City’s representatives in D.C. differ in reaction to Afghanistan attacks
Some say the attacks demonstrate the problems in the rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops and a lack of planning.
Topic: David Kustoff
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August 2021
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City’s GOP representatives criticize Biden’s Afghanistan speech
Tennessee’s two Republican U.S. senators were highly critical of President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. military forces before his speech Monday, Aug. 16. They were more critical after the speech.
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The new home feature no one wants but everyone may get
More than three years ago, the United States Postal Service mandated cluster mailboxes be installed in every new project, from apartments to single-family developments. And that’s causing problems for area developers.
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Kustoff addresses Biden initiatives at Germantown Rotary
Congressman David Kustoff addressed local impacts of some of President Joe Biden’s initiatives while visiting Germantown’s Rotary Club Wednesday.
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July 2021
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Kustoff talks economy, bridge repairs, megasite with Arlington chamber
Rep. David Kustoff reiterated familiar positions on the economy during remarks to the Arlington Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, as well as touching on the status of the Memphis Regional Megasite and Hernando DeSoto Bridge repairs.
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Cohen touts transportation bill while Kustoff pans it as too green
The Invest in America Act passed Thursday, July 1, in the House on a 221-201 vote.
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June 2021
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Cohen, Kustoff split on House panel to investigate Capitol insurrection
Meanwhile, Cohen was named co-chair Wednesday of the Helsinki Commission on European affairs that he has served on for the past decade. Cohen also linked the commission’s concerns about democracy in Europe to concerns in the U.S.
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May 2021
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City’s two Congressmen split on Capitol insurrection commission
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen voted for the bipartisan panel while U.S. Rep. David Kustoff voted against the investigation. The measure passed the House with 35 Republicans voting with the Democratic majority, none of them from Tennessee.
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Kustoff part of GOP caucus majority in Cheney ouster
Meanwhile, both of the state’s Republican U.S. Senators have been critical of the Democratic bill that would change election laws. One of the few Tennessee Republicans dissenting on Cheney’s ouster, former Congressman Zach Wamp, says it represents a split in the Republican Party that could have implications in next year’s mid-term Congressional elections.
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April 2021
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City’s national representatives react to Biden’s ‘American Families Plan’
With much of the plan already outlined well before Wednesday’s speech, reaction from the city’s two congressmen and the state’s two U.S. senators was set along partisan lines. There was a social media blitz by all during President Joe Biden’s remarks.
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March 2021
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How Cohen and Kustoff voted on the American Rescue Plan Act
The city’s two representatives in the U.S. House were on different sides in the Wednesday, March 10, vote to approve the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief act known as the American Rescue Plan Act.
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What Blackburn and Hagerty said at CPAC before Trump spoke
Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen’s tweets on Trump’s appearance offered a contrast to the social media reaction from Blackburn and Hagerty. Republican U.S. Rep. David Kustoff didn’t comment on CPAC but did post on his vote against the Democratic COVID stimulus package that passed in the House.
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February 2021
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Vote-A-Rama and how the city’s representatives in Washington voted
Several dozen non-binding budget amendments were suggested in the Senate to make political statements. Meanwhile, there was a House vote on Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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January 2021
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Letters to the Editor: Kustoff ‘should be expelled,’ Health Dept. responded with reason, respect
One letter writer praised the Shelby County Health Department’s management of vaccine distribution at Lindenwood Christian Church.
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Herrington: Goodbye to all that, as the Trump years end
The new president’s inaugural address called for unity and a lowering of the political temperature while still drawing some firm lines. Joe Biden said that “politics need not be a raging fire” and called for an end to an “uncivil war.”
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Sanford: Tennesseans, politicians and others must answer for insurrection
As we look ahead with hope, we must also look back and demand accountability.
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Days before inauguration come with changing political calculations for local legislators
Here are the moves the city’s four representatives in Washington, D.C. have made in the historic gap between certifying the Electoral College vote and Wednesday’s inauguration, with a Capitol insurrection in between and plenty of political volatility still around.
Related story: Cohen draws fire for National Guard questions and Boebert sighting
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Kustoff self-quarantines after contact with COVID-19, tests negative
Kustoff announced Tuesday he will self-quarantine and continue working remotely.
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Kustoff defends his electoral college challenge vote
The Congressman from Germantown told The Daily Memphian he believes Trump’s remarks just before the Capitol insurrection fueled the violence that claimed five lives. Kustoff also indicated it might be time to change the Congressional Act that allowed the electoral college challenge he supported.
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The Memphis 10: Kustoff and company still side-stepping accountability
Plus, Zach Randolph’s honor, a case for Scooby Doo, and restaurants that are gone but not forgotten.
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Cohen, Kustoff split impeachment votes
The city’s two U.S. House Representatives offered different perspectives on the accusation that President Donald Trump incited an insurrection that interrupted the Electoral College vote count with violence that killed five people one week ago.
Related: Cohen, Kustoff go different ways on House 25th Amendment vote
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Cohen, Kustoff go different ways on House 25th Amendment vote
Cohen, who was among the speakers during debate Tuesday, said: “It is the political equivalent of shooting somebody on Fifth Avenue and getting away with it.”
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Sanford: Amid the chaos, the David Kustoff I knew is missing in action
“I never thought that the trappings of congressional power or Trump’s dominating and vindictive personality would turn the principled guy I’ve known and liked for years into a political lapdog.”
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Herrington: Kustoff, Blackburn and Hagerty denounce the violence; they must also renounce the lies behind it
It was not a question of whether Blackburn or Hagerty or Kustoff would stand with Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden or Mitt Romney. Would they even be willing to stand with Mitch McConnell? None of them wanted what happened on Wednesday afternoon, but they all helped prepare the stage.
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How Tennessee’s two Senators and the city’s two Congressmen voted on the Electoral College challenges
The House and Senate kept late hours, resuming the Electoral College certification after a violent protest shut down the process into Wednesday evening. The session continued until just before dawn Thursday.
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