There are 114 article(s) tagged David Kustoff:

• September 2019

  • Cohen and Kustoff differ on Trump impeachment inquiry

    Reaction to the opening of an impeachment inquiry announced Tuesday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also included Republican U.S. Senate contender Bill Hagerty.

    By Bill Dries September 24, 2019

• August 2019

  • Kustoff, Leatherwood talk politics at area chamber events

    Two of the area's elected representatives, one at the state level and one at the federal, addressed suburban constituents this week on topics ranging from business, to President Trump to former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada.

    By Michael Waddell August 14, 2019

• July 2019

  • Nelson: David Kustoff for … governor?

    Kustoff’s career has mostly centered on federal offices, but if he’s open to another path to advancement, it might be the time for him to start focusing on Tennessee-specific issues that a candidate for governor will have to address.

    By Michael Nelson July 23, 2019

• May 2019

  • Cohen calls Barr ‘chicken’ as Republicans back attorney general

    U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis reacted to Attorney General William Barr's no-show before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday by bringing a ceramic chicken and a bucket of KFC. The reaction of the city's Republican representatives in Washington has been decidedly different.

    By Bill Dries May 02, 2019

• April 2019

  • Memphis congressional leaders react to redacted Mueller report

    Local legislators reacted along party lines Thursday to the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election.

    By Omer Yusuf April 19, 2019

• March 2019

  • Memphis’ congressional representatives react to Mueller report

    The Mueller report hasn’t been released publicly, but local representatives in the U.S. House and Senate have differing views based on what they know about it.

    By Bill Dries March 25, 2019

• February 2019

  • Cohen testimony draws no reaction from three of Memphis’ four Congress members

    As President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Memphis' congressional representatives were each doing other things in the course of their duties – and three of the four were saying nothing about Cohen’s testimony.

    By Bill Dries February 28, 2019

• January 2019

  • Collierville sets guidelines for use of Town Hall

    Collierville's Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a policy Monday evening that set guidelines for the use of Town Hall after an ethics complaint was filed in December. 

    By Abigail Warren January 28, 2019

  • Memphis congressional delegation reflects DC partisan divide on shutdown

    The rhetoric of the city's four elected representatives in Washington reflected their parties. But one voted with the other side on the last vote before President Trump announced Friday the end of the federal government shutdown.

    By Bill Dries January 26, 2019

• December 2018

  • Collierville looks to define town property uses following ethics complaint

    An ethics complaint filed over the use of Collierville Town Hall as a shelter for political candidates has led officials to consider new rules regarding town property.

     

    By Abigail Warren December 31, 2018

  • Bush remembered locally for start of ‘thousand points of light’ effort

    Former president George H.W. Bush was a frequent point man in Memphis for Reagan administration policies during his two terms as Ronald Reagan’s vice president. Bush began his “thousand points of light” volunteerism initiative in Memphis less than a year into his presidency.

    By Bill Dries December 02, 2018

• November 2018

  • Cohen, Kustoff sound off on impact of Democrats retaking control of House

    Both Memphis U.S. Reps. Steve Cohen and David Kustoff easily won re-election Tuesday night and are preparing for a new Congress after the Democrats regained control of the 435-member House of Representatives for the first time since 2010.

    By Omer Yusuf November 08, 2018

• October 2018

  • Early vote turnout surge gives both parties hope without details

    The second and final weekend of early voting brought the Democratic and Republican contenders for Tennessee governor to Shelby County as well as Democratic Senate nominee Phil Bredesen.

    By Bill Dries October 29, 2018

  • Bredesen, Blackburn chart different courses in Senate bid

    It’s not just that Phil Bredesen and Marsha Blackburn have different views on many issues. The Democratic and Republican contenders for the U.S. Senate seat on the Nov. 6 ballot differ on what’s at stake in the statewide race.

    By Bill Dries October 23, 2018