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Nation's Christmas Tree Greeted Music City Style
The Capitol Christmas Tree, also known as The People's Tree, is the much celebrated holiday tradition at the nation's capital that comes from a different location each year.
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Politico: Not all Rhodes lead to Congress
Rhodes scholars have a long history of heading into politics upon returning from their two years at Oxford University.
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Rep. Cooper voted for a reckless, destructive health bill
Gov. Phil Bredesen continues to earn praise from members of the National Federation of Independent Business for sounding the alarm on the impact that proposed health-care reform will have on Tennessee.
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Rep. Jim Cooper says there's no health-care guarantee in Senate
Rep. Jim Cooper visited with The Tennessean 's editorial board last week to talk about health-care reform - from the costs to the states to the effort's future in the Senate.
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From Dru Fuller : Representative Jim Cooper today announced the launch of the bipartisan Congressional Savings and Ownership Caucus, along with Rep.
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Abraham Lincoln letter goes up for sale
The lesson of history for any small child is that if you are lucky enough to be presented to the future president of the US, then make sure you have evidence of the encounter before bragging about it to your classmates.
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Rep. Cooper's rhetoric and votes are contradictions
I feel compelled to respond to U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper's justification for changing his health-care vote.
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Nation's financial bleeding a crisis
Rep. Frank Wolf, a Northern Virginia Republican congressman who represents the 10th District in the House of Representatives, is not a politician who's prone to hyperbole.
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But some questioned why I omitted Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, from the Blue Dog lineup.
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Health care reform has always had two main goals. The first - insuring the uninsured - carries grand overtones of social justice.
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Centrist Dems: Create A Panel To Save Budget
Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., is one of several moderate Democrats pushing for a commission to tackle the budget.
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Congress gets ready to face down swine flu
While Congress has debated health-care reform for the nation, it's also been focused on a health-related concern even closer to home: swine flu .
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Passing Bill As Bad As PelosiCare Quite An Achievement For Dems
House Democrats rolled three impressive feats into one when that chamber approved their health care overhaul.
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Health Insurers Could Bypass Some Key Reforms
Legislators are designing this new insurance marketplace to protect consumers from many of the pitfalls and inequities in the current system.
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Reduce the growth of health care costs. Bend the curve. Find the game changers. Reform the delivery system.
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Health-care reform 'still on life support,' Rep. Cooper says
Democrat-sponsored legislation to reform the nation's health-care system stands a good chance of defeat in the Senate, even after surviving a close vote in the House of Representatives last week, Rep.
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a America is going broke,a says Rep. Frank Wolf
Rep. Frank R. Wolf told a Senate committee this week that it's imperative that a bipartisan commission be created to deal with the mounting national debt.
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Rep. Jim Cooper (Bluedog-TN) Defends Stupak Amendment
In an interview with Ezra Klein in the Washington Post yesterday Jim Cooper championed his vote for the Health Care Bill, while distancing himself from his own vote in favor of restricting abortion rights with the Stupak-Pitts Amendment .
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Cooper didn't pass the baton; he passed the buck
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.
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Molly Secours: Okeedoked in Tennessee: How to Avoid Serious...
Last week I was in D.C. along with 130 some other self-employed and small business owners from across the country who support a strong public option.
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