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Brendan Loy points to a column by Bob Beckel that argues very persuasively that if Hillary Clinton wants the Vice Presidential nomination for President that she can have it by forcing a floor vote at the convention.

Thanks to your emails and phone calls, Representative Gary Moore’s HB 1256, the Voter Confidence Act, passed on the floor of the Tennessee State House today 88 to 6.

I asked for a receipt Super Tuesday. I told the election worker that if I could get one from McDonalds, why couldn’t I have one for my vote?

I didn’t get one.

Well, today is the day to talk about this in Nashville.

HB 1256/SB 1363, Tennessee’s Voter Confidence Act, goes to a full floor vote in the House on Tuesday, May 13. In the Senate it has one more committee (Finance Ways & Means) hoop to jump through today, Monday, May 12. Senate F, W & M members are:

Andy Sher reports that legislative supporters of the controversial abortion resolution SJR 127 may not attempt to force a floor vote on the measure

The Fetus People are in full bloom here in TN, and some of their antics have even made the newswire at Feminist Majority.

Ken Whitehouse has a great story behind the paywall about five organizations in the State chastising former state Senator David Fowler for some of the rhetoric he is using in his push to get

It's becoming a regular feature on Pith: More Trouble for Gus Puryear. The latest development is brought to you by none other than Alex Friedmann, the former CCA inmate who has furiously lined up opposition to Gus Puryear's appointment to a federal judgeship.

The Republican nominee for President already isn’t too thrilled about the rhetoric some of his congressional candidates are using regarding immigration. McCain said on NPR this morning: