Rep. John Tanner

Democrat  •  8th District, Tennessee  •  11th Term  •  Sworn In 1989
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 95%
  • Abstains: 9%

11/07/09
2 top TN Dems to oppose health bill

...the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition will oppose a health-care reform bill the House might bring to a vote today. Rep. John Tanner of Union City said Friday the House bill wouldn't do enough to control health-care costs and would create a system

11/07/09
Tanner, Gordon to oppose health bill

...the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition will oppose a health care reform bill the House may bring to a vote on Saturday. Rep. John Tanner of Union City said Friday the House bill wouldn't do enough to control health care costs and would create a sy

11/06/09
Tanner, Gordon to oppose health reform bill

...conservative Blue Dog Coalition will oppose a health care reform bill the House may bring to a vote on Saturday. Rep. John Tanner of Union City said Friday the House bill wouldn't do enough to control health care costs and would create a system unsustai

Source: WBIR
11/02/09
House Overview: One Year Out, Parties Prep for the Big Dance

...been seriously challenged in many years. This subset includes Reps. Vic Snyder (Ark.), Ike Skelton (Mo.), Bart Gordon (Tenn.) and John Tanner (Tenn.). Those four districts voted decisively for McCain, but the Republicans didnt put up a serious fight in

Source: Roll Call
10/27/09
GOP Picks Promising ‘Young Guns’ Candidates

...emerged only recently after posting impressive fundraising showings in the third quarter. Farmer and gospel singer Stephen Fincher, for example, came from nowhere to top Democratic Rep. John Tanner ’s receipt total by $252,000 in Tennessee’s 8th Dis

Source: CQ Politics
10/26/09
$1 Million in Additional Funding Secured to Accelerate Production of Micro ...

Dr. John Tanner, President and founder of Tanner Research, Inc., announced today that the Defense Logistics Agency awarded a contract for $1 million in new ...

Source: PR-USA.net (press release)
10/25/09
Fights brew for Tennessee congressional seats

...Democratic incumbents from July through September, third-quarter campaign finance reports show. Fincher, running against Rep. John Tanner in the 8th District, raised $303,250 during the quarter the first quarter he's raised money and had spent none of i

10/25/09
Fights brew for Tennessee congressional seats

...Democratic incumbents from July through September, third-quarter campaign finance reports show. Fincher, running against Rep. John Tanner in the 8th District, raised $303,250 during the quarter the first quarter he's raised money and had spent none of i

10/25/09
Fights brew for Tennessee congressional seats

Fincher, running against Rep. John Tanner in the 8th District, raised $303250 during the quarter — the first quarter he's raised money — and had spent none ...

Source: The Tennessean
10/25/09
Fights brew for Tennessee congressional seats

...Democratic incumbents from July through September, third-quarter campaign finance reports show. Fincher, running against Rep. John Tanner in the 8th District, raised $303,250 during the quarter the first quarter he's raised money and had spent none of i

10/24/09
Reps. John Tanner and Marsha Blackburn Defending Patents: Write Hillary ...

Marsha Blackburn and John Tanner reiterated the position in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week. The 432-0 vote on an amendment to the ...

Source: American Chronicle
10/23/09
Democrats Request Nancy Pelosi Allow Vote to Axe Abortion in Health Care

Travis Childers, Jack Murtha, Dale Kildee, Collin Peterson, Jerry Costello, John A Boccieri, Parker Griffith, John Tanner, Christopher Carney, Heath Shuler, ...

Source: LifeNews.com
10/23/09
Maritime academy, SC4 to have sessions

Rear Adm. John Tanner, academy superintendent, and John Berck, academy director of admissions and enrollment management, will make presentations along with ...

Source: Port Huron Times Herald
10/22/09
Wounded Warriors get Social Security boost

Washington – US Rep. John Tanner, chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee, joined with colleagues in thanking ...

Source: Weakley County Press
10/21/09
Republicans Look to Farmer to Retake US House

... by Democrat John Tanner. It's a formula that worked for Democrats in 2006, who under the leadership of then Representative Rahm Emanuel regained control ...

Source: Bloomberg
10/21/09
Reagan Day Dinner Set by Dyer County GOP

They are running for the 8th Congressional District seat currently held by Congressman John Tanner. Unless someone else throws their hat into the ring, ...

Source: Lake County Banner
10/21/09
Rubio gains on Crist

...36-33. Poor fundraising numbers are not enough to put three Democratic incumbents on the party’s most endangered list. Reps. John Tanner (D-Tenn.), Lincoln Davis (D-Tenn.) and Vic Snyder (D-Ark.) were all outraised by their Republican opponents durin

Source: The Hill
10/20/09
Some Incumbents Slow To Start 2010 Money Chase

...in big fundraising quarters that eclipsed their Democratic rivals, freshman Rep. Harry Teague , D-N.M., and 11-term Rep. John Tanner , D-Tenn. Pearce outraised Teague by about $250,000 despite a very respectable quarter by the Democrat — $508,000 to $

Source: CQ Politics
10/20/09
$1 Million in Additional Funding Secured to Accelerate Production of Micro ...

MONROVIA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/20/09 -- Dr. John Tanner, President and founder of Tanner Research, Inc., announced today that the Defense Logistics ...

Source: SYS-CON Media (press release)
10/19/09
RE: John Tanner

M., and 11-term Rep. John Tanner , D-Tenn. Pearce outraised Teague by about $250000 despite a very respectable quarter by the Democrat — $508000 to $257000. ...

Source: CQPolitics.com
10/19/09
Waste strategy in tatters as councillors veto incinerator plans

John Tanner, Labour county councillor for Isis, said: “Putting waste in holes in the ground is the worst thing you can do. “The next worst thing you can do ...

Source: Oxford Mail
10/18/09
Good health-care plans cover lawmakers

Lamar Alexander and Rep. John Tanner, D-Union City. Rep. Lincoln Davis, D-Pall Mall, 66, is covered by Medicare and has a supplemental insurance plan ...

Source: The Tennessean
10/18/09
Roby, Bright add to campaign war chests

Jim Clyburn of South Carolina; $1000 from US Rep. John Tanner of Tennessee; and $1000 from US Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina. Commenting is intended as ...

Source: Montgomery Advertiser
10/18/09
Through the Looking Glass: A GOP Gerrymander of Tennessee

TN-08 (light purple, John Tanner - D) - All the most Democratic parts of western Tennessee that aren't Memphis. Tanner should be able to hold it easily, ...

Source: Swing State Project
10/18/09
Roby, Bright add to campaign war chests

...Employee's PAC; $3,000 from the American Bankers Association PAC; $5,000 from Compass BANCPAC; $2,000 from U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina; $1,000 from U.S. Rep. John Tanner of Tennessee; and $1,000 from U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina.

10/17/09
RE: John Tanner

Republicans have targeted Tennessee in recent months, and GOPer Steve Fincher's huge advantage over Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn.) in the third quarter was the ...

Source: The Hill
10/17/09
RE: John Tanner

Republicans have targeted Tennessee in recent months, and GOPer Steve Fincher's huge advantage over Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn.) in the third quarter was the ...

Source: The Hill
10/17/09
RE: John Tanner

Republicans have targeted Tennessee in recent months, and goper Steve Fincher's huge advantage over Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn.) in the third quarter was the ...

Source: The Hill
10/15/09
Candidate for Tanner's seat raises $300,000

...Fincher's campaign will report today that it raised $303,250 in September in its bid to unseat longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. John Tanner, with all but $2,900 raised in donations coming from the pockets of Tennesseans, according to the campaign. Tanner,

10/15/09
Toilets closure 'will hit elderly'

Labour city councillor John Tanner, board member for a cleaner, greener Oxford, said the toilets would close as early as Monday, with the Gloucester Green ...

Source: The Oxford Times

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

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