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The 2009 Session of the 106th Tennessee General Assembly adjourned June 12th. The Assembly includes ten representatives of Knox County districts: three are Senators who each serve a four-year term and seven are House Representatives, each serving a two-year term. We generally hear from our legislators around election time, but this year they're sitting down with us between sessions for a conversation.
Chrissy Keuper speaks with Republican Senator Tim Burchett, who serves the state's 7th District. Burchett has been in the General Assembly for 15 years, 4 years in the House and 11 in the Senate, and he says it was a run-in with local government that led him to run for the Legislature... 