How Tennessee’s two senators voted on COVID relief and why
Tennessee’s two Republican Senators Bill Hagerty and Marsha Blackburn voted against the $1.9-trillion COVID relief bill that cleared the U.S. Senate Saturday, March 6, on a party line 50-49 vote. (AP file)
Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty pushed the narrative that Republican-led states were getting less money in the relief bill at the expense of Democratic led states.
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