Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is a Republican politician. He won reelection to the U.S. Senate in Tennessee against Democratic challenger Bob Tuke.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said that he voted against the $445 billion Consolidated Appropriations bill.read more
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Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., tells "Top Line" 40 Senate Republicans remain unified in opposition to the Democratic health care bill.
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Today on the Senate floor, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) railed against Medicaid, the health insurance program funded by both the federal and state governments for low-income Americans, by calling it a “medical ghetto” and blasting Democrats for proposing to expand the program:
– “We’ve heard eloquent statements about how moving 15 million low-income Americans into [...]
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When discussing (read: doing everything possible to kill) health care reform of late, Sen. Lamar Alexander has taken to referring to Medicaid as a health-care "ghetto." He did it again yes...
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As Jed noted "What would a health care debate be without some good ol' fashioned race-baiting from the G.O.P.?" Stay...
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Perhaps I am too sensitive. However, 50 years of living in America has taught me to hear the race-baiting dog whistles from old white guys. I heard Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) on one of the Sunday talk shows call Medicaid a 'medical ghetto'.It turns out that Alexander used this term a number of times on the Senate floor during the healthcare debate.Cheryl Contee (Jack and Jill Politics) wrote,"The right (and some on the left) would have you...
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LAMAR ALEXANDER'S REVISIONIST HISTORY.... The NYT has an interesting piece today about the utility of the White House's health care reform strategy this year. "President Obama's arms-length strategy on health care appears to be paying dividends," the piece notes. But...
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