Bob Corker News

Proponents of reforming Social Security with private investment accounts are not deterred by the current economic crisis and stock market gyrations, but they acknowledge the idea now is a tougher political ...

In a conference call with Tennessee reporters, U.S. Sen. Bob Corker called the $700 billion financial relief package passed Wednesday night by the Senate an important step toward economic recovery, though not a ...

Gov. Phil Bredesen said Wednesday that the downturn in the economy may prevent him from doubling the number of children enrolled in pre-kindergarten classes before leaving office, one of his personal goals.

During his visit to MTSU's campus Friday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Bob Corker , spoke with students in their classroom and about a topic that interested them - energy.

WASHINGTON - More than $264 million in projects for Tennessee are included in a budget bill signed by President Bush this week.

Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., said he received two phone calls this week from Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield, who was in Germany meeting with auto parts suppliers interested in locating near the planned ...

Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., said his likely vote today in favor of the Wall Street rescue package - a reversal after voting against it Monday - stems from his growing but painful conviction that inaction could ...

Two of the four Greater Memphis congressmen who voted on a $700 billion bailout of the financial services industry on Monday are considering changing their votes.

The Senate is set to vote Wednesday evening on the Bush administration's plan to rescue financial markets.

Chattanooga-area House members say they still are hoping for a better Wall Street bailout bill, even though the version passed Wednesday by the Senate contains some sweeteners intended to win over resistant ...

NASHVILLE - U.S. Sen. Bob Corker told Tennessee business leaders today that a recession may unavoidable even if Congress approves a $700 billion package to stem the current financial industry meltdown.

Majority Leader Harry Reid's hasty decision this week to force a Senate vote on a stalled Wall Street rescue package might have single-handedly renewed confidence in his leadership and written a new epilogue to ...

The Senate resurrected the $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan on Wednesday night, passing a new version of the unpopular measure that aims to boost confidence in banks to avert an economic meltdown.

' After taking much heat from Republicans over the past several weeks, Democrats in Congress this week finally agreed to allow the congressional moratorium on offshore oil drilling to expire.

Top House and Senate lawmakers from both parties announced Thursday a "fundamental agreement" on a $700 billion bailout of the U.S. financial sector and predicted the measure would pass both chambers of ...

Sen. Bob Corker may be visiting Elizabethton next Tuesday, Elizabethton/Carter County Chamber of Commerce President Dale Fair told the organization's board members on Thursday.

Potential Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Frist is known to more than nine in 10 Tennessee voters, according to a poll released Tuesday.

Tennessee Senator Bob Corker is cancelled his trip to the Tri-Cities Tuesday. The Senate banking committee member says he needs to stay in Washington to work on a financial rescue package.

' Tennessee's 2010 race for governor is crowded with would-be contenders, but a new statewide poll shows former U.S. Sen.

All the late-night talks, last-minute demands and dramatic pronouncements aside, the fundamental structure of a $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan that Congress spent the weekend wrangling over has not ...