John Tanner News

As the 2010 campaign cycle begins in earnest, the central question in the House of Representatives is how many seats will Republicans win ? Few political observers or elected officials doubt that an energized GOP has a headwind at its back.

The health-care bill the House planned to vote on this weekend had been hailed as a historic milestone in the decades-long effort to increase the number of Americans with insurance while slowing the growth in health-care spending.

Rep. Jim Cooper on Saturday harshly criticized a landmark health care reform bill and said he didn't expect it to become law.

Over the next few hours : * Beware of the blue screen: Pelosi has exuded confidence that she will have the requisite 218-plus votes for passage, but sometimes land mines appear out of nowhere that put the bill in grave danger.

Two of the four middle Tennessee House Democrats who are part of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition will oppose a health care reform bill the House may bring to a vote on Saturday.

As the gubernatorial election results from Virginia rolled in Tuesday night, I swear I sensed Murfreesboro shiver.

Murray Hudson of Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints and Globes of Halls traveled to Washington, D.C. this week to meet with U.S. Congressman John Tanner and Sens.

From Alexander Bolton : "If it was up to me, I would figure out how to handle the war and fix the economy," said Rep.

State Rep. Judy Barker said that TDOT's "letting" process represents a big step forward for construction of Interstate 69 in Northwest Tennessee.

TNGOP Chair Chris Devaney is concerned about the potential passage of the health care bill: "The introduction of this 2,000 page legislation is a perfect example of President Obama and Speaker Pelosi turning their backs on the majority of Americans that continue to say a NO' to a government takeover of health care," said Devaney.

The White House and Congress could take up delayed free trade deals with Panama and Colombia once work on healthcare reform is done, two Democratic lawmakers who support the pacts, said on Thursday.

The country was struggling to emerge from a recession. A young, charismatic, Democratic president was fighting to pass an ambitious overhaul of the health-care system.

U.S. Rep. John Tanner said some military personnel can now apply for special retroactive payments to compensate for stop-loss orders that extended their enlistments.

Stephen Fincher , a gospel-singing farmer, has never lived outside of Frog Jump, Tennessee.

Last week, Gubernatorial candidate Mike McWherter visited Dickson Monday for a lunch hosted by the Dickson County Chamber of Commerce.

When it comes to health coverage, members of the middle Tennessee congressional delegation do better than many of their constituents.

U.S. Rep. Bobby Bright has almost $500,000 in the bank as he prepares to fight to keep his seat representing central and southeast Alabama in Congress.

A U.S. representative from Tennessee was joined by another lawmaker from across the aisle in Jackson Monday to discuss bipartisanship.

Republicans are congratulating themselves over the fundraising prowess of their 8th District Congressional candidate.

The main campaign headline is further down the front page. Now here is the rest of the goings-on in Campaign 2009/2010 for this Thursday... VA-Gov: New WaPo Poll Extends McDonnell's Lead To Nine The joy of the polling data in New Jersey gets tempered a little bit by the news out of Virginia, where a new Washington Post poll shows that Republican ...