Despite his attempts to skirt the issue, there's a question swirling around state political circles: Is Bob Corker the latest Tennessee Republican whose campaign goes up in smoke over a failure to pay income taxes? On Sunday, The Knoxville News-Sentinel reported that incumbent Senator Bill Brock initially refused [...]
February, 2006
Corker Following a Tennessee GOP Tradition
Monday, February 27th, 2006Corker Takes a Pass on Paying Income Tax
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006Do you remember what you paid in federal income tax in 1985 and 1989? Bob Corker does. That’s because the multi-millionaire businessman and Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate paid nothing in income tax in either of those years. That’s right: Corker’s income tax returns show he paid nada in at least two tax years. [...]
Bryant, Hilleary Anything But Fiscally Conservative
Thursday, February 16th, 2006While U.S. Senate candidates Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary are racing to claim "fiscally conservative" credentials, their congressional records show they are anything but conservative. As congressmen, both candidates voted to increase the federal debt limit by $450 billion in 2002 (S 2578, 06/27/2002) and by $67 billion in 1995 (HR 2586, 11/09/1995). The net ef [...]
Democrats Demand Refunds from McLeary
Thursday, February 9th, 2006Tenessee Democratic Party Chairman Bob Tuke today called on former Democratic State Senator Don McLeary to immediately return $79,679 in campaign contributions he accepted from the Tennessee Democratic Party and the Senate Democratic Caucus during the 2002 election cycle and to refund individual Democratic contributions as w [...]
