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**FILE** Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, speaks to reporters on Jan. 9, 2013, in Nashville. (Associated Press)

** FILE ** In this Sept. 16, 2011, file photo, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., discusses papers and memorabilia on display in an exhibit about his political career at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

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Republican Sens. Bob Corker (left) and Lamar Alexander, both of Tennessee, leave a news conference Dec. 28, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington where they discuss the fiscal cliff. (Associated Press)

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"These are not your grandma's windmills.[They] destroy the environment in the name of saving the environment." - Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican.

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Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, on Monday hails GM's announcement that it will begin building the Chevrolet Equinox at its idled Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tenn., next year. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, left, talks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, right, before Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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"Americans don't want Congress passing massive trillion-dollar bills that have been thrown together behind closed doors," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, here with Sen. Lamar Alexander (center), said recently. Big-ticket economic issues face the lame-duck Congress after Thanksgiving. (Associated Press)