Lamar Alexander

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Senate Health Committee chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander is urging his GOP colleagues to bless short-term fixes to Obamacare for consumers and insurers who've been left in a type of "no man's land" ahead of this fall's sign-up period. Mr. Alexander launched the effort with Democratic Sen. Patty Murray. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, said states are tired of Washington calling the shots when it comes to what teachers learn and how they are evaluated. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican and chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Wednesday came out against President Obama's new paid family-leave policy, saying the cost was to high for businesses. (Associated Press)

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"I'd like to have the president's signature on it before summer," said Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, of No Child Left Behind. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) speaks at the Beretta ground breaking ceremony in Gallatin, Tn. on August 28, 2014. (Washington Times, Martin B. Cherry)

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C.O.O. and G.M. of Beretta U.S.A. Corporation Jeff Cooper and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) speak after the ground breaking ceremony of the new Beretta facility in Gallatin, Tn. on August 28, 2014. (Washington Times, Martin B. Cherry)

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"I try to do everything through my worldview, my personal relationship with God, and am going to surround myself with people who have the same worldview as I do," says Joe Carr, who is challenging Sen. Lamar Alexander in Tennesee's Republican primary. (Associated Press)