D.C. Scorecard: What Memphis’ elected officials are saying ahead of Trump’s second term
From left to right, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty and U.S. Rep. David Kustoff. (The Daily Memphian file)
With a week until President Donald Trump returns to the White House, Memphis’ representatives in the U.S. House and Senate are poised for new priorities to go with the new administration.
In some ways, that means a continuation of the party-line divisions among the one Democrat and four Republicans whose districts include Memphis. In other ways, there is some bipartisanship away from the hot-button partisan issues.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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