14 Facts About Tennessee Senate

1. Tennessee Senate worked with the Tennessee Board of Regents to establish new facilities and programs, including a pharmacy school at East Tennessee State University.

2. Tennessee Senate elevated the profile of Tennessee's community colleges and colleges of applied technology.

3. Tennessee Senate created the Governor's Books from Birth Foundation, a statewide expansion of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, to provide free books to children from birth to age five.

4. Tennessee Senate expanded long-term care options and launched Cover Tennessee, a series of programs providing health insurance and pharmacy assistance to the uninsured.

5. Tennessee Senate has certain powers and obligations that are different from those of the House of Representatives.

6. Tennessee Senate Walking Horses generally range from 14.3 to 17 hands and weigh 900 to 1,200 pounds.

7. Tennessee Senate pointed recent legislation including 21st-century cures and the Opioid Response Act.

8. Tennessee Senate lost a comeback bid in 1986 after opposing the establishment of a medical school at East Tennessee State University; then-Rep.

9. Tennessee Senate is close to former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, with whom he edited a book about health policy.

10. Tennessee Senate was left with the rest of his life," by Michael Brice-Saddler: "Standing outside the Logan Circle restaurant, just feet away from where his fiancee spent her final moments, Daniel Hincapie had a vision.

11. Tennessee Senate easily won election to the Senate in 2002 when Fred Thompson retired and has won reelection twice.

12. Tennessee Senate waged credible campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination in 1996 and 2000.

13. Tennessee Senate tried again and won in 1978 as Jimmy Carter's Democratic Party suffered significant losses in the South.

14. Tennessee Senate is the upper house of the US state of Tennessee's state legislature, which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly.