Governor Bill Haslam is term-limited and leaves office after 2018. In the meantime, there are several people, considering the job.
Category: Marsha Blackburn
Thornberry, Blackburn, Black to visit Fort Campbell
Fort Campbell says it’s expecting three members of Congress to visit the post this week to learn about military readiness and budget effects. A news release from the post on the Kentucky-Tennessee border said Republican U.S. Reps.
Rep. Duncan: Trump wrong that mediaa
Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. endorsed Donald Trump back when most other Republicans in Congress weren’t yet on board his presidential campaign. He likes Trump personally and agrees with him on most issues.
GOP members of Congress meet with protests at town halls
Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn returned to her district Tuesday in Tennessee and was greeted by tough questions on topics from health care reform to President Donald Trump’s cabinet appointees. She also was met with protests.
Sen. Blackburn Pleased With Trump’s Tough Take on Iran
The Trump administration is taking steps that are “very appropriate” when it comes to Iran, as the Middle Eastern country needs to be “put on notice,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn said Friday. “They know that they should not have tried that missile test,” the Tennessee Republican told Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” program.
GOP lawmakers go after ethics official who criticized Trump
House Republicans have shown no inclination to challenge President-elect Donald Trump on ethics matters. Instead, they are going after the federal ethics official who questioned Trump’s potential conflicts of interest.
GOP House panel: Halt federal money for Planned Parenthood
A Republican-run House panel created to investigate Planned Parenthood and the world of fetal tissue research has urged Congress to halt federal payments to the women’s health organization. Democrats said the GOP probe had unearthed no wrongdoing and wasted taxpayers’ money in an abusive investigation reminiscent of the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
Republicans primed for push to dismantle Obama’s policies
Members of the 115th Congress will be sworn in at noon Tuesday, setting off an aggressive campaign by Republicans who control the House and Senate to dismantle eight years of President Barack Obama’s Democratic policies. The first and biggest target is Obama’s signature health care law, which Republicans have long sought to gut and blamed as a primary cause for a economic recovery.
Inside the Beltway: Trump’s ‘true’ friends on Capitol Hill
It will be interesting to watch one of the world’s most canny dealmakers enter the White House. President-elect Donald Trump knows that dealmaking is an art rather than science, and wrote a best-selling book on the subject.