Zach Wamp News

For U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp and his housemates, the red-brick row house not far from the U.S. Capitol has always been a place where members of Congress can find solace from the pressures of politics and share Christian fellowship in private.

By Charles Maldonado Wednesday, July 8, 2009 The official tallies won't be available until July 15, but the celebrations began last week for the four candidates competing for the Republican nomination in the 2010 gubernatorial race.

But she may not get it : Mrs. Smith, a Hixson resident, is a former Wamp staff person and most recently was chairwoman of the Tennessee Republican Party.

In the race to assemble a campaign fundraising team for next year's Republican gubernatorial primary, Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam's apparent strategy is to recruit the same people behind the successes of others' recent statewide runs.

This one might have had more of an impact next week: U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn has resorted to the playbook used by a former Tennessee Republican Party chair now running for a congressional seat in East Tennessee.

Smith are aimed at a news release about President Barack Obama that the state GOP released last year.

Shelby County District Attorney General Bill Gibbons says he has raised about $415,000 for his gubernatorial campaign.

There was a cryptic moment in the emotional press conference South Carolina Gov.

Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester said Robin Smith's announced entrance into the 3rd Congressional District race should give Democrats all the ammunition they need to win the seat next fall.

Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen said Thursday he doesn't believe a governor "has to tell everybody what they're doing every moment" of the day, but "they are obligated to be in contact." "I think - going to ground' in the sense that you are not contactable in the case of an emergency is a huge problem," Gov.

The AP reports : Two top contenders for Tennessee's Republican gubernatorial nomination say they have raised a combined $5 million through the six-month fundraising period that ends at midnight.

U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp said Monday that what he likes most about the Better Business Bureau is its focus on trust and ethics.

State Sen. Bo Watson, R-Hixson, said Monday that he will not be seeking the congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep.

'Our next governor will be the Commander-in-Chief of the Tennessee National Guard, and no one has been more supportive or better understands the issues important to veterans, their families and the National Guard than Zach Wamp,' said Major General Dan Wood, Vietnam Veteran and former Tennessee Adjutant General.

All the major Tennessee gubernatorial candidates, who are now actively seeking contributions with an eye to a July disclosure deadline, have a history of actively making donations themselves - doubtless creating political goodwill, but with some unintended consequences.

Washington, June 26, 2009 - U.S. companies are continuing to invest in energy efficiency and to incorporate sustainable practices that will lower their future carbon emissions while creating jobs and helping their own bottom lines, corporate executives told a Capitol Hill gathering on June 25.

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.

Republican Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina and Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada have more in common than each confessing adultery in the past week - they both have been a part of the same secretive Bible study in a house on Capitol Hill.

Citizens Against Government Waste today released its preliminary analysis of the House version of the fiscal year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act.