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4 hrs ago | Domestic Fuel

Foreign Fuels Reduction Act - Good for Biofuels?

Mixed emotions are emanating from the introduction of the " Foreign Fuels Reduction Act, " introduced by U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Bob Corker .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Joe Manchin, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Biofuel, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Mon May 20, 2013

The Tennessean

Help NLRB protect workers' rights

Most people in Tennessee don't even know what the National Labor Relations Board is.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News, Lamar Alexander

Clarksville Online

Clarksville Residents Assistance needed for FEMA Appeal

Clarksville Citizens, you may have read recently that the costs to customers of Clarksville Gas and Water are going up to cover the debt that was taken out to rebuild the Waste Water Treatment Plant after the 2010 Flood.

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News, Clarksville, TN, US Politics, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Marsha Blackburn, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy

Sun May 19, 2013

Knoxville News Sentinel

Tennessee Congressmen struggling with internet sales tax decision

U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. is getting a lot of opinions from a lot of people as he weighs the pros and cons of taxing items purchased over the Internet.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Duncan, Representative Chuck Fleischmann , Representative Charles "Chuck" Fleischmann, Representative David Roe, Representative Scott DesJarlais, US Senate

Sat May 18, 2013

Nooga.com

On CNN, Sen. Bob Corker calls for "public explanation" of cash payouts to Afghan president

Appearing on CNN Friday, Sen. Bob Corker continued to push for a public explanation regarding secret suitcases full of cash paid out by the U.S. to Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Chattanooga, TN

Chattanoogan.com

Street Closings Announced For The Weekend

ML King Boulevard between Market Street and Georgia Avenue and Market Street between East 8th Street and ML King Boulevard will be closed from 5:30 p.m.-midnight on Friday, for the Nightfall Concert Series.

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Related Topix: Chattanooga, TN, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Chattanoogan.com

PHOTOS: Annual Police Memorial Rites

Local events planned for the 40th anniversary with National Emergency Medical Services Week.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US Senate, Republican

Fri May 17, 2013

National Public Radio

Reports: Russia Sends More Missiles, Has Ships Near Syria

According to The New York Times , "Russia has sent advanced antiship cruise missiles to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, American officials said Thursday." The Wall Street Journal reports that "Russia has sent a dozen or more warships to patrol waters near its naval ... (more)

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Related Topix: Vladimir Putin, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

WMC-TV Memphis

Immigration reform round-table to be held Monday

Latino Memphis is hosting an immigration reform round-table discussion Monday. It is a topic that has fired up a national debate.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Shelby County, TN, Luttrell, TN, US Politics, US News, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, University of Memphis

Chattanoogan.com

Tennessee Chamber Chorus Concerts To Be Performed June 3 And 4

The Tennessee Chamber Chorus will perform Atlantic Crossings, a concert of choral music from both the United Kingdom and the United States on Monday, June 3, at 7:30 p.m. at St.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Signal Mountain, TN, Chattanooga, TN

Chattanoogan.com

Special Olympics In Cleveland Cancelled Due To Projected Weather

Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Bill Gibbons and Tennessee Highway Patrol Colonel Tracy Trott led a special memorial service Friday to honor Tennessee state troopers and other law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Tennessee

Nooga.com

Sen. Bob Corker says decaying barge mars Riverfront, asks community...

Sen. Bob Corker, a former Chattanooga mayor, is weighing in on an increasingly controversial tumbledown barge moored along the city's Riverfront.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News, Chattanooga, TN

Chattanoogan.com

Student From Chattanooga Wins Geoscience Award At Tennessee Tech

On April 22, more than 200 students, parents, family, and friends assembled in the Tech Pride Room at the university, to acknowledge many of the outstanding students, including five geosciences students.

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Related Topix: Chattanooga, TN, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Knoxville News Sentinel

Greg Johnson: Tennessee senators keep pushing president

In a June 6, 1973, photograph, Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr., vice chairman of the Senate Watergate investigating committee, right, listens to testimony during the Watergate hearings in Washington, D.C. At left is Fred Thompson, the committee's minority counsel.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, Fred Thompson, Tax, The Washington Post Company, White House, TN

Thu May 16, 2013

Chattanoogan.com

Senators Corker And Manchin Introduce Bill To Fix Unintended Consequence Of Renewable Fuels Mandate

Senators Bob Corker and Joe Manchin on Thursday introduced the "Foreign Fuels Reduction Act," legislation that would help ensure only domestically-sourced fuels are used to meet the Renewable Fuel Standard .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Joe Manchin, US Senate, Democrat, Republican

WCHS-TV Charleston

Senate approves 2-year moratorium on dam barriers

A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to put controversial fishing restrictions near Cumberland River dams in Kentucky and Tennessee would be held off under a two-year moratorium that's been passed by the U.S. Senate.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, Lamar Alexander

National Review Online

It's Not the Deficit, Stupid

Keith Hennessey points out that two of the main drivers of the federal government's improved fiscal position are the tax increases under the post-cliff ATRA legislation and, as Economics 21 recently noted , surging dividends from Fannie and Freddie, which reflect the effective nationalization of mortgage finance.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Chattanoogan.com

Corker, Colleagues Demand Complete Cooperation Into IRS Investigation

In a letter on Wednesday to President Barack Obama, Senate Republicans, including Senator Bob Corker, R-Tn., "demanded that the administration" fully comply with congressional investigation requests on how the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

Wed May 15, 2013

Chattanoogan.com

Corker Does Not Get Answer From Under Secretary On Cash To President Of Afghanistan

At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing today, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman was asked by Senator Bob Corker, ranking member of the committee, whether allegations of secret U.S. cash payments to Afghan President Hamid Karzai help prevent corruption in Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Hamid Karzai

Chattanoogan.com

Police Blotter: Purse Full At The Mall; Mira Petty Charged

An alert sales associate at Dillard's at Hamilton Place Mall flagged down a police officer after she saw a woman put a pair of $89 Miss Me blue jean shorts in her purse, then leave without paying.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Tax, Chattanooga, TN, Hamilton County, TN