Tennessee Speaker of the House Beth Harwell defends voter ID laws and turns the tables on U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Al Franken.  More at the Tennessean:

“I would suggest to our federal officials that they get their own house in order first. In an era of rising deficits, ballooning debt, and bloated federal government in Washington Dick Durbin and Jim Cooper have chosen to ignore those problems and come to Tennessee to trample on states’ rights. No wonder Congress has an 82 percent disapproval rating. Congressman Cooper has assumed the Washington mentality of not respecting states’ rights.