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From Terry Frank : The average House score for this index is a dismal 38 percent and the average Senate score is an even worse 35 percent.

For decades, Cincinnati's leaders have bemoaned the loss of people and businesses to distant suburbs and other cities.

I have never lived in a city that has so many fireworks displays throughout the year.

U.S. Rep. John Duncan Jr. says that while the nation is worried about the increasing unemployment rate, he's also concerned with "under employment." Speaking to the Alcoa Rotary Club Wednesday, Duncan said he's meeting more recent college graduates who can't find jobs in their field and are having to take restaurant jobs and other low-paying ...

Despite numerous compromises, Republican principles remain at the core of the newly adopted state budget, making it a pro-taxpayer, pro-education reform measure, state Rep.

Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. is the ranking member on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's Highways and Transit Subcommittee, which oversees the construction of roads and transit facilities and the development of national surface transportation policy.

UPDATED at 11:40 a.m.: Rep. Jason Chaffetz just got to the nub of the point in the House Oversight hearing underway right now, which is grilling Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on his role in strong-arming Bank of America to conclude its troubled merger with Merrill Lynch last year.

The Knoxville Republican has ridiculed the federal Air Marshal Service as a "needless, useless agency," argued that air marshals have "a cushy, easy job" that requires little more than sitting on a plane, and contended that the number of air marshals charged with committing crimes exceeds the number of arrests the agents themselves have made.

Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., R-Knoxville: "Those who seem to be the loudest in saying they are for the little guy are about to pass a bill that is going to hurt the little guy most of all.

The US House today passed legislation aimed at reducing carbon emissions by a final tally of 219-212. Rep.

We now have in our hands the 775-page Surface Transportation Authorization Act , which was released yesterday by James Oberstar , chairman of the House transportation committee.

It's hardly the first time U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. has taken on a government agency over what he considers wasteful spending.

The measure of political leadership is not found in the casting of a lockstep vote in favor of a proposal advanced by a president of your own party.

As a proud World War II veteran of the mighty Eighth Air Force, it is with heartfelt gratitude that I would like to thank HonorAir and associates for the wonderful veterans trip to Washington, D.C., on April 8. I would like to give thanks to U.S. Rep.

By Jill Dunn Although the U.S. Department of Transportation wants immediate approval of a short-term surface transportation reauthorization bill, which would allow more congressional deliberation on long-term transportation policy, House leaders released their funding plan requiring electronic on-board recorders on trucks.

On June 18, Reps. James Oberstar , chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Peter DeFazio , chairman of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, joined Reps.

U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. has several allies in Congress who want to give private companies, especially small businesses, a better opportunity to handle government jobs.

But that wasn't enough to block approval of the measure. The final vote was 226 in favor of the supplemental, 202 against.

U.S. Rep. John Duncan Jr., R-Tenn., said today that a oeenvironmental extremistsa and a oeradicalsa stand in the way of more being done to help the nationa s deteriorating transportation infrastructure.

By CCJ Staff With a push of a button, the SmartFIX40 completion countdown clock stopped, and Interstate 40 in downtown Knoxville officially reopened to traffic Friday, June 12, 18 days ahead of an already accelerated schedule.