There are 30 article(s) tagged D.C. Scorecard:

• June 2026

  • Vote-A-Rama and the War Powers Act. Wanda Halbert’s quest for a recount. Lamar Alexander on ‘Newt’s World’

    From vote-a-rama to recount-a-rama, Tennessee’s representatives in Washington had a busy week and more in this week’s political roundup.

    By Bill Dries June 08, 2026

• May 2026

  • London Lamar opens Congressional bid amid redistricting revamp

    The political roundup also looks at vote totals in the May primaries, and reactions to the Trump “anti-weaponization fund,” and recalls a redistricting dust-up during Davy Crockett’s days.

    By Bill Dries May 31, 2026

  • Democrats switch to campaign mode in new congressional districts

    The political roundup looks at a shift in the fight over congressional redistricting and what it says about the tactics of both parties in the state of Tennessee.

    By Bill Dries May 28, 2026

• April 2026

  • No city property-tax hike, says Mayor Paul Young

    Young is prepping to present his budget proposal, meanwhile he’s already talking about the bottom line. Also in this roundup: Marsha Blackburn on climate change and Democrats vow statewide organization.

    By Bill Dries April 20, 2026

• February 2026

  • City’s federal elected officials react to airstrikes on Iran

    Three of Memphis’ four representatives in Washington support the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.

    By Bill Dries February 28, 2026

  • Cohen, Kustoff, Hagerty, Blackburn react to Trump speech

    The reaction among the city’s four representatives in the U.S. Capitol to President Donald Trump’s Tuesday, Feb. 24, State of the Union speech was along party lines. One of the four boycotted the speech.

    By Bill Dries February 25, 2026

  • What did Memphis get in the appropriations bills?

    Here’s a list of “community funding requests” or earmarks approved as part of the appropriations bills that cleared the House and Senate and were signed into law this week by President Donald Trump.

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    Dodging another government shutdown: How local politicians voted

    By Bill Dries February 09, 2026

  • Dodging another government shutdown: How local politicians voted

    The D.C. Scorecard tracks the votes of the city’s Congressmen and two U.S. Senators in the latest move to avert a federal government shutdown. Also: The latest on phone records.

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    What did Memphis get in the appropriations bills?

    By Bill Dries February 06, 2026

• January 2026

  • After US topples Maduro, Memphis-area leaders react

    The Memphis area’s representatives in Washington, D.C., reacted hours after the military operation that took Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro into custody for trial on federal drug charges in the U.S.

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    Trump claims Memphis crime drop due to task force

    By Bill Dries January 04, 2026

• November 2025

  • Bill that ended government shutdown could pay Tennessee’s US senators minimum $500K each

    Here’s how Memphis’ D.C. representatives voted on the measure to fund the government until January.

    By Bill Dries November 13, 2025

• October 2025

  • Blackburn and Hagerty investigated after Jan. 6 US Capitol riots

    U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty are calling for an investigation into an investigation. Also, U.S. Rep. David Kustoff’s talks to Fox News about Memphis Safe Task Force, and U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen’s “Trump Score” is an F.

    By Bill Dries October 18, 2025

  • How Tennessee’s US senators voted on the way to a federal shutdown

    The D.C. Scorecard tracks the votes and rhetoric about the two bills that led to the start of Wednesday’s federal government shutdown.

    By Bill Dries October 01, 2025

• July 2025

  • How Memphis’ two Congressmen voted on the $9B federal funding takeback

    The D.C. Scorecard tracks the votes of U.S. Reps. Steve Cohen and David Kustoff in the Friday, July 18, final vote on the $9 billion spending-cut bill that the Senate approved Thursday.

    By Bill Dries July 18, 2025

  • D.C. Scorecard: Memphis US reps split on Big, Beautiful Bill

    The One Big, Beautiful Bill of tax and spending cuts cleared the U.S. House of Representatives in a 218-214 vote.

    By Bill Dries July 18, 2025

  • How Blackburn and Hagerty voted on $9B clawback bill

    Tennessee’s senators voted against amendments from Democrats that failed in the run-up to approval of $9 billion in federal-funding cuts to public television and the U.S. Agency for International Development programs.

    By Bill Dries July 18, 2025

  • D.C. Scorecard: The ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ and its many amendments

    The D.C. Scorecard tracks the votes of Tennessee’s two U.S. senators on the spending bill and its several dozen amendments now bound for a House reconciliation process. 

    By Bill Dries July 01, 2025

• May 2025

  • D.C. Scorecard: How Memphis’ reps voted on Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

    The scorecard tracks how the city’s representatives voted in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill now goes to the U.S. Senate where the state’s two U.S. senators have already indicated they favor it.

    By Bill Dries May 22, 2025

  • D.C. Scorecard: FBI director’s 43 words about murders in Memphis

    “I didn’t know this until my confirmation process, but Memphis, Tennessee, is the homicide capital of America per capita, didn’t know that,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”

    By Bill Dries May 21, 2025

• March 2025

  • D.C. Scorecard: Federal government avoids shutdown

    The D.C. Scorecard tracks how Memphis’ representatives in Washington voted in the passage of a continuing resolution and looks at past trips to or near a government shutdown.

    By Bill Dries March 14, 2025

• February 2025

  • D.C. Scorecard: Trump administration is ‘cleaning house’

    Also, the TacoNGanas raid is felt in the nation’s capital, Tennessee U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty pushes back on “Face the Nation,” Mississippi U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker says Secretary Pete Hegseth made a “rookie mistake” and more.

    By Bill Dries February 16, 2025

• January 2025

  • D.C. Scorecard: What Memphis’ elected officials are saying ahead of Trump’s second term

    U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, has called on the Senate to reject several of Trump’s appointees, including Robert Kennedy Jr

    By Bill Dries January 14, 2025

• September 2024

  • D.C. Scorecard: How city’s representatives voted on funding government

    The Daily Memphian’s D.C. Scorecard tracks votes on two measure to continue temporarily federal spending into December — one that failed and the one that passed. 

    By Bill Dries September 30, 2024

• April 2024

  • D.C. Scorecard: U.S. aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan votes reveal bipartisanship limits

    The D.C. Scorecard finds some bipartisanship among the state’s House delegation to Washington. The city’s two Congressmen — one Democratic and the other Republican — voted for aid packages to Taiwan, Ukraine and Israel — although for different reasons. The state’s two Republican Senators voted against the aid.

    By Bill Dries April 24, 2024

• October 2023

  • D.C. Scorecard: Rep. Kustoff backs new speaker of the US House

    The Daily Memphian’s D.C. Scorecard tracks the votes of the city’s two representative in the U.S. House as a new speaker was chosen Wednesday, Oct. 25.

    By Bill Dries October 25, 2023

  • D.C. Scorecard: War in Gaza

    The Daily Memphian’s D.C. Scorecard finds bipartisan support for Israel among the city’s representatives in the Capitol but disagreement on what if any role the U.S. unfreezing Iranian assets may have played Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza.

    By Bill Dries October 09, 2023