Listen Republican Bill Lee pledged to work toward creating safer neighborhoods and acknowledged his administration will face challenges with the opioid epidemic and access to health care, after he took the oath of office Saturday morning to become Tennessee’s 50th governor.
New Poll On Lamar Alexander May Pave Way For Re-Election Bid
Nearly two-thirds of Tennessee Republicans approve of the job Sen. Lamar Alexander is doing, according to a new poll released yesterday, in what could be an early step toward a bid for a third term. Alexander is expected to decide by the end of this year whether to run for re-election again in 2020. Showing […]
Tennessee Senators Reserve Judgment On Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh
Tennessee’s senators were complimentary of President Trump’s pick for the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday night, but they withheld explicit support. Republican Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker issued statements soon after the announcement.
Alexander’s Proposal Linking Energy Spending To National Park Maintenance Faces Pushback
Listen On a damp, cool morning at the Chimneys Picnic Area in the Smokies, cars bump along the crumbling pavement next to a rushing stream. Visitors are eager to gaze at the riot of violets and yellow trillium that lines the Cove Hardwood Trail. In fact, the trail is so popular that the parking lot […]
Alexander Focuses On Developing Non-Addictive Painkiller In Federal Opioid Response
This week, Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander launched the first hearings on a sweeping response to the opioid crisis. Alexander chairs the Senate’s health committee.
Senator Alexander Presses Again To Shore Up ACA Marketplace
Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander is putting some election-year pressure on Congress to shore up the individual insurance marketplace. As the head of the Senate’s health committee, he promised the bi-partisan legislation as a way to mitigate any damage from canceling the individual mandate to buy insurance.
A Tennessee Senator Wants School Counselors To Identify ‘Students Who Might Be Dangerous’
Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander says he’s on board with strengthening background checks, as the White House has implicitly endorsed. He also says there’s no excuse for inaction after the Parkland school shooting.
Sen. Alexander Encourages Democrats To Cross The Aisle On Immigration, Like He Did
Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander voted with most in his party on all but one of the immigration proposals put forward this week. The bipartisan legislation from the so-called “Common Sense Coalition” was swatted down by most Republicans. But Alexander voted with Democrats in favor of it.
Alexander Expects His Bipartisan Obamacare Fix Will Be Passed This Week
Sen. Lamar Alexander acknowledges that the final tax bill set to pass this week will increase health insurance costs for those who use the federal exchanges. But he says his bipartisan bill to stabilize the insurance marketplace will offset the cost increase.
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