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06/23/11 BY PETER URBAN World Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Senate last week rejected a banking lobby effort to delay new federal regulations that would lower so-called 'swipe' fees that merchants are charged on debit card purchases. Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Bob Corker, R-Tenn., had...
06/07/11 ARLINGTON, Va., June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) President Sandy Kennedy issued the following statement in response to an amendment announced by Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Bob Corker (R-TN) that would undo meaningful debit swipe fee reform.
05/15/11 U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., is joining with U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and three other newly elected members of the U.S. House to lead this year's Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit in Chattanooga on May 15 and May 16. The conference will focus on energy innovation and independence, next-generation manufacturing and technology workforce development in the corridor that stretches from ...
05/13/11 Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and fellow Republican U.S. Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker are planning to attend President Barack Obama's graduation speech to a Memphis high school on Monday.
04/29/11 Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and U.S. Sen. Bob Corker are expressing confidence in the Army Corps of Engineers' ability to deal with the threat of flooding in the Memphis area.
04/19/11 A day after Standard and Poor's issued a warning about the nation's debt... Tennessee Senator Bob Corker calls on Congress to develop a fiscal straight jacket. The Chattanooga Republican told the Society of Human Resource Management the country needs to cap federal spending. He wants spending tied to our country's economic output. Corker's "CAP Act" legislation would force lawmakers to develop ...
03/15/11 WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Bob Corker on Tuesday called for the federal government to delay new rules that would limit the fees that banks charge retailers for processing debit card transactions.
03/15/11 Today, the Electronic Payments Coalition announced its support of the Debit Interchange Fee Study Act , introduced by a bipartisan group of nine senators including Senators Jon Tester , Bob Corker , Tom Carper , Pat Toomey , Ben Nelson , Chris Coons , Pat Roberts , Mike Lee , and Jon Kyl . ? The legislation calls for a two-year delay of the proposed Federal Reserve debit card rule.
02/06/11 U.S. Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee last week began aggressively promoting a cap on spending by the federal government packed with reason and logic and teetering on shaky political terrain.
01/12/11 Calabrese: It was a mere two years ago, columnist Daniel Howes reminds us, that Sen. Bob Corker was public enemy number one in Detroit area. When the Big Three CEOs went to Washington, folks around here expected the federal government to simply hand over the bailout money. And they were aghast when Corker was having none of it. When he raked the automakers over the coals for their bloated costs ...
12/21/10 Associated Press - December 21, 2010 6:25 PM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee U.S. Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker both supported the new arms control treaty.
12/17/10 What's Your Reaction? What do Bangladeshi sleeping bags and Bob Corker have in common? Apparently a lot, as both are holding up votes in the Senate.
11/29/10 U.S. Sen. Bob Corker , R-Tenn., says he has told Volkswagen officials that he thinks it would be "highly detrimental" to the German manufacturer if the United Auto Workers organizes its Chattanooga assembly plant.
11/28/10 U.S. Sen. Bob Corker says he has told Volkswagen officials having the United Auto Workers organize its the Chattanooga assembly plant would be "highly detrimental" to the German manufacturer.
11/28/10 NASHVILLE -- U.S. Sen. Bob Corker , R-Tenn., says he has told Volkswagen officials that he thinks it would be "highly detrimental" to the German manufacturer if the United Auto Workers organizes its Chattanooga assembly plant.
11/27/10 U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., says he has told Volkswagen officials that he thinks it would be "highly detrimental" to the German manufacturer if the United Auto Workers organizes its Chattanooga assembly plant.
11/23/10 Confrontation. Gridlock. A nation divided. Conventional wisdom tells us to expect a contentious stalemate in the wake of the 2010 midterm elections. But walk up the steps to the Senate Dirksen Office Building, hang a right, and you'll hear a different message: "I'm going to find Democrats who'll come along," declares Tennessee Republican Bob Corker. The Chattanooga real estate mogul-turned ...
11/05/10 U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) will be the keynote speaker at this year's Veterans Day observance on Nov. 11 at the Cumberland County Veterans Memorial Park, beginning at 11 a.m.
10/30/10 Republicans who are privately hopeful that the party can beat conventional wisdom on Tuesday and net the 10 seats needed to take the Senate majority might want to talk to Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker.
10/07/10 U.S. Senators Jim Bunning (R-Ky.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) have announced passage of Senate Resolution 653, designating Oct. 30, 2010, as a National ...
08/24/10 Feisty freshman U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., is hustling around the state with an in-your-face style slide show meant to jolt constituents into action over the mounting national debt. | 
