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At Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., asked Attorney General Eric Holder if he would push for a presidential pardon for former Alabama Gov.

Nearly half - 47 percent - of employers use credit checks when making a hiring decision, according to a 2012 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management.

Earlier this week the House of Representatives announced the creation of the Over-Criminalization Task Force of 2013.

The Department of Justice has been largely silent on how it intends to enforce federal law in states where marijuana has recently been legalized for adults.

A new bipartisan task force created this week by the House Judiciary Committee will look at the possible "over-criminalization" of minor offenses in the U.S. federal code, which is understood to contribute to America's unmatched rates of incarceration.

Tennessee U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker voted on Monday to allow States to levy tax on internet sales-effectively taxing the internet-in a 69-27 vote in the U.S. Senate where the champion of the conservative cause was actually Texas Republican Ted Cruz, who Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada called a "schoolyard ... (more)

Our law makers are really taking care of themselves with our money. At nearly $275 million, we're funding the second most expensive legislature in the country.

As the youngest Shelby County Unified School Board Applicant in 2011 nominated to represent East Memphis I want to send you my heartfelt thanks for serving those in Tennessee;s 9th Congressional District.Our community is a wonderful place and I am extremely proud to be invited to The White House Soul Gala as a CNN iReporter of Memphis.Congressman ... (more)

The passing of civil rights icon Maxine Smith comes as one of her longtime causes comes to a head.

Tennessee's two Republican senators remain firmly at odds with the nation's foremost anti-tax group on the issue of Internet sales taxes, while the state's U.S. House delegation remains torn.

In the general election of 1964, racial discrimination existed that made it harder for minorities to vote.