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Press release from the Tennessee House Republican Caucus ; May 1, 2012: NASHVILLE, Tenn. —With the passage of the Fiscal Year 2012-13 budget for the State of Tennessee, lawmakers from Anderson and Roane Counties are touting their successful effort to secure vital funding for Roane State Community College’s Oak Ridge campus. Representative John Ragan (R-Oak Ridge) said that the budget includes $1 million to finish the 3rd floor of the science technology building of the Oak Ridge campus of Roane State Community College and $500,000 for a University of Tennessee at Knoxville Forensic Science Center in Oak Ridge
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Tennessee lawmakers not only approved a budget filled with “pork barrel projects” they once said were too local, but they also agreed to spend $500,000 of taxpayer dollars on a museum in Virginia. The GOP-run Tennessee Legislature put a stamp of approval a $31.5 billion budget Monday after days of wrangling over about $25 million in localized spending. All but a half dozen of those projects made it into the budget that now heads to the governor.
Continue reading …Press release from the Tennessee Democratic Party; April 30, 2012: NASHVILLE – Republicans are pushing a last-minute change to weaken campaign finance laws and make it easier for corporations to give to political campaigns.
Continue reading …Labor Department’s Decision to Scrap Child Farmworker Restrictions Welcomed by Ag Interests
April 30, 2012 No Comment
Tennessee farmers are breathing a sigh of relief after the Obama administration retreated from a proposal to restrict the kinds of agriculture-related jobs people under the age of 18 can legally perform in America. Rhedona Rose, executive vice president for the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation , said rules proposed by the U.S.
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Republican legislative leaders seemingly mended a rift late Friday that had emerged between their Tennessee House and Senate lawmakers over local “pork barrel spending.” They agreed on about $1 million worth of additional reductions to a budget plan that had temporarily put GOP members of the two chambers at loggerheads earlier in the week . In a rarely-called budget “conference committee” involving House and Senate lawmakers assigned to hammer out differences in the $31 billion budget, Republicans set aside their disagreements and struck accord on a list of spending projects to cut and keep
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The Tennessee House of Representatives on Thursday passed a $31.4 billion state spending blueprint, setting the stage for a possible standoff between the two General Assembly chambers. Both the House and the Senate are dominated by Republicans, however in the past couple days rifts have emerged over how many “ pork barrel ” projects ought to be funded in the next fiscal year — and whether the projects in question are “local” or in fact ostensibly serve regional or statewide interests. Almost all the Democrats in the House voted against the budget package, saying it didn’t take into account the upward trajectory of Tennessee tax-revenue growth, which they assert justifies greater spending on education, job training and medical care for low income Tennesseans, among other areas
Continue reading …Below are edited notes taken during the House Floor Session on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. It is not a complete transcript of everything that was said.
Continue reading …TFA: No Apology, No Retreat; ‘Some Missed Figurative Analogy’ of Remarks about Crucifixion
April 25, 2012 No CommentPress release from the Tennessee Firearms Association ; April 25, 2012: House Calendar Committee Vote First, the battle is not over. On a “recall” motion, the Safe Commute legislation can still see passage into law this year. It is time to increase the demands on all House and Senate members to hold them accountable.
Continue reading …The National Rifle Association’s point man in Tennessee favors putting the state’s Republican leadership on the spot for all to see regarding controversial gun-rights expansion measures in the General Assembly. “This is an issue that has been pending for four years,” NRA lobbyist Darren LaSorte said of legislation designed to ensure employees can keep a firearm in their vehicle parked on their employer’s property during work hours, even if the employer doesn’t approve
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