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Tim Burchett

How misinformation spread rapidly in Tennessee after Hurricane Helene

Pierce Gentry, WUOTandJacqui Sieber, WUOT

January 7, 2025

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Since FEMA arrived in East Tennessee, the agency set up five disaster recovery centers and approved 6,600 applications and $25 million in aid. But many people have expressed skepticism or downright distrust of the agency.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: FEMA, Hurricane Helene, severe weather, Tim Burchett

Analysis: Tennessee’s congressional delegation is particularly partisan

Nina Cardona

May 15, 2024

Knoxville Republican Tim Burchett is the member of Tennessee’s congressional delegation most likely to reach across the aisle. But taken as a whole, the people who this state’s voters have sent to Washington D.C. rank pretty low for bipartisanship.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Andy Ogles, Bill Hagerty, Congress, Elections 2024, Marsha Blackburn, partisanship, Tim Burchett

Sen. Lamar Alexander: Congress Needs To Approve Trump’s Military Strategy In Iran

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

January 8, 2020

Members of the Tennessee congressional delegation have started to express their thoughts about the military situation in Iran. Their comments have split mostly along party lines. But, at least one Republican wants Congress to have a say in the strategy.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Iran, Jim Cooper, Lamar Alexader, Mark Green, Tim Burchett

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