December 30, 2004

2005 Senate Committee Assignments

Majority Leader Senator Frist has made the committee assignments for Republicans during the upcoming session. As expected, Specter is on the Judiciary committee.

Tennessee senators are assigned as follows:

Frist:Finance
HELP
Rules
 
Alexander: Energy
Foreign Relations
HELP
Aging
Budget
Why is there a senate commitee on "aging"?
Posted by AlphaPatriot at 12:49 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

December 22, 2004

Cohen for Medical Marijuana

From the Memphis Flyer, Issue 825:

State senator Steve Cohen, who waged a 16-year legislative struggle on behalf of legalizing a state lottery, may be in for another long-odds, long-term battle. Cohen plans to introduce legislation in the coming session on behalf of legalizing medical marijuana for patients whose doctors recommend it.

Posted by AlphaPatriot at 9:06 PM | Comments (0)