But unlike many of those Republicans, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., once worked for the disgraced president he took pleasure in linking with Obama. As a young lawyer in 1969, the future Tennessee governor worked for Bryce Harlow, Nixon's ...and more »

Sen. Lamar Alexander has been flexing his campaign muscles for months now, raising more than $1 million in the first quarter and marshaling support from prominent Republicans across Tennessee. But a leading Libertarian magazine is suggesting a new challenger may step into the ring to rival the former Tennessee governor, who is seeking his third Senate term after being elected in 2003. According ... Ron Ramsey to debate the merits of an online sales tax bill currently working its way through Congress. The bill ...and more »

“If she is raising money from private entities and coordinating with those entities to do something that Congress has refused to do, the Constitution doesn't allow that and federal law makes it a criminal violation,” Senator Lamar Alexander (R., Tenn.) ...and more »

Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tn.) announced that the U.S. Senate on Thursday passed his legislation that would immediately ban the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from implementing fishing restrictions for two years, the second time in as many days senators ... The Corps did so despite the Senate's unanimous support for an amendment to the budget resolution in March that would allow Congress to prohibit the Corps' plans, as well as repeated requests for compromise from Senator Alexander, numerous other ...and more »

Senate Ranking Members Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) of the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee ... Article I of the Constitution gives Congress alone the power of the purse. This means a federal agency is dependent on Congress for its ...and more »