U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tennessee, said Sunday he would consider backing a possible effort to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy if the California Republican allows any spending deal with Democrats to avoid a federal government shutdown Saturday as Republicans continue wrangling among themselves over a dozen funding bills.
Tennessee Ethics Commission members Thursday waived a fine for a Chattanooga City Council member who filed her annual ethics statement 159 business days late.
Comfort, fashion and decorum took center stage in Washington this week as U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Northwest Georgia, denounced as "disgraceful" the U.S. Senate dropping its policies on what is appropriate wear for members in the chamber.
A U.S. House Republican-passed bill that's going nowhere in the Democratic-led Senate has become a political flash point in Tennessee's Senate race between Sen. Marsha Blackburn and one of her three Democratic opponents.
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, is renewing his push to ban stock trading by members of Congress.
The decision is pending archeological assessment of historic area
During an appearance last week on Fox Business, U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, was asked if Senate Minority Lee Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, "has what it takes" to move the party forward given two recent episodes in which the 81-year-old froze for several minutes while talking to reporters in Washington and Kentucky.
Tennessee Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Gloria Johnson is criticizing incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn for what Johnson calls the senator's "especially disgraceful" failure to speak out against a colleague who is blocking some 300 high-level military appointments in a stand against the Pentagon's abortion policy.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti says he has joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in all 50 states to urge Congress study how artificial intelligence can and is being used to exploit children through child sexual abuse material and also propose legislative remedies.
State Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, formally announced Tuesday she is challenging U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., saying she is in the race "because Tennesseans deserve better."
