2008 State-run health care would surely derail
Sen. Lamar Alexander believes that our nation has no greater obligation than to support those individuals who have braved the battlefield to keep us free. ...
