There are 96 article(s) tagged Bill Hagerty:

• March 2025

  • D.C. Scorecard: Federal government avoids shutdown

    The D.C. Scorecard tracks how Memphis’ representatives in Washington voted in the passage of a continuing resolution and looks at past trips to or near a government shutdown.

    By Bill Dries March 14, 2025

• February 2025

  • Political Roundup: NYC mayor dropped charges recall Ford Sr. case

    Also, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn goes to the White House with the new FBI director, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen tracks Trump and the City Council walks the line with Elon Musk.

    By Bill Dries February 23, 2025

  • D.C. Scorecard: Trump administration is ‘cleaning house’

    Also, the TacoNGanas raid is felt in the nation’s capital, Tennessee U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty pushes back on “Face the Nation,” Mississippi U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker says Secretary Pete Hegseth made a “rookie mistake” and more.

    By Bill Dries February 16, 2025

  • U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty of Tennessee to seek reelection

    Hagerty’s decision to seek another six-year term in 2026 is the first move in a political puzzle that will determine what the 2026 ballot looks like in other races, including the race for Tennessee governor.

    By Bill Dries February 11, 2025

  • Political Roundup: Democrats and Republicans chart courses ahead

    In a new world, Democrats are deciding how to climb back after last year’s defeat while Republicans are making their next moves across Tennessee.

    By Bill Dries February 09, 2025

• January 2025

  • Political Roundup: Activists talk Trump; is Blackburn closer to run for governor?

    Activists gathered Saturday in preparation for Donald Trump’s second term as President. Meanwhile, Sen. Marsha Blackburn stirs speculation about a run for Tennessee Governor.

    By Bill Dries January 20, 2025

  • D.C. Scorecard: What Memphis’ elected officials are saying ahead of Trump’s second term

    U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, has called on the Senate to reject several of Trump’s appointees, including Robert Kennedy Jr

    By Bill Dries January 14, 2025

  • Blackburn says Senate priorities are Trump nominees, immigration, tax cuts

    U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee talked with reporters online after taking the oath of office Friday, Jan. 3, to begin her second six-year term in the upper chamber.

    By Bill Dries January 03, 2025

• December 2024

  • Political Roundup: The school board’s bad night, tracking D.C. votes and new council meeting time

    The MSCS board has a history of lots of citizens showing up at its meetings in a bad mood. The political roundup also tracks how the city’s D.C. representatives voted on the plan to keep the federal government open. Meanwhile, the city council will meet at 4 p.m. in the new year instead of 3:30 p.m.

    By Bill Dries December 22, 2024

• November 2024

  • Political Roundup: Breaking down details of certified election results

    Shifts in the absentee vote totals and provisional ballots that were due in some part to the uncertainty by voters that absentee ballots could reach the Shelby County Election Commission by mail in time.

    By Bill Dries November 29, 2024

  • Political Roundup: The new election-returns layout, Hagerty defends Gaetz

    After years of problems with the posting of election returns on its website, the Shelby County Election Commission has switched to a new system that also features precinct-by-precinct results and maps.

    By Bill Dries November 17, 2024

  • Bill Hagerty talks Ukraine aid cutoff in CBS interview

    The Sunday appearance on the CBS news program “Face The Nation” fuels speculation U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty is being considered as Secretary of State or some other cabinet-level post in the second Trump Administration.

    By Bill Dries November 11, 2024

  • Political Roundup: Early voting is down almost 40% from 2020

    Also, Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty push claims of noncitizens voting in a new call for federal officials to act despite evidence voter purges in other states are removing citizens entitled to vote.

    By Bill Dries November 06, 2024

  • Blackburn, Hagerty campaign in Memphis, Germantown on Election Day

    U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty blitzed Second Baptist Church in East Memphis and The Great Hall in Germantown Tuesday morning, Nov. 5, just ahead of a late morning rain.

    By Bill Dries November 05, 2024

• September 2024

  • D.C. Scorecard: How city’s representatives voted on funding government

    The Daily Memphian’s D.C. Scorecard tracks votes on two measure to continue temporarily federal spending into December — one that failed and the one that passed. 

    By Bill Dries September 30, 2024

  • Memphis attorney Kevin Ritz confirmed to federal appeals court

    U.S. Attorney Kevin Ritz was confirmed as the newest judge on the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court Friday, Sept. 13, with both of Tennessee’s U.S. senators voting against him.

    By Bill Dries September 16, 2024

  • Political Roundup: Hagerty responds to Trump’s pet-eating claim, more

    Tennessee’s abortion ban comes up in discussion of Memphis’ gun-control referendum; Sen. Blackburn uses old stats to talk crime, and remembering Jim Sasser, the former U.S. senator who was instrumental in bringing pandas to the zoo.

    By Bill Dries September 15, 2024

  • State elected officials react to presidential debate

    The city’s Democratic elected officials thought nominee Kamala Harris successfully baited nominee Donald Trump. Republicans thought Harris was changing her tune on key issues.

    By Bill Dries September 11, 2024

• July 2024

  • City’s D.C. reps react to proposed Supreme Court changes

    The proposals Monday by U.S. President Joe Biden would require Congressional approval. That seems unlikely given the reaction of the city’s representatives in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate.

    By Bill Dries July 29, 2024

  • Memphis D.C. reps react to SCOTUS ruling on Trump’s immunity case

    In a historic 6-3 ruling, the justices said Monday for the first time that former presidents can be shielded from prosecution for at least some of what they do in the Oval Office. But rather than do it themselves, the justices ordered lower courts to figure out precisely how to apply the decision to Trump’s case.

    By Bill Dries July 01, 2024

• May 2024

  • Senators and Congressmen react to Trump conviction

    The city’s two U.S. senators and two congressmen had very different reactions to the former president’s conviction Thursday, May 30, in New York on all counts of falsifying business records.

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    By Bill Dries May 31, 2024

• April 2024

  • D.C. Scorecard: U.S. aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan votes reveal bipartisanship limits

    The D.C. Scorecard finds some bipartisanship among the state’s House delegation to Washington. The city’s two Congressmen — one Democratic and the other Republican — voted for aid packages to Taiwan, Ukraine and Israel — although for different reasons. The state’s two Republican Senators voted against the aid.

    By Bill Dries April 24, 2024

• October 2023

  • Cohen says combined Israel-Ukraine aid package in Senate could overcome House opposition

    Cohen said Tuesday, Oct. 31, time is of the essence in approving the aid package. He also again spoke in support of humanitarian aid for Gaza in Israel’s war with Hamas.

    By Bill Dries October 31, 2023

  • D.C. Scorecard: War in Gaza

    The Daily Memphian’s D.C. Scorecard finds bipartisan support for Israel among the city’s representatives in the Capitol but disagreement on what if any role the U.S. unfreezing Iranian assets may have played Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza.

    By Bill Dries October 09, 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