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WASHINGTON — The U.S. law on chemical safety is 37 years old, riddled with exceptions and widely considered ineffective — so much so that the government hasn't even tried to restrict an unsafe...
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2013/05/23 10:19
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A Senate committee on Wednesday approved President Obama’s five nominees for the National Labor Relations Board, splitting along party lines but moving the confirmation process to the full...
2013/05/23 08:45
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Loading Slideshow Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) speaks during a news conference September 8, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty...
2013/05/23 04:06
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Eighty years after it was birthed by the federal government as a part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, the Tennessee Valley Authority might be better off severed from Uncle Sam, U.S. Sen....
2013/05/23 02:17
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lamar Alexander says President Barack Obama's plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority has already cost hundreds of millions of dollars — even if the nation's...
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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday passed legislation introduced by Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-Tn.) and his colleagues to fix responsibility for the safety...
2013/05/22 23:56
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A fight has been brewing ever since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced last fall it was installing buoys to keep people in boats away from the waters above and below dams...
2013/05/22 10:12
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Credit: Myfuture.com on Flickr, under Creative Commons (CC BY-ND 2.0). (WOMENSNEWS)--One of the defining moments in the history of labor law occurred in 1974 when Congress decided that home health...
2013/05/22 00:51
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NASHVILLE — About 60 percent of Tennesseans support expanding Medicaid to cover more working Tennesseans without health insurance, up from 51 percent last December, according to the new statewide...
2013/05/21 23:20
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NASHVILLE — 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,...
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... Reuters/Joshua Roberts)Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, gestures as she testifies to the Senate Finance Committee in Washington March 16, 2011. As scandals rise...
2013/05/21 23:13
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- The U.S. House has passed legislation that would put a two-year moratorium on an Army Corps of Engineers plan to erect barriers to prevent people from fishing below dams on the...
2013/05/21 22:44
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The U.S. House on Tuesday approved a measure barring enforcement of controversial fishing restrictions at dams on the Cumberland River, according to Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell. The U.S....
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The members write: “We recently received reports that Medicare awarded DME (Durable Medical Equipment) contracts in Tennessee to suppliers not licensed to serve Medicare beneficiaries in the state....
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the White House already reeling from three major controversies, some Republican lawmakers are zeroing in on what they perceive is another possible scandal tied to President...
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Sponsors of Mental Health Bills Look for Way Forward The decision to tie mental health legislation to the Senate gun package that was pulled from the floor last month has left supporters of those...
2013/05/21 05:39
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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. If too few buy...
2013/05/21 01:09
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The WWE’s Big Red Machine (real name: Glenn Jacobs) tells The Tennessean that he will not oppose incumbent Lamar Alexander in the Republican primary for next year’s U.S. Senate race in Tennessee....
2013/05/20 23:15
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By Chas Sisk, The Tennessean Kane - we mean Glenn Jacobs - said Monday that he has "no plans on running for political office at this time" following a report late last week that he might be planning...
2013/05/20 09:51
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BREAKING OVERNIGHT: North Korea on Monday fired a projectile into the sea off its east coast for the third day in a row, South Korean officials said, urging Pyongyang to refrain from...