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

Preserving our wild side

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...a tough time. But I doubt Americans will begrudge spending on national parks." Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Thad Cochran of Mississippi, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Bob Bennett of Utah, warmly embraced the tens of millions of dollars com

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Huge cuts in university programs

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...authority. Before that, he was legislative assistant for agriculture and natural resources, then chief of staff for Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, working on a wide range of issues important to agriculture, including the 1990, 1996, and 2002 farm bil

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Senate gives economy a boost

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...weeks during the 1970s. "High rates of unemployment in Mississippi and around the nation remain a very real problem," said Sen. Thad Cochran, who voted for the legislation. "It is my hope that extending these benefits will well serve those still looking

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Obama signs bill that includes money for Salt Dome

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran’s office announced Wednesday that a bill with $25 million for engineering and other preparations for the much-talked-about Richton Salt Dome petroleum reserve plan has been signed by President Obama. Cochran, who is ranking Rep

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On health reforms, Barbour’s in bed with Dem governor

2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

...pay about 18 percent of the Medicaid costs for new enrollees. Barbour expressed some of the same sentiments to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran in a Sept. 8 letter in which Barbour said: " In Mississippi, the issue of Medicaid expansion hit's close to home, sinc

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mcdonnell Outpaces Deeds in Latest Fundraising Push

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran gave $10000 to mcdonnell's campaign through his leadership organization, Senate Victory Fund PAC. ...

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No excuse for lack of KCS tunnel funding

2009-10-25T00:00:00Z

Bennie Thompson and Sen. Thad Cochran have yet to translate into an authorization. It must be awfully disconcerting for the mayor to read how billions of ...

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Wicker Advocates Action on Offshore Drilling

2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

To help keep pressure on President Obama to act, I recently joined a bipartisan group of 35 senators, including my colleague Thad Cochran, in writing ...

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New Newspaper Contributors for 10/23/2009

2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

...of the Appropriations Committee, who inserted 35 earmarks worth more than $206 million. He was outdone by Republican Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, who sponsored 48 earmarks worth $216 million. It's not as if raiding the O&M budget is without consequ

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Peavey celebrates support for afterschool programs

2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

Governor Haley Barbour declared Oct. 22, 2009, Lights On Afterschool Day across Mississippi in a proclamation issued today, and US Senator Thad Cochran—a ...

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Cochran Names New Republican Clerk for Energy & Water Appropriations Subcommittee

2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON, DC – US Senator Thad Cochran, ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, named Carrie Apostolou to be the new Republican clerk ...

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2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

Still others (such as Sessions and Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)) insisted that the government should not interfere in private contracts, ...

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Despite plea, casino closes gate

2009-10-20T00:00:00Z

... Department of Transportation in showing an aid of US Sen. Thad Cochran the negative impacts the bridge closure has had on traffic, safety and business. ...

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Excitement builds for aerospace megasite

2009-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., called the site a “beautiful new industrial addition to our state,” and Rep. Travis Childers, D-Miss., spoke of how much the ...

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Future transit needs studied along I-69

2009-10-19T00:00:00Z

US Sen. Thad Cochran made $70 million eligible for the I-69 transit project as part of a 2005 federal transportation bill. A public/private entity wanting ...

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Catfish Farmers Want Imports Inspected

2009-10-19T00:00:00Z

In a bipartisan appeal, Sen. Blanche L. Lincoln, D-Ark., chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Sen. Thad Cochran ...

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Bill would 'cap' the economies of 2 states

2009-10-19T00:00:00Z

We expect the states' senators — Mr. Sessions and Richard Shelby in Alabama; Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker in Mississippi — will also say "no" to this cap ...

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Ready for takeoff: Link touts new focus on aerospace jobs

2009-10-19T00:00:00Z

Travis Childers and Sen. Thad Cochran have pledged their support at the federal level while locals from surrounding counties, cities and schools promised ...

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Need a lift? Universities add shuttles

2009-10-18T00:00:00Z

usm's Department of Residence Life began providing shuttle service from Hillcrest to the Thad Cochran Center five days a week in the spring, ...

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VIEWPOINT: Mississippians tire of invisibility

2009-10-18T00:00:00Z

Thad Cochran and Trent Lott had with the administration then in power and suggest favoritism in the allocation of funding for recovery in Mississippi when ...

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