Senator Thad Cochran

Republican  •  Mississippi  •  10th Term  •  Sworn In 1973
Current Term 2009 - 2014 View All
  • Votes with party 79%
  • Abstains: 0%

11/07/09
Peter Scott's Library Blog: House re-introduces SKILLs ACT ...

This SKILLs Act was also introduced in the U.S. Senate in the 110th Congress by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and received bi-partisan sponsorship from Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS), John Kerry (D-MA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), ...

11/06/09
Unfettered Government

...at the expense of taxpayers. $2,500,000,000 added anonymously for ten additional C-17 aircraft … $1,737,733,000 added anonymously for production of an additional DDG-51 destroyer … “to be built in Pascagoula, Miss., home to Republican Sen. Thad Co

11/06/09
Senate Passes Appropriations Bill, Including Removing LSC ...

This included the controversial amendment sponsored by Senator David Vitter (R-LA), that would have required the Census Bureau to ask about citizenship and immigration status during the upcoming 2010 census. Critics said Vitter's amendment would ... T

11/06/09
CCFA Advocacy: Personalizing IBD - The Way To Pass The IBD Bill

Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) has a college friend with UC. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has Crohn's disease. They have a personal connection to this disease and want to pass the bill as much as we do. ...

11/06/09
George, Lamar Counties Get FEMA Money For Shelters - Jackson News ...

Mississippi's two U.S. senators, Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency grants on Friday. George County is receiving about $2.4 million for two safe rooms near Lucedale. ...

11/05/09
COCHRAN SUPPORTS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS EXTENSIO | Mississippi ...

WASHINGTON, DC - November 5, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — US Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today voted for Senate passage of legislation that will allow the state of Mississippi to offer an additional 20 weeks of unemployment benefits to ...

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11/04/09
Sex, Cats & the Internet: healthcare

Sen. Richard C. Shelby Rep. Jerry Lewis Sen. James M. Inhofe Rep. Ron Paul Rep. Henry E. Brown Sen. Pat Roberts Sen. George V. Voinovich Sen. John McCain. Rep. Judy Biggert Sen. Thad Cochran Rep. Harold Rogers Rep. Dan Burton ...

11/03/09
Abbreviated Pundit Round-Up

But enough Republicans, such as Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, understood what Americans want. “My preference, if I were the king, I wouldn't spend this much money on this bill this year,'' Alexander told Congressional Quarterly. “ T

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11/03/09
doc brown | Hot News OF Day

Vernon J. Ehlers Sen. Orrin G. Hatch Sen. Richard C. Shelby Rep. Jerry Lewis Sen. James M. Inhofe Rep. Ron Paul Rep. Henry E. Brown Sen. Pat Roberts Sen. George V. Voinovich Sen. John McCain Rep. Judy Biggert Sen. Thad Cochran Rep. ...

11/03/09
Letter to Leaders-We Are Coming « Recycle Washington

Sen. Tom Coburn, 202-224-6008. Sen. Tom Carper, 202-228-2190. Sen. Tim Johnson, 202-228-5765. Sen. Thad Cochran, 202-224-9450. Sen. Susan Collins, 202-224-2693. Sen. Sherrod Brown, 202-224-6519. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, 202-228-2853 ...

11/03/09
12 Senators Write in Support of 12-Year Data Exclusivity Period

By Donald Zuhn -- On October 23, twelve Senators sent a letter to Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), asking the Senate majority leader to "support the establishment of a responsible pathway for the approval of follow-on biologic treatments, ...

Source: Patent Docs
11/02/09
FEDERAL UPDATE for NOVEMBER, 2009

On that vote, Republican appropriators Thad Cochran, R-MS, and George V. Voinovich, R-OH, joined with the Democrats (who lost the vote of Wisconsin's Russ Feingold) to keep the CR in the legislation. However, after Arizona Republican ...

11/02/09
Jackson County gets commitments for connector road - Local ...

Supervisor John McKay said he and supervisors Mike Mangum and Melton Harris returned from Washington with commitments from the office of Sen. Thad Cochran, and from Sen. Roger Wicker and Rep. Gene Taylor personally. ...

11/02/09
11-02-09 NAFB's National Ag News as heard inside the BARN's ...

It was Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi who envisioned providing training and support to help developing nations improve their agricultural systems and strengthen and enhance trade links with the U.S. Over the last 25 years – the ...

10/31/09
SKILLS Act re-introduced « Crazy Quilts

This SKILLs Act was also introduced in the U.S. Senate in the 110th Congress by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and received bi-partisan sponsorship from Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS), John Kerry (D-MA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), ...

10/30/09
10-30-09 AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK MEETS WITH COCHRAN PROGRAM ...

USDA began administering the Cochran Program 25 years ago after the program's namesake, U.S. Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi, envisioned providing training and support to help developing nations improve their agricultural systems ...

10/30/09
District Dispatch » House re-introduces SKILLs Act emphasizing ...

This SKILLs Act was also introduced in the U.S. Senate in the 110th Congress by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and received bi-partisan sponsorship from Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS), John Kerry (D-MA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), ...

10/30/09
Open letter - Livingston, I Presume

Sen. Richard C. Shelby Rep. Jerry Lewis Sen. James M. Inhofe Rep. Ron Paul Rep. Henry E. Brown Sen. Pat Roberts Sen. George V. Voinovich Sen. John McCain. Rep. Judy Biggert Sen. Thad Cochran Rep. Harold Rogers Rep. Dan Burton ...

10/30/09
Left in the West:: Open Letter

Sen. Richard C. Shelby Rep. Jerry Lewis Sen. James M. Inhofe Rep. Ron Paul Rep. Henry E. Brown Sen. Pat Roberts Sen. George V. Voinovich Sen. John McCain. Rep. Judy Biggert Sen. Thad Cochran Rep. Harold Rogers Rep. Dan Burton ...

10/29/09
J Street is 'AIPAC Lite', he says | San Fernando Curt's Blog

So far, about a dozen of the original 160 hosts have rescinded their names from J Street's list, including: Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), Rep. ...

10/29/09
iBrattleboro.com - Here It Is - House Health Care Plan

Sen. Richard Burr (N.C.) Sen. Thad Cochran (Miss.) Sen. Susan Collins (Me.) Sen. John Cornyn (Texas) Sen. Michael Crapo (Idaho) Sen. Jim DeMint (S.C.) Sen. John Ensign (Nev.) Sen. Michael Enzi (Wyo.) Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) Sen. ...

10/29/09
40 GOP Senators Sign Letter to Reid Demanding Internet Posting of ...

Sen. Thad Cochran (Miss.) Sen. Susan Collins (Me.) Sen. John Cornyn (Texas) Sen. Michael Crapo (Idaho) Sen. Jim DeMint (SC) Sen. John Ensign (Nev.) Sen. Michael Enzi (Wyo.) Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC) Sen. Charles Grassley (Iowa) Sen. ...

10/29/09
Congress OKs $25M for salt dome study - State - SunHerald.com

Congress has provided $25 million for engineering and other preparations for storing some the nation's petroleum reserves in the Richton Salt Domes. U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., says the money was included in a funding bill signed ...

10/29/09
Obama signs bill that includes money for Salt Dome - Local ...

US 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.

10/29/09
Obama signs bill that includes money for Salt Dome - Featured ...

US 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.

10/29/09
Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » Even Olympia Snowe ...

Sen. Richard Burr (N.C.) Sen. Thad Cochran (Miss.) Sen. Susan Collins (Me.) Sen. John Cornyn (Texas) Sen. Michael Crapo (Idaho) Sen. Jim DeMint (S.C.) Sen. John Ensign (Nev.) Sen. Michael Enzi (Wyo.) Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) Sen. ...

10/28/09
Urge Congress not to weaken Franken amendment « Public Citizen

Senator Arlen Specter (PA). Senator Thad Cochran (MS). Senator Christopher Bond (MO). Senator Mitch McConnell (KY). Senator Richard Shelby (AL). Senator Judd Gregg (NH). Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX). Senator Robert F. Bennett (UT) ...

10/28/09
Let the Pirates Stand Up and Filibuster « THE SAME ROWDY CROWD

While the Republicans — and Senator Joe — blather on, the media will be hijacked. Reporters and TV hosts will have to talk about issues such as insurance companies not insuring you if you're already sick, not insuring you when you get ... Let John

10/28/09
The Truth In Perspective: American Politics 101: Legislative ...

As Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) admitted, without all the pressure that progressives in and out of Congress put on legislators, it is unlikely there would have been a public option included in Reid's final bill.Yet this afternoon, Sen. ... Thad Cochran (R-

10/28/09
SALTER - Some Dem and GOP Govs agree Health care bill would burder states too much

...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 Mississippi, the issue of Medicaid expansion hits close to home, since our state's share of t

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