Lamar Alexander
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His common-sense leadership will be indispensable in resolving the debt crisis
Republicans are very much aware that there’s a chance that we’ll be in charge next year ... And we may have 51 votes or the Democrats may have 51 votes, so we’re kind of stuck with each other, and we need to figure out how to make the place work because we have serious issues that need to be resolved.
Way back in my political career I noticed in one election that the number of Tennesseans with hunting and fishing licenses exceeded the number of people who votedMore quotes »
Around the web
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Retailers Push GOP on Online Sales Tax
Finance Committee, said this week. Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.), who has teamed up with Sens. Mike Enzi (R., Wyo.) and Lamar Alexander (R., Tenn.) to steer online sales tax legislation through the U.S. Senate, said “we need more help from the Republican side.” from Wall Street Journal Blogs Read more »
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Sen. Murkowski's fresh energy plan to look beyond 2012
Lamar Alexander (R), Sen. Lisa Murkowski (2nd R), and Sen. Judd Gregg (3rd R) talk after meeting with President Barack Obama and a bipartisan group of Senators to discuss passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation in Washington, June 29, 2010. WASHINGTON from Reuters Mobile Read more »
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Support Urged for Campaign Finance Disclosure Bill
by the League of Women Voters target Tennessee Sens. Lamar Alexander (left) and Bob Corker (right) and Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe because they are key actors on this important issue, said the groups president, Elisabeth MacNamara, in a statement. from Roll Call Read more »
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Senator's vote, rhetoric differ
a May 15 op-ed in The Dickson Herald, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander tries to pretend heÂs a defender of affordable student loans. In doing so, he covers up the truth about how the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) cut out bank profiteering to pay for lower student from The Tennessean Read more »
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Senate "Fire Department" seeks to ease partisan rancor
amid the partisan rancor in what has been called "the world's greatest deliberative body," two senators - Republican Lamar Alexander and Democrat Mark Warner - have decided to quietly reach across the political divide. They helped pull together a loosely organized from Reuters Read more »
