Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Roger F. Wicker [R, MS]

SEC should adopt Franken plan on credit ratings agencies

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...products should be adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The reform, championed by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., is the result of an amendment to the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial-reform legislation. The amendment tr

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New farm bill to provide ‘balanced’ risk management tools for nation’s farmers

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...in Cleveland, Miss. Later, Stabenow, flanked by Sen. Thad Cochran, the ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee; Sen. Roger Wicker, Mississippi’s junior senator; and Delta Council President Bill Litton, repeated much the same message during

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Bipartisanship push for 2013 farm bill in Senate

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...Senate began debating the new farm bill Monday afternoon (May 20). The debate has already been contentious, but Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., told reporters attending the Delta Council annual meeting he believes a sense of bipartisanship will prevail and

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MSU to welcome Boys State participants May 26

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...Gov. Phil Bryant and Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker lead a list of speakers for the American Legion's Boys State on the campus of Mississippi State University this month. Bryant and Wicker are scheduled to speak on May 29, the fourth day of the annua

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Our view: SEC should act on ratings conflicts

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...people who rate their risk, the money says: Shut up and let us do what we want. Minnesota Sen. Al Franken and Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker — the first a Democrat, the second a Republican — are pushing the Securities and Exchange Commission to act o

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J. Everett Dutschke’s journey to ricin suspect

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...Now the FBI alleges that Dutschke, 41, is the man who mailed the poisonous substance ricin last month to President Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and the mother of the state representative he ran against — and then tried to frame another man

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MSU to welcome Boys State participants May 26

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...R-Hattiesburg; and Lt. John Poulos of the Mississippi Highway Patrol. STARKVILLE Gov. Phil Bryant and Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker lead a list of speakers for the American Legion's Boys State on the campus of Mississippi State University this mont

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MICHAEL NEWSOM: Cochran scenario to produce Coast lieutenant governor?

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...In late 2007, U.S. Sen. Trent Lott stepped down and then-Gov. Haley Barbour appointed then northeast Mississippi Congressman Roger Wicker to replace him. Wicker benefited immensely from being able to establish himself as an interim incumbent before runn

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Obama nominates Jackson attorney for US district judgeship

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...a timely and thorough consideration of her qualifications to join the federal bench," Cochran said in a news release. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., also issued a statement praising the nominee. "Debra Brown has a distinguished background in the practice o

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Obama agenda seems to be weathering controversies

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...tended to describe them as controversies, Republicans often used less flattering terms. Speaking on the Senate floor, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., accused the administration of fostering a ‘‘culture of intimidation.’’ He referred to the IRS, the

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FBI, others execute search warrant in case of ricin intercepted at Spokane post office

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...Curtis is in custody under the suspicion of sending letters covered in ricin to U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. Photograph by: Rogelio V. Solis , AP SPOKANE, Wash. - Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a dow

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Senate Committee Approves Gina McCarthy Nomination to EPA Along Party Lines

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...signaled that their opposition has not been to McCarthy personally, or even about the expected climate-change regulations. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said, ?It seems that we ought to be all smiles on the committee today. A path forward has been agreed

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Brown nominated for US district judgeship in Miss.

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...a timely and thorough consideration of her qualifications to join the federal bench,Â Cochran said in a news release. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., also issued a statement praising the nominee. ÂDebra Brown has a distinguished background in the practice

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Documents: Ricin letters suspect evaded police

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...arrested April 27 at his home in Tupelo and charged with making ricin, the same substance mailed on April 8 to Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Lee County Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland. FBI applications for warrants for Dutschke's ph

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Brown nominated for US district judgeship in Miss.

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

Brown nominated for US district judgeship in Miss.

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...district judge in the state. That's according to a spokesman for U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran. Cochran and fellow Republican Sen. Roger Wicker both issued statements congratulating the nominee. Brown is a shareholder in a Jackson law firm, Wise Carter Child &

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At Least Washington Isn’t Talking About the Grand Bargain Anymore

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...by the IRS will do anything but pour cold water on the president’s attempt to raise taxes as part of a grand bargain,” [Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss)] said on MSNBC. “So yes, it will hurt the president in that respect.” While immigration reform see

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Documents: Ricin letters suspect evaded police

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...April 27 at his home in Tupelo, Miss., and charged with making ricin, the same substance mailed on April 8 to Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Lee County, Miss., Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland. FBI applications for warrants for Dutsch

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Documents: Ricin letters suspect evaded police

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

Panel poised to approve EPA nominee

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...nomination. “I think the nomination will move tomorrow. I don’t think there will be a great outpouring of support,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), a member of the committee, told reporters in the Capitol on Wednesday. McCarthy was serving as EPA's c

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