Republican state Sen. Jim Tracy says he is "strongly considering" a challenge Democratic U.S. Rep.

In a quarterly survey, Ackerman asked 300 businesses in East Tennessee how they were doing.

Washington, D.C. - Alabama Rep. Artur Davis voted against the health care bill that passed in the House of Representatives.

The secretive, elite Christian fellowship known as "The Family" will no longer be able to avoid paying property taxes on the posh brick townhouse it owns on Washington's C Street.

The Mobile Press-Register received some very interesting responses from a survey they submitted to the candidates in the Alabama governor's race.

On May 5th of this year, 2009, John Jay Hooker spoke before the judiciary committee of our Tennessee Senate.

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 .

A blogger writes of her disappointment with Rep. Lincoln Davis for his health care vote: Lincoln Davis has talked a good game on health care, but when the vote came down, he betrayed us.

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 ...

Four Capitol Hill staffers will talk health care, bipartisanship and other key issues at a free forum on Monday, Nov.

Nation takes steps toward reform The vote to reform health care in America took a first step forward on Saturday with the House of Representatives passing an historic bill.

Based on Saturday's razor-thin 220-215 House vote, can we say Southern Democrats are friends or foes of health care reform? It depends on how you slice the numbers .

The health-care bill the House planned to vote on this weekend had been hailed as a historic milestone in the decades-long effort to increase the number of Americans with insurance while slowing the growth in health-care spending.

Rep. Jim Cooper on Saturday harshly criticized a landmark health care reform bill and said he didn't expect it to become law.

With just hours remaining until an historic vote on a sweeping health-care reform measure Saturday evening, at least 34 Democrats have said they will vote against the bill as of 8:45 p.m., according to a POLITICO analysis.

Two of the four middle Tennessee House Democrats who are part of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition will oppose a health care reform bill the House may bring to a vote on Saturday.

The Hill has compiled the whip count for the Pelosi bill coming to the floor in 2 days.

I have a special fascination with the regional eccentricities of Tennessee politics, particularly in the post realignment era where Democratic victories have become increasingly difficult.

Congressman Danny Davis has filed his candidacy for Cook County Board president, but the Chicago Democrat says he hasn't decided if he'll run for congressman instead.

TNGOP Chair Chris Devaney is concerned about the potential passage of the health care bill: "The introduction of this 2,000 page legislation is a perfect example of President Obama and Speaker Pelosi turning their backs on the majority of Americans that continue to say a NO' to a government takeover of health care," said Devaney.