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Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist tells The Associated Press he won't run for Tennessee governor in 2010.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist renounced a bid for the White House in 2008 on Wednesday, an early dropout from the most wide-open presidential race in decades.
Republican Bob Corker beat Democratic Rep. Harold Ford for departing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's seat, giving the GOP a rare bit of good news after a tight race in which both candidates claimed the deeper Tennessee roots.
Democratic Sen. John Kerry ridiculed Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist for trying to clarify his comment on bringing "people who call themselves Taliban" into the Afghanistan government.
Democrats accused Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of waving a white flag of surrender for saying the Afghan war against Taliban guerrillas can never be won militarily and favoring bringing "people who call themselves Taliban" into the government.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is trying use a bill authorizing U.S. military operations, including in Iraq and Afghanistan, to prohibit people from using credit cards to settle Internet gambling debts.
In an emotional session marked by tales of death and hope, the Senate debated on Monday whether the government should pay for new embryonic stem cell research, pushing a measure to do it toward passage and President Bush's first veto.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist urged President Bush on Friday to intensify efforts to put interceptor missiles at a site in Europe to protect against potential attacks from Iran.
Two potential 2008 presidential candidates appealed Tuesday for the Senate to support their call to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq "by a hard and fast deadline," a position putting them at odds with most of their fellow Democrats.
The Senate's top Democrat asked Majority Leader Bill Frist on Wednesday to return to work on immigration legislation immediately after the Senate completes a bill with more money for military operations in Iraq and hurricane relief.
As the Senate prepares to tackle the most sweeping immigration reforms in years, a top Democrat vowed Wednesday to do everything in his power, including filibuster, to thwart Majority Leader Bill Frist's proposed overhaul.
Congress will closely watch a Dubai-owned company to be sure it transfers its U.S. port operations to an American company, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday.
With home-field advantage, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist placed first in an informal poll of 2008 presidential hopefuls at a Republican conference Saturday night.
Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist called Tuesday for the Bush administration to stop a deal permitting a United Arab Emirates company to take over six major U.S. seaports, upping the ante on a fight that several congressmen, governors and mayors are waging with the White House.
Brushing aside objections from Republicans and Democrats alike, President Bush endorsed the takeover of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports by a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates. He pledged to veto any bill Congress might approve to block the agreement.
First there was Frist (sort of). Then Thompson. Then Bloomberg. And McClellan. Now Schwarzenegger's the Latest Republican to Endorse President's Health Care EffortTwo articles: Schwarzenegger Endorses Obama Health Care Effort
The Bad Medicine of the Republican Doctorsexcerpt: "" When the GOP trotted out the hapless Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) to deliver the response to President Obama, the former cardiologist became just the latest Republican physician deployed to halt health care reform.
November 6, 2008 The election is just two days old and already conservatives are railing and vilifying the new President elect-before he is even inaugurated.
Frist inspires HIV/AIDS activismFormer Senate Majority Leader Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., hoped to inspire HIV/AIDS activism through a PowerPoint presentation Tuesday in the IU Auditorium. He said he wanted to make students realize they are all the same.
NFL enlists Christian soldiers in anti-gambling fightThe National Football League has teamed up with James Dobson's Focus on the Family and other right-wing Christians to head off efforts to liberalize and regulate the online gambling industry.
As a browsed blogs and internet communities, I came across a general feeling that the Democrats had the presidency to lose in 2008 and that the Republicans would be back the next time around.
Freudenthalian slipRuh roh, another fundie poseur doc in the Senate: 'Republican John Barrasso, a surgeon and conservative Wyoming legislator, became the country's newest U.S. senator Friday, replacing the late Craig Thomas. Barrasso ...
NEW MEDIA Should Not Assist The Resurrection Of Bill Frist Before Or After NEW MEDIA mustn't permit Frist to use his position with ONE VOTE '08 to resurrect his public image.
Bill Frist, a politician who doesn't know how HIV is transmitted, is heading the One Vote 08 campaign to make global disease a national issueBill Frist, who doesn't know how HIV is transmitted, is heading the One Vote '08 campaign to address global disease and poverty
Frist and Reid: Lessons in Congressional EthicsDouble Standard: It took 18 months of wasted taxpayers' dollars to clear former Senate GOP leader Bill Frist of insider-trading charges. Now let's probe Sen. Harry Reid, who made a million selling someone else's land.
Is The Average Senator Too Old to Govern?The average age of members of the U.S. Senate is older than it has ever been, according to Senate Historian Richard Baker. For many senators, advanced age is starting to show, raising questions about their ability to govern.
Searching For The GipperIs there another Ronald Reagan on the horizon for 2008, a leader who can rally the coalitions that gave Reagan an eight-year mandate? Let's examine (in alphabetical order) some of the most frequently mentioned Republican presidential candidates.
Oval Office 2008: So, farewell then, Bill FristDaniel Owen of Oval Office 2008 offers his obituary for Bill Frist's presidential aspirations. Frist was unsuccessful at becoming a conservative alternative to McCain, despite portraying himself as a conservative. This left him outside the narrative forming around the race.
'Blogosphere' spurs government oversightWASHINGTON — When watchdog groups that monitor federal spending wanted more information on 1,800 "pork barrel" projects buried in a House appropriations bill, they listed them on the Internet and asked readers to dig deeper. Within days, details began pouring in.
Frist Says Afghan War Can't Be WonU.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) said Monday that the war against Taliban guerrillas in Afghanistan could never be won militarily, and he urged support for efforts to bring "people who call themselves Taliban" into the
Legalize Torture but Make Poker IllegalThis makes me sick. The House and the Senate included a more formal ban on Internet gambling and poker last night, in the PORT SECURITY BILL. Whats worse, they did so after they had removed key portions of the bill asked for by the democrats to protect mass transit systems.
Nine Democratic Women Senators Create Checklist for ChangeThe women have taken a step that we have not seen before by asking other women to begin looking at the problems and creating checklists for change. There are some good links and resources.
Senate Panel Debates Detainee BillRepublican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee sought to slow down the effort by President Bush and Congressional leaders to speed the passage of legislation on the treatment of terror suspects.
Burns, Frist, Santorum Top List of Corrupt PolsJustin Rood at TPM Muckraker reports on the second annual installment of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington's list of corrupt politicians. Included at the top of the list are 3 prominent Republicans. From the article: What do Sens.
U.S. immigration overhaul impossible: Senate leaderU.S. congressional leaders are giving up on broad immigration legislation that would legalize millions of illegal immigrants and instead will concentrate on border security ahead of the elections, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Wednesday.
Bloggers help expose senator's role in blocking billAn unusual collaboration between Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Internet bloggers on Wednesday led a senator to publicly acknowledge that he'd been blocking a vote on a government accountability bill.
Senate Majority Leader Loses Medical LicenseIt's ok with me if he continues to work on Dick Cheney though (alternatively he can just have his accountant do the surgery). A renewal application Frist filed with the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners in February of this year specifically mentions the continuing education …
Frist Fails to Disclose Foundation RoleBy NANCY ZUCKERBROD The Associated Press Monday, July 31, 2006; 1:55 PM WASHINGTON -- Majority Leader Bill Frist hasn't been following all the Senate's rules when it comes to disclosing details about his finances.
NYT - Frank Rich assails administration over attacks on pressNew York Times' columnist Frank Rich on Sunday will accuse the White House and Republican Party of fabricating outrage against the newspaper in order to cover their own failings in Iraq and elsewhere.
Editorial: What Passes for Good NewsAny day in which the House or Senate refrains from doing something destructive is about as good as it gets in Washington lately. Yesterday, the Senate cleared that low bar when it rejected efforts to repeal the estate tax.
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