From Eric Dondero: News Channel 5 out of Nashville reports that over 500 Tea Partyers and other supporters rallied in support of Gibson Guitar on Friday in Donnelson, near company headquarters. The company has been under fire from the Obama administration for importing so-called endangered wood for the production of their guitars. The FBI executed two raids to gather evidence in an effort to shut the company down. Among the speakers, Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn. "Here you have a factory...Read Full Story
RISE & SHINE, Join Your Fellow GOP'ers GREEN HILLS BREAKFAST SUMMIT
DCRP-Davidson County Republican Party Announces Saturday, July 23, 2011 Swett's-Green Hills-2209 Abbott Martin Rd. Breakfast begins @ 8:15 (S10.00 (see below) no credit cards) Meeting begins at 9:00.. sharp SPECIAL EVENT: BREAKFAST WITH CONGRESSMAN MARSHA BLACKBURN!! Find out ,first hand, what is really going on in DC!!
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United States Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) took time away from fighting intellectual property piracy issues yesterday morning to swing by Darius Rucker’s taping of CBS’ The Early Show in New York outside CBS Studios. Rucker was honored to take some time away from taping the summer concert series to visit with Congressman Blackburn, who champions music artist rights on Capitol Hill and has earned a special reputation in Music City for her strong ties to the recording industry and the...Read Full Story
Once again, JoeCitizens.com is releasing a potential candidate field for the 2010 Tennessee 7th Congressional District race. After months of extensive research, the complied list provides a springboard for rumor and political conjecture. Like most mock drafts, the field is wide open and may present a few surprises. According to Tom Guleff of JoeCitizens.com, “Even though we haven’t completed this year’s election cycle, all eyes will be on the governor’s race in 2010. The big questions will be...Read Full Story
April 24, 2009
When Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn confronted Al Gore with his profiteering from global warming legislation at today’s House Energy and Environment Subcommittee hearing on the Waxman-Markey climate bill, Al Gore said that every penny he ever made from his business activities went into non-profit efforts. [See transcript below.]
That is a flat-out lie, according to this March 6, 2008 Bloomberg report that indicates that Al Gore invested $35 million of his own money in...Read Full Story
The Hill: Rep. Blackburn Urges 'Full-Scale' Planned Parenthood Investigation Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is taking the lead in asking Congress to double down in its investigation of Planned Parenthood. In a letter to House Speaker John ...
Clarksville, TN - The Pentagon announced today that it plans to trim the number of Army troops by 13 percent beginning in 2013. U.S. Congressman Marsha Blackburn calls this "Dangerous." "The number one priority of our government is to protect the American people from threats to our nation. It is extremely dangerous for President Obama [...]
Black’s campaign brought in close to $1.9 million last ... Chuck Fleischmann, R-Ooltewah, faces a primary challenge from Weston Wamp, son of former Republican Rep. Zach Wamp. Fleischmann raised $321,230 in the last three months of 2011 ...
Rep. Marsha Blackburn has been an interesting one to follow during this whole SOPA/PIPA fight. She's long been a staunch supporter of more draconian copyright laws (once claiming that fair use was like theft). She's also incredibly politically inconsistent. For example, we pointed out her ridiculous video talking about how dangerous it was to let Congress regulate the internet with respect to net neutrality. But even though SOPA was about...
That district is currently represented by Marsha Blackburn of neighboring Williamson County; Blackburn represented much of the Nashville share of the 7th in the state senate from 1998 to 2002. Nashville is considered a gateway city for rail and ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn didn't get her few minutes of national exposure at the Republican National Convention because of Hurricane Gustav. The Commercial Appeal reported that Blackburn had been scheduled to speak in ...
Blackburn Statement on TVA Rate Hike Rep. Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) again urged Speaker Pelosi to call the House into session immediately to address the nationâs energy crisis.