Despite thousands of Maury County residents being out of work, state House candidate Sheila Butt of Columbia says she supports an ill-conceived guest-worker program encouraging Tennessee employers to hire foreign workers.
“You should have a path… let people come here to work and go home when they get ready to go home and they [...]
Continue Reading →Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester wants to know if the state Republican Party’s anointed gubernatorial candidate, Bill Haslam, agrees with Texas Congressman Joe Barton that the White House is being too hard on BP for its reckless behavior in the Gulf of Mexico.
“Mr. Haslam’s family business has made a fortune selling [...]
Continue Reading →“Small business owners like Chris and Becky Link in Nashville are also struggling. They’ve always wanted to do right by the workers at their family-run marketing firm, but they’ve recently had to do the unthinkable and lay off a number of employees — layoffs that could have been deferred, they say, if health [...]
Continue Reading →What’s at stake in the energy debate? This new ad from Repower America makes the case that clean energy is the best strategy for America now and in the future:
Continue Reading →The GOP gives its support to the party’s most visible spokesman, former Vice President Dick Cheney.
Continue Reading →Rep. Jim Cooper and TNDP Chair Chip Forrester recently met with the Justin, Lizabeth, and James Presley Plumlee. Justin and Lizabeth both work full-time jobs that do not provide health insurance. But thanks to the Cover Kids program, James has had free, comprehensive health care.
45,900 more children in Tennessee have health care today [...]
Continue Reading →Chip discusses new treasurer Bill Freeman, the Campaign Summit, and his trip to East Tennessee.
Continue Reading →Chip Forrester brings you up to date on fundraising, Obama’s stimulus, and the TNDP campaign summit.
Continue Reading →Step into Chip Forrester’s office.
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