Will Congressman Scott DesJarlais (TN-04) follow his Republican leadership and support a bill this week that cuts overtime pay and flexibility for working families — the “Pay Working Families Less Act”?
House Republican leaders are pushing forward this deceptive bill that they call the “Working Families Flexibility Act” despite independent evaluations saying it would actually [...]
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Democratic Party released a statement on U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais voting for Rep. Paul Ryan’s House Republican budget, which gives the wealthiest Americans a massive new tax cut paid for by raising taxes on the middle class by $2,000.
“Once again Scott DesJarlais has chosen to slash taxes for [...]
Continue Reading →DesJarlais Settled Mysterious Medical Malpractice Case in 2004 for $75K, Sued for Medical Malpractice in 1991—Months After Graduating Medical School
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Embattled Congressman Scott DesJarlais, a physician entangled in a scandal stemming from his sexual involvement with multiple patients, also has a history of medical malpractice claims. One of those claims, settled [...]
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Former Governor’s Radio Spot Highlights Stewart’s Focus on Solutions — Not Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Gov. Phil Bredesen is throwing his support behind Eric Stewart for Congress, calling the state senator “a man we Tennesseans can be proud to send to Washington” in an radio advertisement playing throughout the 4th [...]
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Desjarlais Campaign Telling Reporters His Second Patient Mistress is Correcting the Times Free Press’ Patient-Sex-Drugs Story.
“The woman mentioned in this article has reached out to both the congressman’s wife and the paper to express concerns about her statements being taken out of context and factual inaccuracies contained in this article,” a statement from campaign [...]
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DesJarlais now the 2nd biggest spender in Congress on mail and communications
Even though he’s been in Congress for less than two years, Scott DesJarlais (TN-04) is vying for the title of “Junk Mail King,” spending nearly a half million dollars on slick mail pieces described by the Congressman and his staff as “communications.”
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Continue Reading →On Groundhog Day today, Tennessee seniors are waking up and finding that House Republicans like Representative Scott Desjarlais (TN-04) are doing the same thing again — planning a budget that ends Medicare for seniors, while protecting tax breaks for the ultra wealthy and Big Oil. This weekend, Republican Budget Chairman Paul Ryan said Republicans [...]
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