Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]

Rankin County teacher wins economics award

2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

...Sweeney of Brandon, an economics teacher and coach at Northwest Rankin High School, is the state's 2009 U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran Economics Teacher of the Year. The Mississippi Council on Economic Education chose Sweeney for a unit titled "Human Demand Cur

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Rankin County teacher wins economics award

2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

Rankin County teacher wins economics award

2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

Rush Sweeney of Brandon, an economics teacher and coach at Northwest Rankin High School, is the state's 2009 US Sen. Thad Cochran Economics Teacher of the ...

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Mississippi Senator Co-Sponsors Warm-Water Oyster Bill

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has agreed to co-sponsor legislation intended to ...

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Udall loses on credit card interest-rate freeze to GOP Grinch

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

...move forward. Lack of unanimous consent would kill the bill. Once again the GOP played the Grinch to spoil Christmas. Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi objected “on behalf of several senators on this side of the aisle.” He put a “hold” on the bil

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Rankin teacher wins top honors

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

Rush Sweeney of Brandon, an economics teacher and coach at Northwest Rankin High School, is the state's 2009 US Senator Thad Cochran Economics Teacher of ...

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ASA urges emergency aid for farmers

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

... Southern Peanut Farmers Federation, USA Rice Federation and the US Rice Producers Association in sending a letter to Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) on Nov. ...

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2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi objected “on behalf of several senators on this side of the aisle.” He put a “hold” on the bill that, under Senate rules, ...

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Ark. Farmers Detail Crop Losses From Flooding

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

...Blanche Lincoln took over as committee chairman earlier this year. Lincoln has introduced legislation along with U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., that would provide an estimated $1.3 billion in direct payment assistance to producers in counties declared

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Cochran backs hunger relief bill

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

US Sen. Thad Cochran is cosponsoring legislation to make permanent provisions that will allow farmers and small businesses to claim a tax deduction for ...

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Cochran backs hunger relief bill

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

...Sen. Thad Cochran is cosponsoring legislation to make permanent provisions that will allow farmers and small businesses to claim a tax deduction for donating food products to food banks, homeless shelters and other hunger-relief organizations. "Food ban

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2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi objected “on behalf of several senators on this side of the aisle.” He put a “hold” on the bill that, under Senate rules, ...

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2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi objected “on behalf of several senators on this side of the aisle.” He put a “hold” on the bill that, under Senate rules, ...

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2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

Robert Bennett (R-Utah), Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), and Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) directed the USDA to study “controlled atmosphere stunning,” a method that, ...

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Obama's missile plan clears hurdle

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

The amendment, sponsored by Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, and ranking member Thad Cochran, R-Miss., came at the behest ...

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ASA urges emergency aid for farmers

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

...Southern Peanut Farmers Federation, USA Rice Federation and the U.S. Rice Producers Association in sending a letter to Sen. Thad Cochran on Nov. 20, expressing strong support and the urgent need for legislation. Although loss estimates are preliminary,

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Credit card delinquencies fall as consumers pare debt

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

...were modifying terms in advance of the new law. An attempt by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., to freeze interest rates until the CARD Act's provisions take effect was killed last week by Republican Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss.

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ASA urges emergency aid for farmers

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

... Southern Peanut Farmers Federation, USA Rice Federation and the US Rice Producers Association in sending a letter to Sen. Thad Cochran on Nov. ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Lincoln has introduced legislation along with US Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., that would provide an estimated $1.3 billion in direct payment assistance to ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Lincoln has introduced legislation along with US Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., that would provide an estimated $1.3 billion in direct payment assistance to ...

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