The Tennessee Democrat said he planned hearings next month to examine the new design.

Older drug consumers "are particularly susceptible to mismedication and the inappropriate combination of drugs," said the Tennessee Democrat.

Current issues for Tennessee Democrats on children and families include that of the high rate of infant mortality in Memphis.

Senator Albert Gore, Democrat of Tennessee, did not come in from the campaign trail for the vote.

"We have a message problem," Mr. Brown told the Tennessee Democrats.

Tennessee Democrats have also sponsored the Medicare Information Act.

Representative Jim Cooper, Democrat of Tennessee, has introduced a bill that would make insurance easily available to most people.

The bipartisan group started with a bill written by Jim Cooper, Democrat of Tennessee, and made it significantly worse.

The Tennessee Democrat has long argued that the nation doesn't inevitably have to choose between jobs and a cleaner environment, and in many cases he's right.

Mr. Ford, 41 years old, is a Tennessee Democrat.