Knox Tea Party of 1

On January 27, Lt. Governor Ramsey released the new congressional district map.  Although I try to avoid Google, this is a pretty cool tool. Maps can be found here.

Wednesday, April 06, 2011

By Matt Cover

(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama, in marking his first 100 days in office in 2009, said that Medicare and Medicaid were the biggest problems the government faced and that they were “really breaking the bank,” adding that the federal government needs to “tighten our belts … in an intelligent way.”

Answering a question at a town hall event in Arnold, Mo., on April 29, 2009, Obama said that M...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The ledger did not appear to be adding up Tuesday night when President Barack Obama urged more spending on one hand and a spending freeze on the other.

Obama spoke ambitiously of putting money into roads, research, education, efficient cars, high-speed rail and other initiatives in his State of the Union speech. He pointed to the transportation and construction projects of the last two years and proposed "we redouble these efforts." He coupled this with a ...

"We will not agree to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to any legislative item," their letter to Reid says. By Dan Friedman

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 | 9:53 a.m

Updated at 11:10 a.m. on December 1.

All 42 Senate Republicans have signed a letter refusing to vote for cloture on any bill before the Senate until the federal government i...

It seems that the withdrawal of Graham's support may postpone the legislation until after the mid-term elections.  After writing countless letters in oppostion to various propsed legislations, it's good to know that our tireless efforts sometime acheive the desired results.

From an article on Politico:

Climate bill not likely to come up this year

B...

From an article by Instapundit:

March 4, 2010

CORKER KERFUFFLE: Just got this email from Laura Herzog in Bob Corker’s office:

There’s a lot of bad information floating around. Senator Corker is NOT working on legislation with Congressman Frank, and he does NOT support the bill the House of Representatives passed last year. Sen.Corker’s proposal wou...

From AP:

Feb 24, 12:05 AM (ET)

By CHARLES BABINGTON

WASHINGTON (AP) - Here's one point on which Democrats and Republicans agree on health care: President Barack Obama's much-touted televised summit has virtually no chance of breaking the political log jam. That means Democrats will be forced to find a way to pass an overhaul on their own or face a huge political defeat.

Lawmakers from both parties suggested the Obama-hosted meetin...