Opinion: Can House trust Senate? Mar 13, 2010
Right after Bill Frist became majority leader in the Senate in 2003, President Bush and House Republicans were pushing for a tax cut of a certain size, which they thought would stimulate an economy that was faltering. To do so, both the House and Senate needed to pass a budget resolution that included that sizeable tax cut number. (CNN)
State among grant finalists Mar 6, 2010
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who chairs the Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education, a nonprofit organization that promotes education innovation, issued a statement saying the state s selection as a finalist confirms that it s poised to move faster in public education reform than any other state in the nation. Statewide, the education-reform community stands ready to help make sure that Tennessee is first to the top, he said. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Congressional procedure meets party talking points Mar 3, 2010
The first refers to a parliamentarian maneuver to eliminate the filibuster; recall that Senator Bill Frist in 2005 threatened to use the nuclear option when Democrats were resisting President Bush s appellate court nominees. The second refers to a legislative process to limit debate and amendments as stipulated in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Hospital pioneer expands through crisis Mar 2, 2010
He cites an adage from Dr Thomas Frist, founder of Hospital Corporation of America (and father of former US Senate majority leader Bill Frist): "If you take care of patients, the bottom line will take care of itself." Banner recalled, "I've worked for organizations that say, 'We need a rate of return of X percent.' That's short-term thinking that won't work." He cited the pharmacy robot as an example of a service improvement that can't be quantified. Bumrungrad gets a helping hand on keeping... (Asia Times Online)
Tough-talking Obama pushes ahead on health reform Feb 27, 2010
Bill Frist, a Republican and former Senate majority leader, who helped smooth passage of the Bush-era tax cuts, said the somewhat arcane Senate procedure ''was intended for incremental changes to the budget. 00004000. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Governor to speak at Boy Scout event Feb 27, 2010
Gov. Phil Bredesen will be the featured speaker at the 2010 Boy Scout Columbia Area Friends of Scouting Patron Luncheon in Columbia Thursday. First Farmers ants Bank Senior Board Chairman Waymon Hickman will serve as the event co-chairman. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Unreconciled Feb 24, 2010
" The nuclear/constitutional option was contemplated five years ago by Senate Marjority Leader Bill Frist, R.-Tenn., to scale back use of the filibuster. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid opposed it then and (regrettably) opposes it now. Hatch's misuse of the term above echoes a propaganda campaign at Fox News, which lately has been attempting to sow confusion (a curious ambition for a news organization) by "the nuclear option. " The GOP's use of reconciliation in 1996 to get welfare reform... (Slate)
Big Kenny Announces Digital Release of 'Cry With You' Feb 16, 2010
Big Kenny's single, "Cry With You," will be released for sale today on the websites ( and ) and includes talent from the First String Orchestra directed by Carl Marsh, Better Than Ezra's Kevin Griffin and Travis McNabb and kind words by Senator Bill Frist, to name a few. Big Kenny will join host and Internet radio sensation Bob Merrick and co-host Jessie McNamara (star of Me and My Bus) on The Baub Show Monday night at 7 p.m. PST to talk about this compassionate project and efforts to rebuild... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Why Did Harry Reid Yank the Jobs Bill? Feb 16, 2010
"Remember back in 2006 when former majority leader Bill Frist held all those votes where he didn't allow amendments on all those politically tough issues like gay marriage, the death tax and late-term abortion? A lot of good it did us we lost the Senate. Democrats would do well to remember that example.". That's not the only historical parallel that Democrats are pondering these days. (Time.com)
10 best Super Bowl commercials Feb 5, 2010
James Carville and Bill Frist Fall in Love Over a CokePolitics rarely translate to marketing, but in the not-so-distant Super Bowl past, Democrat James Carville and ber conservative Bill Frist left a heated on-air debate to go on the sweetest Coca-Cola-fueled date imaginable. High fructose corn syrup can do anything. (AZCentral -- Business)
Bill Frist blogging from Haiti Jan 26, 2010
Former U.S. Senator Bill Frist is blogging from Haiti, where he is providing emergency medical care through his charity Hope Through Healing Hands. The former Senate Majority Leader credits Nashville s with providing antibiotics, intravenous fluids and other medical supplies to the effort, but says more supplies are still needed, and asks for donations to the. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
Senate Dems no longer ‘filibuster-proof' Jan 22, 2010
An enraged GOP Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee threatened to invoke the so-called nuclear option. Under this ploy, Vice President Dick Cheney, as president of the Senate, would declare that a filibuster on judicial nominees was inconsistent with the constitutional provision allowing the president to name judicial nominees with the advice and consent of a simple majority of the Senate. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Brown Victory Has Dems Flip-Flopping on Filibuster Jan 22, 2010
When then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn. took the so-called nuclear option off the table, Reid called it a significant victory for our country, for our democracy, and for every American. (Newsmax)
Grand Illusion Jan 21, 2010
of the Republican aspect of the plan, former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist that 40 percent of the allegedly 500,000 newly insured state residents bought private insurance and that employer-sponsored private enrollment soared by 160,000 people. According to the , the number of those without insurance fell by half, from 6. (Slate)
Frank says Net bet ban resistance growing Jan 10, 2010
" The ban prohibits the use of credit cards or other bank instruments to pay for sports bets and gambling online. Before the ban, Internet gambling had become a $12 billion industry with more than 2,300 Web sites. Congress passed the ban after it was attached to a port security bill by then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn. The vote was 409-2, and previous roll call votes in the House and Senate have shown overwhelming support for an Internet gambling ban. Frank acknowledged Congress... (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Business)
Flag Measure Fails by 1 Vote Jan 10, 2010
"Old Glory lost today," said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn. one of the amendment's prime backers. (Yahoo News -- Civil Liberties)
