President Barack Obama has “put a wet blanket” on job creation with the health care reforms, financial regulations and higher taxes planned in the next year, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said today.

Senate Republicans are open to supporting White House proposals to expand business tax credits for research and development but not before Congress decides to extend the Bush tax credits that will expire at the end of the year, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander said Tuesday.

Tennessee’s U.S. senators are among the richest of the 535-member Congress, according to newly released financial disclosures.

Tennessee Republicans’ big guns are hosting a series of general election fundraisers this month for GOP gubernatorial nominee Bill Haslam.

US Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) yesterday sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking EPA Administrator Jackson to hold one of its hearings on how to handle coal ash in Kingston, the site of the largest coal-ash spill in American history. In the letter, Sen. Alexander also asked the EPA to extend its public comment period to accommodate the concerns expressed at a possible ...