Lamar Alexander

Group Left High And Dry

Politico | Kenneth P. Vogel & Abby Phillip | Posted 03.14.2012

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A new group that hopes to tap into a rising appetite for a third-party presidential challenger has discovered that $30 million in secret cash can buy ...

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ESEA Reauthorization: Everyone's Cards Are on the Table. Now Let's Make a Deal

Michael J. Petrilli | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Lamar Alexander, John Kline, Esea Reauthorization, Nclb, Harkin-Enzi, Education News
Michael J. Petrilli

Democrats across and beyond the nation's capital are up in arms about the ESEA reauthorization proposals released by House GOP leaders on Friday. Or at least they are pretending to be.

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Michael McAuliff

Rand Paul Mocks Polar Bears, Rising Sea Levels And White House 'Extremists'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul mocked concerns about global warming, rising sea levels and endangered polar bears Thursday, accusing...

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Michael McAuliff

Air Pollution Bill Drives Wedge Between Republicans

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Protection Agency, Video, Senate, Rand Paul, Rand Paul Air Pollution, Heather Zichal, Rand Paul Epa, Senate Republicans, Epa, Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, Lamar Alexander, Kelly Ayotte, Air Pollution, Clean Air Act, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- This time, a Tea Party-backed measure to let pollution increase in the name of saving jobs is running into Republican opposition. It's c...

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A is for Accountability*; What's at Stake in the ESEA Debate**

Michael J. Petrilli | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Lamar Alexander, Esea, Johnny Isakson, Nclb Waivers, Harkin-Enzi, Education Reform, Education Policy, Achievement Gaps, Education News
Michael J. Petrilli

We know that setting annual (and ever-rising) targets in NCLB put pressure on states to keep their "cut scores" modest so they didn't unintentionally label every school in their jurisdiction as failing.

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Hayley Miller

No Child Left Behind Revision Moves One Step Closer To Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Hayley Miller | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Help Committee, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Rand Paul, Mike Enzi, Corrections, No Child Left Behind, Al Franken, Tom Harkin, Lamar Alexander, Bernie Sanders, Education Reform, Nclb, Senate Education Committee, No Child Left Behind Reauthorization, Education News

WASHINGTON -- The Senate education committee completed a bipartisan markup revising the No Child Left Behind Act on Thursday evening. After 13 hours o...

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Joy Resmovits

WATCH: 'I'll Tell You What A Tragedy Is'

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Education News, Video, Education, Rand Paul, Richard Burr, Education Policy, National Education Association, No Child Left Behind, Al Franken, Tom Harkin, Lamar Alexander, Michael Bennet, Senate Education Committee, Education News

WASHINGTON -- Debate over the No Child Left Behind revision hit the Senate floor earlier than expected on Wednesday after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) buste...

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Joy Resmovits

Sen. Rand Paul: Slow Down Education Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Education News, Elementary and Secondary Act, John McCain, No Child Left Behind, Tom Harkin, Michael Bennet, Lamar Alexander, Teachers Unions, Bernie Sanders, Lisa Murkowski, Video, Education, Senate Help Committee, Teacher Evaluations, Rand Paul, Mike Enzi, Education Policy, 112th Congress, Education Reform, Kay Hagan, Education News

Letters and amendments are flying on the eve of the first markup of a comprehensive rewrite of the No Child Left Behind law, providing a glimpse into ...

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Joy Resmovits

Federal Government's Role In Grading Teachers At Center Of Legislative Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Education News, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Education, Senate Help Committee, Arne Duncan, No Child Left Behind, Lamar Alexander, 112th Congress, Education Reform, Nclb Waivers, Barack Obama, Education News

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) shifted a major teacher evaluation requirement out of his rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act -- known as N...

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ObamaFlex: Too Much Tight, Too Light on Loose

Michael J. Petrilli | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Lamar Alexander, Esea, Arne Duncan, Education Reform, Waivers, Nclb, Barack Obama, Education News
Michael J. Petrilli

ObamaFlex is in need of improvement. Some additional vetting -- via the Congressional process perhaps? -- might make it ready for primetime. Too bad the Administration took that option off the table.

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Top GOP Senator Resigning From Leadership Post

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 11.20.2011

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WASHINGTON — Alone in a cabin in Northern Ontario last month, Sen. Lamar Alexander considered the debt limit deal Congress and President Barack ...

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Republican Senators Introduce Bills To 'Fix' No Child Left Behind

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Obama No Child Left Behind, Richard Burr, Arne Duncan, No Child Left Behind, Tom Harkin, Lamar Alexander, Barack Obama, Video, Mark Kirk, Charter Schools, Mike Enzi, Johnny Isakson, No Child Left Behind Waivers, Education Reform, Nclb, Arne Duncan No Child Left Behind, No Child Left Behind Reauthorization, Education News

Former U.S. education Secretary Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) announced Wednesday a plan to introduce new legislation...

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Uphill From Here: Why US Jobs Policy Will Improve

Stephen Kent | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Taxes, Payroll Tax Cut, Lamar Alexander, Jobs, Obama Jobs Speech, Value Added Tax, Value-Added Tax, Tax Reform, Eric Cantor, Payroll Tax, Deficit, Obama Jobs, Super Committee, Payroll Tax Holiday, Barack Obama Job Creation, Bruce Bartlett, Tax Cuts, Value-Added-Tax, Obama Tax Cuts, Job Creation, Bill Drayton, Politics News
Stephen Kent

Let's hope today goes down in history as the low point of our national debate on jobs, and that it's all uphill from here.

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Dave Jamieson

Senate Republicans Pick Fight With Labor Board

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Boeing, Labor, Right to Work, Jim Demint, Lamar Alexander, Lindsey Graham, National Labor Relations Board, Unions, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at strengthening "right-to-work" laws in the wake of a complaint filed by the Na...

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Speak Now Against the Day: TN Activist Ash-Lee Henderson on Next Steps for Anti-Mountaintop Removal Movement

Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Lamar Alexander, Appalachia, Dirty Coal, Appalachia Rising, Mountaintop Removal, Clean Coal, Tennessee, Coal, Strip Mining, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Few activists have put their necks on the line as often as Tennessee activist Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson. She has been one of the most tireless, courageous campaigners to speak against mountaintop removal in Appalachia.

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Senate Republicans Seek To Mandate Balanced Budget

Posted 05.31.2011

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(Reuters) - All 47 Senate Republicans, seeking fiscal discipline in big-spending Washington, proposed on Thursday an amendment to the Constitution t...

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Jason Linkins

Late Returns: Two Down From The Front-Running Trio?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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More and more, 2012 speculators are backing away from the notion that the 2012 campaign will feature a robust battle between the popular faces on the ...

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Money Changes Everything: Will the Battle Over the Budget Derail All Bipartisan Cooperation in 2011?

Eileen McMenamin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eileen McMenamin

A collection of senior lawmakers gathered at a Washington panel last Wednesday to reflect on the possibility of cooperation across party lines in the 112th Congress.

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Elise Foley

GOP Plans To Force Vote On Health Care Repeal

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans will attempt to repeal last year's sweeping health care law via an amendment to a Federal Aviation Administration fun...

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Top Senators Seek Deal On Rules For Presidential Nominations

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Senior senators are negotiating to reduce the 1,400 presidential appointments subject to time-consuming Senate confirmation, hoping...

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Sen. Alexander R-Tennessee Eloquently Responds.

Mike Spicer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Spicer

Mike Spicer's Cartoon Blog...

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Amanda Terkel

GOP Senator: Irresponsible For The Media To Mention Palin's Crosshairs Map

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) defended Sarah Palin Sunday, saying that it is irresponsible for the media to be bringing up her much-dis...

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Amanda Terkel

Leading GOP Senator Calls Filibuster Reform A Democratic 'Power Grab'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Senate, Lamar Alexander, Senator Harry Reid, Harry Reid, Jeff Merkley, Tom Harkin, Sen. Lamar Alexander, Filibuster Reform, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Filibuster, Mitch McConnell, Tom Udall, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Politics News

***UPDATED BELOW*** WASHINGTON -- Republican leaders launched a coordinated attack against Democratic proposals to reform Senate rules Tuesday, makin...

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START Treaty Fractures GOP Unity In Senate

Politics Daily | Patricia Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

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The vote, which was 67 to 28, was major break in party unity for the GOP, which has successfully blocked several bills before the November elections a...

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EPA Coal Ash Hearings Intensify, Tennessee Hearing Added Following Controversy

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coal Ash Recycling, Clean Coal, Arrowhead Landfill, Epa, Duke Energy, Lamar Alexander, Coal Ash, TVA Disaster, Uniontown Alabama, Coal Ash Hearings, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

Reversing its embarrassing oversight, the EPA has added one final public hearing on coal ash regulatory proposals, to be held fittingly in Tennessee, the state that suffered the worst coal ash disaster in U.S. history in December 2008.

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