Gordon leaving legacy of service

01/02/11 With 26 years in Congress behind him, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon holds out hope that the nation's leaders can rise above a partisan atmosphere to solve the nation's problems.

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Week ahead: New representatives to be sworn in this week

01/02/11 The U.S. Congress convenes this week with four new Republican representatives from Tennessee. Diane Black of Gallatin replaces retiring Democratic Rep. Bart Gordon in Middle Tennessee's District 6. The other three newcomers are Charles Fleischmann of Ooltewah in District 3; Dr. Scott DesJarlais of Jasper in District 4; and Stephen Fincher of Frog Jump in District 8.

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Greg Johnson: Reforms unions opposed have made education better

07/14/11 From deep in their perhaps permanent political exile, Tennessee Democrats scored a Pyrrhic political point. Annihilated/obliterated/decimated (pick one or all) by the Republican rout last November, which gave the GOP complete control of Tennessee government, the party of Barack Obama , Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Al Gore was able to label the pachyderms "teacher haters."

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