Rep. Frank Buck

Frank Forrest Buck (born September 26, 1943 in Trousdale County) is a Tennessee politician and a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 40th district, which is composed of DeKalb, Smith, and Macon counties. September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Trousdale County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... The Tennessee House of Representatives, in American politics, is the lower house of the state legislature of Tennessee, formally called the Tennessee General Assembly. ... DeKalb County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ... Smith County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ... Macon County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ...

He has served as a member of the House since the 89th General Assembly and was most recently re-elected as a member of the Democratic Party. Frank Buck is Vice-Chair of the House Transportation Committee and the Chair of the House Public Transportation & Highways Subcommittee. He serves as a member of the House Judiciary Committee, the House Judicial Administration Subcommittee, and the House Criminal Practice and Procedure Subcommittee. The Tennessee General Assembly is the formal name of the legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ...

Buck graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Tennessee Technological University and graduated with a J.D. from University of Tennessee Law School. He works as a farmer and as an attorney, owning a law practice with his wife called Buck & Buck near Smithville. In 1990, Frank Buck narrowly lost to Bill Purcell in a bid for the position of House majority leader. A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... Tennessee Technological University, popularly known as Tennessee Tech, is an accredited public university located in Cookeville, Tennessee, a small city approximately seventy miles (110 km) east of Nashville. ... J.D. redirects here; for alternate uses, see J.D. (disambiguation) J.D. is an abbreviation for the Latin Juris Doctor, also called a Doctor of Law or Doctorate of Jurisprudence, and is the law degree typically awarded by an accredited U.S. law school after successfully completing three years... The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system. ... Farmer spreading grasshopper bait in his alfalfa field. ... An attorney is someone who represents someone else in the transaction of business: For attorney-at-law, see lawyer, solicitor, barrister or civil law notary. ... Smithville is a city in DeKalb County, Tennessee, United States. ... This article is about the year. ... Mayor Bill Purcell William Paxon Purcell III (born October 25, 1953) is the fifth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, elected first in 1999 and reelected to a second term in 2003. ...

Buck is known for efforts on ethics reform, though critics accuse him of showboating while other legislators seek reform more quietly, and of only recently finding ethics in order to use the issue against political enemies. He exposed a whiskey-for-votes racket operating in DeKalb County and helped to bring reform as a member of the DeKalb County Ethics Commission. In 1994, he took issue with the expense of different execution methods reported by Department of Correction officials that placed a firing-squad execution at $7,000. Ethics (from the Ancient Greek ethikos, meaning arising from habit), a major branch of philosophy, is the study of value or quality. ... Whisky (or whiskey) is an alcoholic beverage distilled from grain, often including malt, which has then been aged in wooden barrels. ... The Executions of the Third of May by Francisco Goya Execution by firing squad is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in times of war. ...

In 1993 and 1994, Buck introduced legislation that would have restrained lobbyists from giving gifts and paying travel expenses of members of the General Assembly, and forced more disclosure of such acts. In 1994, he sponsored a bill introduced by former Sen. Carol Rice that became known as the "cup-of-coffee" bill, which would have prevented legislators from taking so much as a cup of coffee from lobbyists. A version of it was passed in 1995 -- without Buck as a sponsor -- with a loophole that allowed legislators to receive free meals and drinks if another legislator is invited. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Lobbying is the practice of private advocacy with the goal of influencing a governing body, in order to ensure that an individuals or organizations point of view is represented in the government. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Buck's profile at the Tennessee General Assembly
• Buck's profile at Project Vote Smart
• Buck campaign
• Election results for the 2004 state House elections
• "On ethics, Buck offends - on purpose", Brad Shrade, The Tennessean, April 25, 2006.
• "Critics: Close loopholes, open the doors", Leon Alligood, The Tennessean, June 28, 2005.