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A proposed law to set clear oversight authority over compounding pharmacies that make medicine on a large scale is on its way to a vote before the full Senate.

Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, last week has been amusing.

Members of the Tennessee United States Congressional delegation today called on the administration "to provide details on its policy of awarding Medicare contracts to businesses not licensed in Tennessee, a violation of the administration's bid policy and a violation of Tennessee state law." The members write: "We recently received reports that ... (more)

Then-IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill, Aug. 2, 2012, before the House Oversight Committee.

A growing majority of Tennesseans support expansion of Medicaid within the state though most at the same time have an unfavorable impression of the federal law that authorizes expansion, according to a Vanderbilt University poll released Tuesday.

The U.S. House has passed legislation that would put a 2-year moratorium on an Army Corps of Engineers plan to erect barriers to prevent people from fishing below dams on the Cumberland River.

One of the biggest questions hanging over the health-care system is how many young Americans will sign up for coverage once the Affordable Care Act begins to phase in this October.

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.

Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing.

Lamar Alexander appeared on the Fox News' show "On the Record" last week to explain that the Iran-Contra scandal of the 1980s offers parallels to reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius urged private companies to donate money toward implementing the Affordable Care Act.

In the past couple weeks, in interviews with House and Senate staffers for the Republican leadership, there has been a depressing message: Nothing is going to get done while Obama is in office.

Away from their Capitol Hill offices and committee rooms, members of Congress involve themselves in a different sort of work: raising money for their re-election campaigns.

As the GOP-controlled House of Representatives prepares again to vote this week on a repeal of the 2010 health law, some key Republican senators have seized on recent news developments to show their ire.

Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing.

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander says the Tennessee Valley Authority will help keep a federal fish hatchery in East Tennessee stay open for at least three more years.

Senate Republicans said Thursday they would not support five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, raising the possibility the troubled agency could be rendered mostly inoperable later this year.

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

GAG VETO; GONE FISHING; TAG TEAM; PILOT FLYING J UPDATE; NIXONIAN; A SPECIAL INSIDE POLITICS; PERSONAL REFLECTIONS; FOLLOW UPS; BEING CONSISTENT For only the second time in his two-plus years as Governor, Bill Haslam has vetoed a bill passed by the Tennessee General Assembly.

Senator Lamar Alexander announced that the U.S. Senate on Thursday passed his legislation that would immediately ban the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from implementing fishing restrictions for two years, the second time in as many days senators have supported "the freedom to fish below publicly owned dams on the Cumberland River." Thursday's action ... (more)

Senator Lamar Alexander is comparing her actions to Oliver North's in the Iran-Contra debacle.