Alexander reveals how he plans to vote on Trump impeachment witnesses
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee revealed his decision Thursday night on calling witnesses as part of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
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January 2020
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The Early Word: On the waterfront with new homes, Lamar Alexander and a big bet on sports
Happy Friday! Today we know which way Sen. Lamar Alexander will vote in the president's impeachment trial, AutoZone is committed to Downtown and two of our Memphis Grizz are out for the night.
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Sanford: GOP group seeking fair impeachment trial focuses on Tennessee senator
Republicans for the Rule of Law is advertising in Tennessee to drum up support for a fair Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump. The group hopes to put pressure on Sen. Lamar Alexander to vote to have witnesses during the trial.
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Cohen makes Trump impeachment trial prediction at town hall meeting
The city's elected representatives in Washington reacted in different ways to the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump set to begin next week. Meanwhile, they have found rare common ground on the passage of the USMCA trade agreement.
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December 2019
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Nelson: Why Tennessee is no longer the mother of presidential contenders
In none of the past three elections – 2012, 2016, and now 2020 – has anyone given a thought to the possibility that the next president might come from Tennessee.
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Nelson: Lamar Alexander has one more job to do
The senator has focused relentlessly on education and health policy, working to enact the sort of important legislation that Congress is supposed to deal with instead of attacking or defending the president’s conduct.
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Memphis representatives in D.C. take starkly different positions on impeachment
The city’s two Congressmen, David Kustoff and Steve Cohen, have long had different views on removing President Donald Trump. Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is a vocal opponent of the process while fellow Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander has avoided comment.
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October 2019
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Alexander bill aims to shorten students’ financial aid form
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander has introduced legislation to shorten and simplify the federal financial aid application for prospective college students, a measure being supported in Tennessee and nationwide.
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September 2019
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Cohen and Kustoff differ on Trump impeachment inquiry
Reaction to the opening of an impeachment inquiry announced Tuesday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also included Republican U.S. Senate contender Bill Hagerty.
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July 2019
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Nelson: David Kustoff for … governor?
Kustoff’s career has mostly centered on federal offices, but if he’s open to another path to advancement, it might be the time for him to start focusing on Tennessee-specific issues that a candidate for governor will have to address.
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Trump tweet gives Hagerty jump in U.S. Senate race
Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty hasn’t made an official announcement for a 2020 U.S. Senate candidacy, but President Donald Trump put him at the front of the race with a single tweet.
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Former governor Bill Haslam won’t seek U.S. Senate seat
After mulling a bid for six months, former Gov. Bill Haslam said he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Lamar Alexander.
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May 2019
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Cohen calls Barr ‘chicken’ as Republicans back attorney general
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis reacted to Attorney General William Barr's no-show before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday by bringing a ceramic chicken and a bucket of KFC. The reaction of the city's Republican representatives in Washington has been decidedly different.
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April 2019
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Alexander: Shorter FAFSA application will help 400,000 Tennessee families
The students we most want to help are often the ones most intimidated by this federal form. The former president of Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis said he believes that he lost 1,500 students each semester because the complicated FAFSA discouraged students and their families from applying.
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Memphis congressional leaders react to redacted Mueller report
Local legislators reacted along party lines Thursday to the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election.
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March 2019
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Memphis’ congressional representatives react to Mueller report
The Mueller report hasn’t been released publicly, but local representatives in the U.S. House and Senate have differing views based on what they know about it.
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Alexander, Blackburn split in Senate vote on border wall emergency order
Tennessee’s two Republican U.S. senators split Thursday in the chamber’s vote on a resolution blocking President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to fund a border wall with Mexico.
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February 2019
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Ryder confirmed by Senate for TVA board
John Ryder's confirmation by the Senate came on a busy Thursday in D.C. that included U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander calling from the Senate floor for an alternative to President Donald Trump's national emergency.
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Cohen testimony draws no reaction from three of Memphis’ four Congress members
As President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Memphis' congressional representatives were each doing other things in the course of their duties – and three of the four were saying nothing about Cohen’s testimony.
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January 2019
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Memphis congressional delegation reflects DC partisan divide on shutdown
The rhetoric of the city's four elected representatives in Washington reflected their parties. But one voted with the other side on the last vote before President Trump announced Friday the end of the federal government shutdown.
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MLK holiday offers chance to reflect on a life of sacrifice
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee reflects on the significance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
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Norris takes oath as federal judge
State Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris became federal judge Mark Norris at a formal ceremony Friday Downtown -- part of a larger season of transition in politics.
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Alexander calls for Senate action on wall
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander wants to ditch border wall talks between the president and Democratic leaders and instead start moving toward a Senate vote with amendments. That's provided President Donald Trump agrees to reopen the federal government for three weeks while such a bill would be amended and discussed.
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The Daily Memphian Conversation: U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander talks to The Daily Memphian about his plan to end the government shutdown and get a compromise on President Donald Trump’s border wall and other topics. -
Nelson: Mid-South politics – here’s what’s coming in 2019, part 2
Michael Nelson offers his take on sports betting in Tennessee; the Mississippi governor's race; and why Lamar Alexander and Marsha Blackburn face some interesting times in Washington.
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