There are 116 article(s) tagged David Kustoff:

• October 2023

  • D.C. Scorecard: Cohen, Kustoff vote for spending stop-gap while Hagerty, Blackburn vote no

    U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen was among the Democratic majority voting for the bill, and Rep. David Kustoff was among the 126 Republicans who voted for it.

    By Bill Dries October 02, 2023

• June 2023

  • D.C. Scorecard: The Schiff censure, the Durham probe, TVA

    This D.C. Scorecard includes the censure of the Democrat who made the House’s case for former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment and a grilling of the special counsel who investigated the FBI’s handling of allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

    By Bill Dries June 25, 2023

  • D.C. Scorecard: Trump’s indictment, Cohen on Amtrak; Kustoff at Le Bonheur

    The D.C. Scorecard shows partisan lines still intact among the city’s four representatives on the espionage indictment against Donald Trump. Also, Cohen talks Memphis to Nashville Amtrak service, while Kustoff talks workforce at Le Bonheur.

    By Bill Dries June 12, 2023

• January 2023

  • Cohen, Kustoff on either side of Washington’s new power balance

    Republican David Kustoff sees the prolonged balloting for the new Speaker as a healthy sign for Republican unity. Democrat Steve Cohen says Republicans will remain unified in the short term, but not in the longer term.

    By Bill Dries January 13, 2023

• December 2022

  • Cohen and Kustoff react to antisemitism

    Shelby County’s two U.S. congressmen made statements after former President Donald Trump’s dinner with the rapper Ye and the white supremacist/ Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.

    By Ian Round December 02, 2022

  • D.C. scorecard: Same-sex marriage, rail strike

    Here’s how the city’s representatives in Washington D.C. voted on the two major issues and what they had to say about it on social media.

    By Bill Dries December 02, 2022

• November 2022

  • Steve Cohen, David Kustoff reelected to U.S. House

    Democrat Steve Cohen and Republican David Kustoff were heavily favored to win reelection and did. But which party will be the majority in the U.S. House is still in doubt.

    By Bill Dries November 09, 2022

  • Memphis Election Day answers questions away from national spotlight

    The ballot features a statewide race for governor and questions about voter interest as well as the county’s balance between Republicans and Democrats.

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    Early voters’ numbers hint at Election Day turnout

    Ballot Basics: Election Day Nov. 8, 2022

    By Bill Dries November 08, 2022

  • Arlington Veterans Day event salutes those who served

    Olin Pickens, a 100-year-old World War II veteran and former POW was the main speaker. He called being released in April 1945, “One of the happiest days in my life. I got my freedom back.”

    By Michael Waddell November 06, 2022

  • Political Roundup: Early voting, Cohen & Kustoff, Memphis mayor’s race

    Thursday is the last day to vote early ahead of next Tuesday’s election day, as congressmen David Kustoff and Steve Cohen predict who will control the House. Plus: Notes on school funding, MLGW and the first mayoral forum.

    By Bill Dries November 05, 2022

• August 2022

  • Martin beats Smiley, Atwater in Democratic primary for governor

    Gov. Bill Lee is expected to win reelection, but Democrats think they have a shot after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Meanwhile, incumbent lawmakers in Congress and the General Assembly all won.

    By Ian Round August 05, 2022

• July 2022

  • TN Republicans show no love for birth control bill

    A bill guaranteeing right to birth control passed in the U.S. House without support of Tennessee Republicans. Having a law on the books would preempt any decision the Supreme Court might make to withhold that right. 

    By Ian Round July 23, 2022

  • Kustoff kicks off Law Enforcement Appreciation Tour in Collierville

    U.S. Rep. David Kustoff began his Law Enforcement and First Responder Appreciation Tour in Collierville on Tuesday, the first of about a dozen stops the congressman will make throughout his West Tennessee district.

    By Abigail Warren July 05, 2022

• June 2022

  • Letter to the Editor: When will Congress and our local representatives get to work?

    “What irony there is in honoring our dead from wars while disregarding our dead children of today.”

    By Letters to the Editor June 02, 2022

• May 2022

  • A day to honor, a day to remember and a day to recognize sacrifice

    Across the county, Memorial Day ceremonies recognized the sacrifices of those who perished during their times in the armed service.

    By Abigail Warren, Michael Waddell May 30, 2022

  • Kustoff addresses national concerns, midterm elections

    The congressman told local business leaders the midterms could be a “wave election.” He believes Republicans could gain control of the nation’s House and Senate.

    By Abigail Warren May 10, 2022

  • Cohen, Kustoff offer different views of Supreme Court leak

    U.S. Reps. Steve Cohen and Michael Kustoff commented at separate events Thursday in Shelby County, elaborating on earlier reaction to the leaked opinion draft on the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the U.S. 

    Related story:

    Kustoff addresses national concerns, midterm elections

    By Bill Dries, Abigail Warren May 10, 2022

• April 2022

  • Trump’s last chief of staff touts ex-president’s record to local Republicans

    Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows gave the keynote speech at the local Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Gala, with many GOP figures vowing to regain the majority in the U.S. House in midterm elections this year. 

    By Bill Dries April 29, 2022

  • Local leaders, businesses focused on smart growth for Blue Oval City

    While Memphis-based Fogelman Properties doesn’t have real estate interest in Haywood County, president Mark Fogelman said his experience in regions like Chattanooga following Volkswagen’s investment could be used to gauge what could happen in West Tennessee. 

    By Rob Moore April 14, 2022

• February 2022

  • Rep. Steve Cohen near Ukraine as Sen. Marsha Blackburn meets with Trump

    U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis had a front-row seat Thursday, Feb. 24, for Russia’s political defense of its invasion of Ukraine.

    By Bill Dries February 25, 2022

  • Kustoff addresses Russia, inflation in speech at Collierville

    “That peace today is over. It’s done. Putin has reemerged, and Russia has reemerged as a new world power,” Congressman David Kustoff, R-Germantown, told the Collierville Rotary Club.

    By Abigail Warren February 22, 2022

• January 2022

  • Legislators draw partisan lines over voting rights and filibuster

    The two key votes of the week in Washington D.C. were in the Senate. But the discussion among the city’s representatives in Washington included both U.S. House members who represent Memphis.

    By Bill Dries January 23, 2022

  • State receives $38M for Arlington’s West TN Veterans Nursing Home

    A $38 million federal grant will help with construction of the West Tennessee Veterans Home in Arlington. The 126-bed facility has been planned for years.

    By Michael Waddell January 14, 2022

• December 2021

  • How they voted on funding to keep the federal government operating

    The federal government is funded into February with the votes among the city’s representatives in Washington falling along party lines with one exception — a senator who did not vote on the continuing resolution.

    By Bill Dries December 03, 2021

  • City’s representatives in D.C. closely watching Supreme Court arguments on abortion

    Reaction from the city’s two Congressmen and the state’s two U.S. Senators fell along party lines on the long-running political issue of access to abortions.

    By Bill Dries December 02, 2021