Lamar Alexander
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: (L-R) Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY), Peter Sides of the Robert M. Sides Family Music Center, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) participate in a news conference about the Marketplace Fairness Act in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. According to the bill's authors, the proposed legislation would provide states with the authority to require out-of-state retailers to collect and remit tax on purchases shipped into the state, allowing brick-and-mortar retailers to compete with online retailers.
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Alexander: Sebelius like Oliver North
Lamar Alexander on Thursday likened Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to controversial Reagan administration official Oliver North. Alexander (R-Tenn.) charged in a Wall Street Journal column that there are similarities between North’s 5/23/13 from The Politico Read more »
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Americans should remember: Politicizing the IRS is a bipartisan tradition
Lamar Alexander (R) of Tennessee said last week that it did. So did a host of other GOP critics, who linked the recent targeting of conservative groups by the IRS to Nixon’s use of the agency as a weapon against his “enemies list.” Liberals quickly replied from Christian Science Monitor Read more »
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on running for political office at this time” when asked of reports that he was interested in challenging U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander out Tennessee. He continued by saying, “things get a little carried away on the Internet sometimes.” The story came to fruition from Pro Wrestling Gone Bad Read more »
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Wrestler says he has "no plans on running for political office"
running for political office at this time" following a report late last week that he might be planning to take on U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander. The World Wrestling Entertainment star said "things get a little carried away on the Internet sometimes" in response from WBIR Read more »
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GOP senators stave off primary foes
Alexander has an inventive way of fending off potential primary foes, one that could be a model for GOP incumbents running in 2014. Drop by their house for iced tea. Continue Reading Just ask Monty Lankford, who threatened to challenge Alexander in a 2014 from The Politico Read more »
