Bob Corker

Type: Person

Name: Bob Corker

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 24 mins ago - 4 reports

Rand Paul and the Menendez-Corker Bill to Arm Syrian Rebels

John Hudson reports on Rand Paul’s reaction to the Foreign Relations Committee’s 15-3 vote to approve the Menendez-Corker Senate legislation that authorizes arming some of the Syrian opposition: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blasted members of the Senate ... [Published Eunomia - 24 mins ago]

Entities: Rand Paul, Bob Corker, John Hudson, Tom Udall, Chris Murphy

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 53 mins ago - 4 reports

Ed Whitfield

House Passes Two Year Moratorium On Dam Barriers

U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield heralded final passage of the Freedom to Fish Act on Tuesday. Whitfield was a leading proponent of the measure in the House.The bill, introduced by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., was co-sponsored by Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell ... [Published NewsChannel 5 - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Ed Whitfield, Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 58 mins ago - 7 reports

Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University Poll: Tennesseans favor Medicaid expansion

Search our databaseNASHVILLE — 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 Vanderbilt Poll.Meanwhile, about 66 ... [Published Memphis Commercial Appeal - 58 mins ago]

Entities: Bill Haslam, Vanderbilt University, Medicaid

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Robert Menendez

Senate panel approves weapons for Syrian rebels

WASHINGTON A Senate panel has voted to provide weapons to rebels battling the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.The vote by the Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday marked the first time that lawmakers have backed the aggressive military step ... [Published Greenfield Daily Reporter - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Bob Corker, Robert Menendez, Military Action

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

Alexander Likens Reelection Effort to 'Overwhelming Force' Military Operation

Excerpt from a Politico article on how Republican U.S. senators - Tennessee's Lamar Alexander being a prime example - are working diligently to assure they don't face a serious primary challenger in 2014."I'm running a Colin Powell military operation, ... [Published Knox News Sentinel - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Lamar Alexander, Republican Party (US), Bob Corker

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Obama and U.S. lawmakers need to consider better options for peace in

NEW YORK Achieving peace in Syria Syria Transition Support Act introduced by Senators Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Bob Corker (R-TN) may be up for vote today. The bill calls for lethal and non-lethal aid for vetted opposition groups; military training; ... [Published Washington Times - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Syria, Sarin, Barack Obama, Chemical Weapon

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Foreign Fuels Reduction Act – Good for Biofuels?

A fancy title does not good biofuels policy make.Mixed emotions are emanating from the introduction of the “ Foreign Fuels Reduction Act, ” introduced by U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn). The legislation would allow only domestically-sourced ... [Published Domestic Fuel - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Biofuels, Bob Corker, Charles T Drevna, Joe Manchin

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

The Terror Cartel Strikes in Idaho

by Recently by : During , Secretary of State John Kerry warned Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad that if he doesnt begin preparations to abdicate his office, "the opposition will be receiving additional support and unfortunately the violence will not end." ... [Published LewRockwell.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, Cartel, Torture, Secret Police

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Legislation Introduced to Halt Imported BioFuel

Legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate to ensure only domestically sourced advanced biofuels are used to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's renewable fuel mandate, according to a bill co-sponsor Tennessee Senator Bob Corker (R). ... [Published Transport Topics - May 20 2013]

Entities: Biofuels, Bob Corker, Renewable Fuels, US Senate

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Tennessee congressmen torn over Internet sales tax

Tennessee congressmen are facing pressure from both camps on legislation that would grant states the power to collect sales taxes for online purchases, Knoxville News Sentinel reports.The newspaper points to U.S. Rep. John Duncan Jr., R-Knoxville, as ... [Published New York Business Journal - May 20 2013]

Entities: John Duncan, Jr., Bill Haslam, Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, US Senate

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Bipartisanship on Water Projects in Senate Spurred by Freedom to Fish Act

The senior energy aide to Mitch McConnellThe staffs of Boxer, McConnell, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid“There is one person, and that is Neil ChatterjeeInfrastructure issues are usually exceptions in a gridlocked Congress, and in this case McConnell ... [Published Yahoo! News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, Neil Chatterjee

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Corker cites 'negative' impact barge having on downtown

Jon Thurmond, left, and Brock Sparks walk on a barge across from Ross's Landing while preparing the structure to be refloated.Photo by Angela Lewis /Chattanooga Times Free Press.U.S. Sen. Bob Corker on Thursday waded into the issue of a rundown river ... [Published Chattanooga Times Free Press - May 17 2013]

Entities: Bob Corker, US Army Corps of Engineers, Property, Lieutenant Colonel

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"Much of the policy on Syria has been done on an ad hoc basis," Corker said. "this bill lays out a strategy."

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