A planned effort to expand Tennessee's private school voucher program beyond Hamilton, Davidson and Shelby counties to the state's other 92 counties is drawing interest from Republican Gov. Bill Lee as well as from Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Northwest Georgia, was one of just two House Republicans last week to vote against new House Speaker Mike Johnson's bill to provide $14.3 billion in military aid to Israel in the nation's war with Iran-backed Hamas militants.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was on a tear Wednesday and Thursday as she attacked fellow Republican hardliners in the U.S. House who joined Democrats on Wednesday night to torpedo Greene's effort to censure a Democratic Palestinian-American lawmaker over comments made on Israel in its war against Hamas.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Northwest Georgia, said Tuesday her effort to censure House Democrat Rashida Tlaib is struggling due to insufficient support from fellow Republicans.
The U.S. House could be voting this week on a censure resolution sponsored by U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene that targets U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, over Tlaib's criticism of Israel in the ongoing Israel and Hamas war.
A just-released survey shows Memphis environmental activist Marquita Bradshaw is doing better among likely voters than state Rep. Gloria Johnson of Knoxville when matched against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn in the 2024 contest.
Here's what some Tennessee and Georgia lawmakers had to say in statements and on social media following Wednesday's vote to elect U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, as House speaker:
He ended up coming in last place among them
U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, who represents Southeast Tennessee, briefly entered the Republican Conference race for U.S. House speaker Tuesday. He was eliminated in the first round of voting.
U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, is blasting President Joe Biden's response to the Hamas attack on Israel and its aftermath, saying America must ensure the terror group goes "out of business."
