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  Frist, Bill
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AffiliationRepublican   
NameBill Frist
Address2000 Glen Echo Road, Suite 107
Nashville, Tennessee 37215, United States
EmailNone
Website[Link]
Born February 22, 1952
Died Still Living (72 years)
ContributorClassical Liberal
Last ModifedRBH
Oct 14, 2016 10:01pm
Tags Caucasian - Presbyterian -
InfoWilliam Harrison Frist Sr.

FRIST, William H., a Senator from Tennessee; born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., on February 22, 1952; attended public and private schools in Nashville; graduated from Princeton University 1974; graduated from Harvard Medical School 1978; worked as a heart and lung transplant surgeon; director, heart and lung transplantation program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; author; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1994; reelected in 2000, and served from January 3, 1995, to January 3, 2007; chairman, National Republican Senatorial Committee (2001-2003); majority leader (2003-2007); not a candidate for reelection in 2006.


JOB APPROVAL POLLS
DateFirmApproveDisapproveDon't Know
06/09/2006-06/11/2006 Survey USA 46.00% (-1.0) 47.00% (+0.0) 7.00% (+1.0)
05/12/2006-05/14/2006 Survey USA 47.00% (-1.0) 47.00% (+4.0) 6.00% (-3.0)
01/13/2006-01/15/2006 Survey USA 48.00% (-1.0) 43.00% (+1.0) 9.00% (+0.0)
12/09/2005-12/11/2005 Survey USA 49.00% (-2.0) 42.00% (+3.0) 9.00% (-1.0)
10/24/2005-11/04/2005 Middle Tennessee State University 47.00% (+0.0) 30.00% (+0.0) 23.00% (+0.0)
06/10/2005-06/12/2005 Survey USA 51.00% (+0.0) 39.00% (+0.0) 10.00% (+0.0)

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor
When Every Moment Counts: What You Need to Know About Bioterrorism from the Senate's Only Doctor  Purchase eddy 9_99 
Transplant : A Heart Surgeon's Account of the Life-and-Death  Purchase RP 

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Sep 12, 2007 06:00pm Announcement Bush taps Frist for aid program board  Article RP 
Jun 19, 2007 02:15pm News Frist to teach at Princeton  Article Servo 
Nov 29, 2006 10:00am Speculative Breaking: Frist Won't Run  Article DFWDem 
Nov 04, 2006 11:00pm Blog Entry Frist Constructs Nashville White House  Article Servo 
Oct 02, 2006 05:00pm Statement U.S. Senate majority leader calls for efforts to bring Taliban into Afghan government  Article RP 
Aug 29, 2006 06:00pm Statement Sen. Bill Frist Might Not Have Met Medical License Qualifications  Article RP 
Jun 01, 2006 05:35pm Legal Ruling FEC fines Frist's 2000 Senate campaign  Article RP 
May 24, 2006 06:25pm Profile Bill Frist: A Doctor at Heart  Article RP 
Apr 07, 2006 09:00pm Amusing Frist's Southern Hospitality  Article RP 
Mar 31, 2006 09:00am Analysis Frist's Senate Leadership Faulted as Self-Serving  Article Servo 
Mar 09, 2006 03:00pm General Frist Suspends Senate Ethics Debate After Losing on Dubai Vote  Article RP 
Dec 06, 2005 09:35pm News Angst on right over [TN Sen] Frist  Article ArmyDem 
Dec 04, 2005 09:30pm Analysis 'Tennessean' Research Finds Frist Voting to Help Family Business  Article RP 
Nov 10, 2005 03:00pm News CIA leak worries Frist more than prisons  Article Servo 
Oct 28, 2005 03:00pm Blog Entry Price Gouging Will Not Be Tolerated  Article Servo 
Oct 24, 2005 08:00pm Investigation Frist was notified of holdings in ‘blind’ trusts; Letters contradict majority leader’s statements on knowledge about stock  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Oct 13, 2005 02:00pm Investigation SEC Issues Subpoena To Frist, Sources Say  Article RP 
Oct 11, 2005 04:50pm Investigation AP: Frist Accumulated Stock Outside Trusts  Article RP 
Sep 28, 2005 06:20pm Scandal SEC upgrades Sen. Frist stock inquiry  Article RP 
Sep 28, 2005 12:00am General Jamie Court: Frist Made At Least $2 Million on Insider Trade  Article RP 
Sep 26, 2005 11:00am News Documents: Frist knew contents of blind trust  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Sep 24, 2005 08:00pm General Frist Knew About Blind Trust Investments  Article RP 
Sep 22, 2005 05:00pm General Senate Leader Explains His Sale of a Stock That Then Plummeted  Article RP 
Sep 04, 2005 09:00pm News Sen. Frist Becomes Medical Volunteer  Article Servo 
Aug 03, 2005 12:00pm News Frist not invited to evangelical rally  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Jul 29, 2005 10:00am Blog Entry The hard-to-execute flip-flop-flip  Article ArmyDem 
Jul 29, 2005 12:00am News Senate's Leader [Frist] Veers From Bush Over Stem Cells  Article Ex-New Jerseyan 
Jul 28, 2005 01:00pm Blog Entry If we don't help the NRA, the terrorists win  Article ArmyDem 
Jul 14, 2005 06:10pm General Frist goes on record, denies he hid loan  Article RP 
Jun 19, 2005 11:00pm News White House contender in ‘quackery’ row over dying woman  Article Servo 
Jun 15, 2005 12:00pm News Critics: Frist vetoed full vote on lynching  Article Ben 
Apr 22, 2005 07:50pm News [Bill] Frist Draws Criticism From Some Church Leaders  Article ArmyDem 
Apr 15, 2005 08:45pm News Frist joins religious right jab at Dems  Article Servo 
Dec 02, 2004 12:00am News Frist campaign lost $500,000 in market  Article Ben 
May 20, 2004 12:00am News [Senator] Frist's son arrested on drunk driving charge  Article ... 
Nov 13, 2003 12:00am General Doctoring the Numbers (Frist)  Article mtrz 
Jul 16, 2003 12:00am Humor Sen. Frist Receives High Bid In White House Bachelor Auction  Article Karma Policeman 
Jul 05, 2003 12:00am Commentary Spineless Sen. Bill Frist  Article ArmyDem 
Jun 05, 2003 10:13pm News Police Arrest Majority Leaders Teen Son  Article Default User 
Apr 14, 2003 06:15pm Opinion Unimpressive First 100 Days for Bill Frist, Majority Leader  Article COSDem 
Dec 19, 2002 08:09pm General Frist may challenge Lott  Article eddy 9_99 
Dec 19, 2002 08:07pm General Frist to challenge Lott  Article eddy 9_99 
Dec 06, 2002 12:00am News Fitzgerald opposes airline bailout for United.  Not Available RP 

DISCUSSION
INFORMATION LINKS
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RACES
  01/03/2005 Majority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/06/2003 Majority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/03/2001 NRSC Chairman Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/2000 TN US Senate Won 65.10% (+32.89%)
  08/03/2000 TN US Senate- R Primary Won 99.82% (+99.63%)
  11/08/1994 TN US Senate Won 56.35% (+14.26%)
  08/04/1994 TN US Senate - R Primary Won 44.37% (+12.10%)
ENDORSEMENTS
RNC Chairman - Jan 30, 2009 R John "Chip" Saltsman
TN District 7 - R Primary - Aug 07, 2008 R Marsha Blackburn
IA State House 017 - R Primary - Jun 06, 2006 R Patrick Grassley
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jan 31, 2006 R Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 29, 2005 R John G. Roberts Jr.
[Florida] The Medical Liability Claimant's Compensation Amendment - Nov 02, 2004 YES Yes
Second Circuit Court Judge - Oct 02, 1998 I Sonia Sotomayor
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