Will Tennessee Senators Blackburn & Hagerty Support Biden's Federal Reserve Nominees?

 From NewsBreak:

Following the announcement that President Biden has nominated three new members to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, consumer advocacy group Americans for Financial Reform praised the nominees and called for more aggressive regulation of Wall Street by the Fed.

Biden announced the nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to serve as Vice Chair for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the nomination of Lisa Cook and Philip Jefferson to serve on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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Tennessee Group Issues Plea for Build Back Better

 From NewsBreak:

A group of Tennessee parents and pastors held a media event today to draw attention to President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan and to urge Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty to support the measure.

Rev. Dr. Kevin Riggs, Pastor of Franklin Community Church said:

“Right now we can see that the current lack of childcare access and affordability across the state is unsustainable, not only for families, but for our economy. We are not valuing children, families and mothers the way we should. And the family focused policy and this bill would move us closer to our values and ideals as Tennesseans. By investing in all children across this state and the nation, we would be moving us closer to that reality.”

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A Push for Build Back Better

 While Congressman John Rose, who represents Sumner County in the U.S. House of Representatives, voted against President Biden's Build Back Better plan, some Tennessee activists are pushing Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty to support the measure.

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A Tennessee pastor affiliated with the Southern Christian Coalition is calling on his state’s federal legislative delegation to vote in favor of President Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan because the plan will result in lower prescription drug prices.

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Trump, Democrats Fail to Inspire Voter Turnout in Sumner

Despite a crowded field of Democrats and an incumbent President still popular in Tennessee, voter turnout in Sumner County for the March 3rd Presidential Primary was significantly lower than in the same election in 2016.

The Hendersonville Standard reports:

Less than 20 percent of Sumner County’s registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s Presidential Preference and Sumner County primary election, held March 3.  

Former Vice President Joe Biden won the county’s Democratic nomination for U. S. President with 42.96 percent of the vote. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders came in second with 24.71 percent, and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg came in third with 14.69 percent of the Sumner vote. In all, 11,630 Sumner voters cast ballots for candidates in the Democratic primary. 

On the Republican side, President Donald Trump won his party’s nomination in Sumner with 97.25 percent of the vote. Rep. Joe Walsh, who dropped out of the race a few weeks ago, received less than one percent, as did former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld. In all, 10,148 Republicans voted for the presidential nominee in Sumner County. 

Turnout was around 30% in 2016, when the Democratic field had all but narrowed to Hillary Clinton and the GOP field was essentially Trump, Kasich, and Cruz. 

Democrats did edge Republicans in overall turnout, with over 11,000 Democrats voting compared to 10,000 on the GOP side. 

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