State Sen. Jim Tracy, R-Shelbyville, confirmed Tuesday afternoon he is seriously considering a race for the 6th District congressional race in 2010.

State Sen. Jim Tracy said this afternoon he may run as a Republican for Congress in 2010 to possibly challenge U.S. Rep.

Everyone is watching and waiting for the "canary in the coal mine," that Democrat whose retirement will tell us how nervous incumbents really are about their chances in 2010.

Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representatives Bill Foster , Bart Gordon , Rush Holt , Ed Markey and officials from the university community announced a new web site providing information on how approximately $21 billion provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was awarded for research and development, scientific equipment, ...

Sen. Max Baucus will be busy the next few weeks trying to steer a massive health care reform bill through Congress, but he will not be so busy that he won't be able to find time to hit Washington's fundraising party circuit.

How does an elected official kill a little time while awaiting the legal disposition of 82 public corruption charges? If you're former state House Speaker John Perzel , you don't hang your head in shame.

EXCERPT: a oeDavis may be the most conservative Democrat in the Tennessee delegation, but he also represents a more rural and more Republican district than any other Democrat from the state.

A House committee advanced legislation Thursday that would block Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions' plan to import 20,000 tons of Italian radioactive waste into the United States and bury some of it in Utah.

Congressman Bart Gordon and Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville will host a live conversation between more than 120 students and NASA astronaut Barry E. Wilmore on Sunday, Nov.

Earlier this month, New York's 23rd District race for the U.S. House of Representatives exposed a growing rift within the Republican Party.

" Congressman Bart Gordon supported three bipartisan bills today aimed at helping small businesses in Tennessee and around the country.

He took his seat, No. 199 in the last row in the cavernous hall of the state House of Representatives, and voted on bills as if it were any other day in the legislative session.

House Committee on Science and Technology Chairman Bart Gordon and Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Chairwoman Gabrielle Giffords congratulated National Administration of Space and Aeronautics on making TIME's List of 50 Best Inventions of 2009.

" Action B-5 : Create in the Department of Energy an organization like the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency called the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy . The director of ARPA-E would report to the under secretary for science and would be charged with sponsoring specific research and development programs to meet the nation's ...

A socially conservative governor who has fought for years against gay marriage in Rhode Island has slightly softened his stance by suggesting he may back a domestic partnership system offering legal protections for same-sex couples.

"I am voting against this bill for many reasons, but primarily because it is both unconstitutional and unaffordable.

Congressman Bart Gordon will join other members of the Tennessee Valley Corridor's congressional delegation including Senator Lamar Alexander, TVC founding Congressman Zach Wamp , Congressman Lincoln Davis , as well as key national leaders and presenters from Microsoft, IBM and the federal government and many others, at a special economic and ...

Republican primary candidate, retired Major General Dave Evans, advocated for reform of the current representation in the 6th district of Tenn., during a speech sponsored by the Raider Republicans Tuesday night.

With his vote in favor of government-run health care on Saturday, Rep. Jim Cooper let down not just his constituents here in Middle Tennessee, but undermined what until recently had been a career as a "deficit hawk." We had always counted on Cooper, a self-proclaimed "Blue Dog Democrat," to be our watchdog against big government spending.

For local physician C.M. Salekin, health care reform is as urgent as America's response to the 9/11 terrorism attacks, but he believes it must be better than what's proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives.