Knoxville, Tennessee is headquarters for Tennessee’s Second Congressional District whose seat is currently held by John J. Duncan Jr..

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Congressman Duncan

Congressman Duncan enjoys a reputation among his fellow Congressmen as one of the most frugal which puts him high on my list of most admired Congressmen.

He sends out a periodic newsletter to his constituents with news of what’s happening in Washington. Here’s the highlights from his most recent.

Feelings against the recent, failed immigration bill Congress tried to pass were running over 50 to 1 against it according to Congressman Duncan.

The Congressman advocates more domestic oil production as a counter to high oil prices from OPEC nations.

In an interesting tidbit he says Frontiersman Davy Crockett was also a Tennessee Congressman back in his days and usually voted against almost all government spending bills. He once challenged other Congressmen to pay for a bill he was opposed to out of their own pockets. Congressman Crockett supposedly said in a famous speech: “One of the easiest things in the world to do is to spend other people’s money. And it is always much more popular to say yes than to say no. That is why the federal government is in such a big hole today.”

Obviously Davy Crockett was a forward thinker and clearly ahead of his time. ;-)

Congressman Crockett served the US Congress and the State of Tennessee as their representative from 1828 until 1834 when he was defeated and made that now famous journey to Texas and the Alamo.

Congressman Duncan has been following Davy Crockett’s fine example and getting reelected since 1988. I hope he runs again so I can vote for him again.