Lamar Alexander News

WASHINGTON - Incumbent Sen. Lamar Alexander has no Republican primary opposition and so far has stayed above the fray of the candidates on the Democratic side taking political potshots at him.

' Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., had barely left the House floor after voting Thursday when a Republican leadership aide approached him to ask if he meant to support a Democratic-backed bill to release oil from the ...

House Majority Leader Gary Odom communicates his desires to run for Speaker of the House, possibly against longtime Speaker Jimmy Naifeh, a fellow Democrat.

When former secretaries of state James Baker and Warren Christopher recently proposed a law dealing with how the country goes to war, the one sure prediction was how the current White House would respond: That ...

' Since 2004, Enterprise South industrial park has received nearly $24 million in federal funding, mostly for infrastructure improvements and workforce development programs, records show.

The focus was on coming home at Tuesday morning's dedication of the new Nissan Americas headquarters in Cool Springs, as federal and state officials joined Nissan executives to dedicate the 10-story building ...

"This partnership will keep Tennessee on the cutting edge of new transportation fuels and put us one step closer toward gaining clean energy independence," said Sen.

With the Senate deadlocked over a bill to tighten regulation of energy futures markets, Sen.

Below is an auto news article from July 22, 2008 from Automotive.com and PRNewswire.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Twenty-five years after Nissan Motor Co. became the first foreign automaker in the South, its chief executive dedicated a new $100 million North America headquarters and said the company's ...

A story about a favorite Tennessee song accompanies Nissan's dedication of its new North America headquarters 25 years after becoming the first automaker in the South.

Tennessee could receive nearly $1.2 million if FY2009 bill that passed the senate appropriations committee last week becomes law.

In a clear sign that Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Brentwood, is taking her primary challenger seriously, the three-term House member raised $313,412 in the second quarter of the year and spent $253,732. Tom ...

Congress should eliminate federal bans on offshore oil drilling and oil exploration in the mid-west. That was the message brought from Washington D.C. on Friday by U.S. Sen.

Rep. Lincoln Davis, D-Tenn., praised Congress' passage this past week of a five-year reauthorization for the Appalachian Regional Commission, which is now awaiting President Bush's signature.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., is in West Tennessee today. He will attend meetings in Madison, Carroll, Lauderdale and Shelby counties.

Just saw a press release from Congressman Walz in my inbox and thought this is pretty cool: The National Geographic Education Foundation announced today that four key Congressional leaders have won its ...

A bipartisan group of Tennessee's Congressional delegation joined Davidson County's sheriff Wednesday to make another push for an immigration judge in Nashville to process suspected illegal immigrants.

PREVENTION AT WORK: With foreclosures on the rise nationally, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., joined other senators last week in passing the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008.

Comments Tuesday on Volkswagen's decision to locate a new U.S. assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.: ___ "Volkswagen and Chattanooga, the ideal marriage: one of the world's most admired companies and one of ...