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7 hrs ago | The Knoxville News Sentinel

TN Governor: GM wanted too much

Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen said Wednesday that Tennessee wouldn't have met General Motors' cash requirements to build a small car at its Spring Hill plant even if the state's finances were in better shape.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Governors, Phil Bredesen, Automakers, General Motors, Spring Hill, TN, Movies, Entertainment

Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Greenville Sun

Funding For Rocky Fork Clears Senate Committee

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said Thursday that the appropriations bill he co-authored has been approved by the Appropriations Committee, with a number of state projects funded.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, Tusculum, TN

Wed Jul 01, 2009

The Tennessean

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A new Republican group is eyeing Tennessee's growing number of Latino voters, attempting to organize them in time for the 2010 gubernatorial election.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, Republican, US Governors, Phil Bredesen, Nashville, TN

Tue Jun 30, 2009

WKRN-TV Nashville

Leaders disappointed but say Spring Hill plant will prevail

General Motors has officially announced it has chosen its plant in Orion Township, Michigan to build its new small car.

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Related Topix: Spring Hill, TN, Automakers, General Motors, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Mon Jun 29, 2009

The Detroit News

Tesla loan does not add up

The redistribution of your tax dollars to others, including Corporate America, isn't something you can figure out no matter how hard you try.

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Related Topix: Tesla Roadster, Automakers, Ford Motor, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Smyrna, TN

Sun Jun 28, 2009

MediLexicon

Dodd Stretched Thin On Finance And Health Roles

Critics are saying that Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., cannot handle his role in financial regulatory reform while he sits in for ailing Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, Rob Simmons, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Health

Sat Jun 27, 2009

The Daily News Journal

Bredesen, Tenn. senators disappointed, but optimistic on Spring Hill

Below are reactions from Tennessee government officials on General Motor's decision to produce its news sub-compact car at a plant in Michigan rather than at the Spring Hill facility.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, Spring Hill, TN, Tennessee Government, Tennessee

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Desert Beacon

Beltway Hold'em: Koh nomination moves forward, Johnsen on hold, S. Res. 187 hold still anonymous

More filibustering fun from the U.S. Senate! The Senate has voted to invoke cloture on the nomination of Harold H. Koh to be Legal Counsel of the State Department in a 65-31 vote today.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John Ensign, Harry Reid, Democrat, Jim DeMint, South Carolina

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Chattanoogan.com

Electric Cars To Be Built In Smyrna

Senator Corker said, 'This announcement is really the nexus of what we've tried to create in Tennessee: good paying jobs that move our state and country ahead and help us become more energy secure.

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Related Topix: Electric Vehicle, Smyrna, TN, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Bart Gordon, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Department of Energy

Wed Jun 24, 2009

WATE-TV Knoxville

Nissan to mass produce electric cars, add 1,300 Tenn. jobs

Sen. Bob Corker said Nissan's announcement Tuesday that it will make electric vehicles at its Smyrna, Tennessee plant means 1,300 jobs.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Electric Vehicle, US News, US Senate, Republican, Lamar Alexander, Smyrna, TN, Decherd, TN

Tue Jun 23, 2009

The Knoxville News Sentinel

Corker connects with Sotomayor

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., met today with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Corker and Sotoymayor misconnected last week when Sotomayor was 10 minutes late for her meeting with Corker and the senator headed to his next meeting.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News, Sonia Sotomayor, Business News

The Boston Globe

Ensign apologizes to Senate colleagues over affair

Sen. John Ensign apologized to his Republican Senate colleagues Tuesday after revealing last week that he had an affair with a campaign staffer and resigning from the GOP leadership.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, John Ensign, US News, Sex Scandal

Detroit News

Lawmakers' plan monitors investment in GM, other bailout companies

The federal government's ownership in General Motors Corp. and other bailed out companies would be supervised by a three-member board with instructions to sell government shares quickly, under legislation two senators plan to introduce Wednesday.

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Related Topix: GMC GM, GMC, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Senator Mark Warner

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Think Progress

Corker Impatiently Blows Off Meeting With Sotomayor Because She Was Slowed By Temporary Disability

Last Thursday, Sen. Bob Corker was scheduled to meet with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.A Yet when Sotomayor was delayed because of her recent injury, Corker decided that he had more important things to do than to wait around for a potential lifetime appointee who is temporarily disabled: Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Sonia Sotomayor

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Freep.com - RSS

Senate proposal: Put U.S. shares of GM into a trust

Two U.S. senators - one Democrat, the other a Republican well known in Michigan's auto industry circles - introduced a measure that would put the government's shares of General Motors in a newly created trust and call for those shares to be liquidated by the end of 2011.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Warner, Republican, Virginia, Virginia Government

Sat Jun 20, 2009

WHNT-TV Huntsville

Sen. Bob Corker says he supports bipartisan health care reform

Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Corker says President Barack Obama would get a longer-lasting health care reform plan if Republicans were given a say in the legislation.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Health, Brooksville, FL

Knoxville News Sentinel

Corker, Blackburn push for private health care

As Pres. Barack Obama ramps up his rhetoric on health care reform, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn, and Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Marsha Blackburn, US Senate, Tennessee

Fri Jun 19, 2009

MediLexicon

National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Act Receives Senate Support

Main Category: Pharmacy / Pharmacist Also Included In: IT / Internet / E-mail Article Date: 19 Jun 2009 The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians announced that the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act has received the support of Senator John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia and Senator Bob Corker of ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John Rockefeller, Senator John, IV Rockefeller, Democrat, Healthcare Law, Law, George Bush, W.

Thu Jun 18, 2009

WTVH Syracuse

Geithner faces Fed skepticism

Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 3:33 p.m. One day after the Obama Administration unveiled its sweeping new financial regulatory proposal, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner headed up to Capitol Hill on Thursday to sell the plan to lawmakers who will craft the legislation that drives it.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, David Vitter

Wed Jun 17, 2009

MSNBC

Financial reform still in early innings

June 17: President Obama lays out his plan to overhaul the U.S. financial regulatory system, saying the lure of "easy money" had led firms and consumers alike to contribute to the economic crisis.

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Related Topix: W., Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

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