Voting in the Volunteer State today: Tennessee holds primaries for House and Senate seats.
There's an open #TNSen seat race with 3rd term Republican Senator Lamar Alexander not running for reelection. 15 Republicans including former Trump US Amb to Japan Bill Hagerty and Dr. Manny Sethi and 5 Democrats including Nashville atty James Mackler are running to succeed him.
6th term #TN01 Republican Rep. Phil Roe, ranking member & former chair of House VA Cmte, is not running for reelection. 16 Republicans are running to succeed him in northeastern Tennessee House seat which GOP has held since 1881. Winner will likely face Democrat Blair Walsingham.
15th term #TN05 Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper face primary challenger Keeda Haynes for the Nashville area House seat. Cooper is one of two Democrats in 9-member Tennessee Congressional delegation.
7-term #TN09 Democratic challenger Steve Cohen faces primary challenger former Shelby County Democratic Party chair Corey Strong for Memphis area House seat. Cohen is one of two Democrats in 9-member Tennessee Congressional delegation.
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Memorial Service for Ethel Kennedy is being held today at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle in DC.Eulogies will be delivered by President Biden, fmr Presidents Obama & Clinton,fmr Speaker Pelosi,MLK III & her children.@cspan,online & cspan now app c-span.org/video/?539264-…
46, 44 and 42 with Nancy and Paul Pelosi at the memorial service for Ethel Kennedy today.
Surprise performance by Sting at the memorial service for Ethel Kennedy.
House passed legislation reauthorizing state grants for traumatic brain injury projects for 5yrs by voice vote. It's one of the last bills by the late Rep Bill Pascrell Jr (D-NJ) before he died last month.Bill names National Program for TBI Surveillance & Registries in his honor.
Pallone on Pascrell: “Before I talk about the importance of the bill, I want to take a moment to talk about our dear friend and colleague, Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr., who served here in this House for 27 years.”
Pallone on Pascrell: “He truly was the first son of Paterson and left an indelible mark on north Jersey throughout his public service career as a mayor, a public
schoolteacher, an assemblyman, and a Congressman.”
204-210:House defeated FL GOP Rep. Luna's inherent contempt resolution to fine Attorney General Garland $10,000 a day for failing to comply with a subpoena to provide Special Counsel Hur’s audiotapes of President Biden's interview.4Rs voted No: Duarte, Joyce, McClintock & Turner.
12 House Republicans and 7 Democrats missed the full House vote on Florida GOP Rep. Luna's inherent contempt resolution against AG Garland.
Rep. Luna (R-FL) on today's House vote defeating her inherent contempt resolution and 2025 legislative branch spending bill.
Education Sec. Cardona on whether what's happening to Jewish students at Columbia & other colleges & universities is okay:"Absolutely not. I think what's happening on our campuses is abhorrent. Hate has no place on our campuses & I'm very concerned w/the reports of antisemitism."
Cardona:"I've spoken to Jewish students who have feared going to class as a result of some of the harassment that they're facing on campuses. It's unacceptable and we're committed as a Department of Education to adhering to Titile VI enforcement. We have 137 open cases."
Cardona: "We take this very seriously. We've increased the number of communications to college campuses to make sure that they have what they need in terms of the law and best practices on how they make sure they're protecting students."