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• Source: Nashville Tennessean
• Date: July 09, 2007
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• Bylines: Jessica Fender
• Topics: Politics , State Government
• Data Types: State Data
• Description/Excerpt: Tennessee lawmakers sponsored more resolutions than anything else this legislative session, lauding people like pop star Justin Timberlake and expressing solidarity with a Turkish religious movement, among other endeavors. A Tennessean review of more than 6,000 records shows that 42 percent of all measures filed were resolutions with no force of law. And while not all passed - Timberlake didn't, religious freedom in Turkey did - the drafting of such "memorial" resolutions cost about $70,000, by staff estimates. Most resolutions honored local teachers, soldiers, sports teams, administrators or students for outstanding achievement.
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