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Alexander, Corker, and Blackburn Commend Davidson Sheriff On 287(g) Success
Apr 17, 2009
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Tennessee lawmakers congratulated Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall on the success of the 287(g) program today. The 287(g) program is a partnership between federal and local authorities that assists law enforcement in indentifying, processing, and detaining criminal immigrants encountered in the b...
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Blackburn Reiterates Call for Census Hearings
Feb 12, 2009
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Following the announcement of Senate hearings into 2010 Census process and Senator Gregg’s withdrawal as nominee for Commerce Secretary, Congressman Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) issued the following statement:
“The Senate clearly takes this issue seriously, why can’t the House? In just the matter of ...
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Blackburn Urges Waxman to Hold Census Hearings
Feb 11, 2009
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Congressman Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) led her Republican colleagues on the Energy and Commerce Committee in asking Chairman Waxman to hold hearings on White House attempts to impose political influence into the census process.
In her letter, Blackburn expresses her “alarm” at a Congres...
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Blackburn Sworn In For 4th Term
Jan 6, 2009
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Congressman Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) was sworn in today for her 4th term representing Tennessee’s 7th District, which runs from suburban Memphis, through Nashville, to Clarksville Tennessee. Following her swearing-in Congressman Blackburn made the following statement:
“I am so honored to represen...
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New Perspective On Immigration Reform
Jun 5, 2008
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Reprinted from RealClearPolitics: http://blackburn.emanager.house.gov/emanager/Pages/Documents/DocumentAdd.aspx
Four months ago a promising young man named Jamiel Shaw was gunned down in Los Angeles by a criminal alien who was freed from prison only the day before. Community members were shocked ...
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Blackburn Immigration Reforms Introduced In Senate
Mar 5, 2008
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Rep. Marsha Blackburn's CLEAR Act will take a major step forward when a group of 10 Senators include the language, which has 135 bipartisan House co-sponsors and support from a wide coalition of grassroots and border security organizations, in a package of immigration reforms being introduced in the...
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Blackburn on Omnibus Spending Bill
Dec 17, 2007
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Today, Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) joined fellow Republicans in voting to defeat a massive spending bill that fails to fund war fighters in Iraq, puts civilian jobs in the Department of Defense in jeopardy of furlough, and fails to secure our nation's borders.
"Tonight, the Democrat majori...
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Blackburn Votes Against Government-Run Healthcare
Oct 18, 2007
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Today, Congressman Marsha Blackburn moved to rein in the liberal Leadership's move to "slow motion socialism" by voting to sustain President Bush's veto of H.R. 976. Rep. Blackburn had the following statement after the House voted to sustain the veto 273 to 156.
"Everyone in Tennessee wat...
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Blackburn Legislation to Target Sanctuary Cities, Dangerous Criminal Aliens
Sep 7, 2007
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Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today introduced legislation designed to implement an efficient system of identifying and removing violent criminal illegal immigrants, while denying specific federal funding to American "Sanctuary Cities" that protect violent criminal aliens. The Charlie No...
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Blackburn Votes Against Medicare Cuts, Health Care for Illegal Immigrants
Aug 1, 2007
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Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today voted against the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which would force $193 billion in total Medicare cuts for seniors and offer government funded healthcare to illegal immigrants."The SCHIP program was created by a Republ...
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