There are 146 article(s) tagged David Kustoff:

• September 2024

  • State elected officials react to presidential debate

    The city’s Democratic elected officials thought nominee Kamala Harris successfully baited nominee Donald Trump. Republicans thought Harris was changing her tune on key issues.

    By Bill Dries September 11, 2024

• July 2024

  • Political Roundup: Budget season on both sides of Main Street Mall, more

    The Political Roundup takes a closer look at your vehicle-registration certificate after the City Council raised a vehicle fee some are calling a Memphis version of the wheel tax.

    By Bill Dries July 07, 2024

  • Memphis D.C. reps react to SCOTUS ruling on Trump’s immunity case

    In a historic 6-3 ruling, the justices said Monday for the first time that former presidents can be shielded from prosecution for at least some of what they do in the Oval Office. But rather than do it themselves, the justices ordered lower courts to figure out precisely how to apply the decision to Trump’s case.

    By Bill Dries July 01, 2024

• June 2024

  • David Kustoff seeks funding for Germantown stormwater

    “We’re fighting for it,” U.S. Rep. David Kustoff said at the Germantown Rotary Club meeting. “I think we’ve got a realistic shot.”

    By Abigail Warren June 19, 2024

  • Leaders, lawmakers applaud xAI plans for Memphis as ‘historic’

    Reaction to word of an AI supercomputer coming to southwest Memphis drew bipartisan support from elected and other officials in the city and the region.

    By Bill Dries June 05, 2024

• May 2024

  • Senators and Congressmen react to Trump conviction

    The city’s two U.S. senators and two congressmen had very different reactions to the former president’s conviction Thursday, May 30, in New York on all counts of falsifying business records.

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    New York jury finds Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts

    By Bill Dries May 31, 2024

• April 2024

  • D.C. Scorecard: U.S. aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan votes reveal bipartisanship limits

    The D.C. Scorecard finds some bipartisanship among the state’s House delegation to Washington. The city’s two Congressmen — one Democratic and the other Republican — voted for aid packages to Taiwan, Ukraine and Israel — although for different reasons. The state’s two Republican Senators voted against the aid.

    By Bill Dries April 24, 2024

• January 2024

  • Kustoff talks border, House’s 2023 accomplishments in Collierville

    United States Rep. David Kustoff stopped by Collierville Rotary Club on Tuesday. He spoke about illegal immigration and the accomplishments of the House of Representatives in 2023.

    By Abigail Warren January 23, 2024

• October 2023

  • Kustoff and Lee urge support for Israel in visit to Margolin Hebrew Academy

    U.S. Rep. David Kustoff and Tenneessee Gov. Bill Lee visited the East Memphis school to also look over new security measures funded with state and federal grants since a July incident on campus.

    By Bill Dries October 31, 2023

  • D.C. Scorecard: Rep. Kustoff backs new speaker of the US House

    The Daily Memphian’s D.C. Scorecard tracks the votes of the city’s two representative in the U.S. House as a new speaker was chosen Wednesday, Oct. 25.

    By Bill Dries October 25, 2023

  • Kustoff subs update Arlington Chamber on House speaker race, Israel, Express Lane projects

    Rep. David Kustoff was called away to Washington, but state Sen. Brent Taylor filled in for him during the monthly Arlington Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

    By Michael Waddell October 11, 2023

  • D.C. Scorecard: War in Gaza

    The Daily Memphian’s D.C. Scorecard finds bipartisan support for Israel among the city’s representatives in the Capitol but disagreement on what if any role the U.S. unfreezing Iranian assets may have played Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza.

    By Bill Dries October 09, 2023

  • D.C. Scorecard: Ousting the House Speaker

    After agreeing on the short-term spending bill last week that lead to the Tuesday, Oct. 3, vote on ousting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Congressmen Steve Cohen and David Kustoff parted company on McCarthy’s political fate.

    By Bill Dries October 04, 2023

  • D.C. Scorecard: Cohen, Kustoff vote for spending stop-gap while Hagerty, Blackburn vote no

    U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen was among the Democratic majority voting for the bill, and Rep. David Kustoff was among the 126 Republicans who voted for it.

    By Bill Dries October 02, 2023

• August 2023

  • Kustoff touts progress of GOP-controlled House at Lakeland luncheon

    Republican Congressman David Kustoff says the House of Representatives has passed key legislation despite facing an uphill battle with the White House.

    By Michael Waddell August 23, 2023

• June 2023

  • D.C. Scorecard: The Schiff censure, the Durham probe, TVA

    This D.C. Scorecard includes the censure of the Democrat who made the House’s case for former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment and a grilling of the special counsel who investigated the FBI’s handling of allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

    By Bill Dries June 25, 2023

  • D.C. Scorecard: Trump’s indictment, Cohen on Amtrak; Kustoff at Le Bonheur

    The D.C. Scorecard shows partisan lines still intact among the city’s four representatives on the espionage indictment against Donald Trump. Also, Cohen talks Memphis to Nashville Amtrak service, while Kustoff talks workforce at Le Bonheur.

    By Bill Dries June 12, 2023

• January 2023

  • Cohen, Kustoff on either side of Washington’s new power balance

    Republican David Kustoff sees the prolonged balloting for the new Speaker as a healthy sign for Republican unity. Democrat Steve Cohen says Republicans will remain unified in the short term, but not in the longer term.

    By Bill Dries January 13, 2023

• December 2022

  • Cohen and Kustoff react to antisemitism

    Shelby County’s two U.S. congressmen made statements after former President Donald Trump’s dinner with the rapper Ye and the white supremacist/ Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.

    By Ian Round December 02, 2022

  • D.C. scorecard: Same-sex marriage, rail strike

    Here’s how the city’s representatives in Washington D.C. voted on the two major issues and what they had to say about it on social media.

    By Bill Dries December 02, 2022

• November 2022

  • Steve Cohen, David Kustoff reelected to U.S. House

    Democrat Steve Cohen and Republican David Kustoff were heavily favored to win reelection and did. But which party will be the majority in the U.S. House is still in doubt.

    By Bill Dries November 09, 2022

  • Memphis Election Day answers questions away from national spotlight

    The ballot features a statewide race for governor and questions about voter interest as well as the county’s balance between Republicans and Democrats.

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    By Bill Dries November 08, 2022

  • Arlington Veterans Day event salutes those who served

    Olin Pickens, a 100-year-old World War II veteran and former POW was the main speaker. He called being released in April 1945, “One of the happiest days in my life. I got my freedom back.”

    By Michael Waddell November 06, 2022

  • Political Roundup: Early voting, Cohen & Kustoff, Memphis mayor’s race

    Thursday is the last day to vote early ahead of next Tuesday’s election day, as congressmen David Kustoff and Steve Cohen predict who will control the House. Plus: Notes on school funding, MLGW and the first mayoral forum.

    By Bill Dries November 05, 2022

• October 2022

  • Opinion: Even if you don’t like the candidates, hold your nose and vote

    “I’m fully aware of the arguments against voting. It’s a waste of time. It won’t change anything. No time to vote. Can’t trust any of them. My candidate won’t win anyway. But our lives are affected by the people we vote into office.”

    By Susan Adler Thorp October 26, 2022