Senator Thad Cochran

Republican  •  Mississippi  •  10th Term  •  Sworn In 1973
Current Term 2009 - 2014 View All
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11/24/09
Why Do 55 Gop Senators On Medicare Oppose The Public Option For ...

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 ...

11/24/09
Market Skeptics: Stage 1 Of The Dolla's Collapse: Pressure Builds ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today introduced bipartisan legislation to offer direct and timely disaster assistance to farmers throughout the nation who are experiencing significant crop ...

11/24/09
Battered consumers play new card: Paying down debt ...

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. Source: McClatchy ...

11/23/09
The United States Agricultural & Food Law and Policy Blog: The ...

To that end Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln (AR) and Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Thad Cochran (MS) are working on bipartisan legislation to provide disaster assistance to the affected areas. The legislation “woul

11/23/09
DownWithTyranny!: Hypocritical GOP Senators Go On An Orgy Of ...

Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse captured their unctuous mummery and bad faith sanctimoniousness better than anyone. He reminded us of GOP perfidy-- highway robbery... in broad daylight-- in running up billions of dollars in deficits on behalf of t

11/23/09
FarmPolicy.com » Blog Archives » Ag-Rural Economy; “Green” Jobs ...

A related news release from Friday, issued by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas), indicated that, “[Senator Lincoln] today joined U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, R-Miss., Ranking Member of the Senate ...

11/23/09
Senator Lincoln focuses on helping farmers - FOX16.com Little Rock, AR

Lincoln introduced her legislation along with U.S. Senator Thad Cochran. If passed it will provide an estimated $1.3 billion in direct payment assistance to farmers in counties declared disaster areas. ...

11/23/09
Jamie Leigh Jones: I Apologize! | Veganacious

Senator Al Franken proposed an amendment that future government contracts not be allowed to include binding arbitration in such criminal matters. Thirty senator voted against the amendment. Here is a list of those men who voted to protect the right to rap

Source: Veganacious
11/23/09
ICC Credit Card News | Credit Card Companies Slammed Again

And it went on to attack Senator Thad Cochran (R,MS) who, earlier in the week, had blocked a legislative attempt to freeze credit card rates immediately. Credit Card Rates Too High. The day after the New York Times's piece, ...

11/23/09
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Below is the list of thirty legislators who were brave enough to stand up in defense of rape and vote against Senator Al Frankens anti-rape amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill. ... Thad Cochran (R-MS) ...

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11/23/09
Michael Roston - Newsbroke – How will Schumer's re-election ...

But every so often when a Senator leaves office before their term ends, a state finds itself with two Senators simultaneously bidding for election or re-election. 2010 will be such a year for New York – Schumer is up for his third term, ... 2008 in Miss

Source: Newsbroke
11/23/09
11-23-09 “Proposed Legislation Offers Lifeline to Producers ...

NAFB News Service – Senate Ag Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln has joined Senator Thad Cochran, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Mississippi Senator Roger wicker in introducing legislation that would provide ...

11/23/09
Credit card delinquencies fall as consumers pare debt | The Wire ...

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. ...

Source: The Wire
11/23/09
Health care debate open on the U.S. Senate floor, an exhaustive ...

Senator Thad Cochran (R – MS) objected “on behalf of several Senators on this side of the aisle”. If it had been passed into law, these freezes would have been imposed until the protections of the Senator Dodd's so called Credit Card ...

11/23/09
Arkansas farmers detail crop losses from flooding as congressional ...

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 primary disaster areas by the U.S. Department of ...

11/22/09
Miss. Lawmakers Want Aid For Disaster-Stricken Farmers - Money ...

Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker proposed a law to offer disaster assistance to farmers across the country. They said the government should help because excessive rains have ruined crops, draining them out of millions of dollars. ...

11/21/09
Sound Off for Nov. 22 - Sound Off - SunHerald.com

Sen. Thad Cochran blocked voting on the same bill in the Senate. Please call and e-mail the senator and let him know how you feel. Sonic boom or meteors. Could the sonic boom Tuesday night be attributed to the meteor shower? ...

11/21/09
Conservative Senators Love Mike Castle : Delaware Liberal

Among those senators who reported giving to Castle in October were Thad Cochran (Miss.), whose Senate Victory Fund PAC gave $10000; Orrin G. Hatch (Utah), whose OrrinPAC donated $5000; Pat Roberts (Kan. .... Annual Summer Bash, Another Bush Atrocity, Anot

11/21/09
NY Times Editorial: A Gift to Credit Card Companies - Offshore ...

In an editorial this morning, the New York Times chastises Sen. Thad Cochran for voting on Wednesday to block a bill by Sen. Chris Dodd that would have accelerated implementation of credit card.

11/20/09
Swing State Project: SSP Daily Digest: 11/20

Four Senators gave large contributions, the largest being $10000 from Thad Cochran. Castle had $853K in his last report. • NY-Sen-B, NY-Gov: The shortest possible explanation in New York is that nobody still has the faintest clue what ...

11/20/09
NYT slams Thad Cochran over Credit Card vote block

These ravages seemed not to have registered with Senator Thad Cochran, a Republican of Mississippi, who represents the nation's poorest and most economically vulnerable state. On Wednesday, Mr. Cochran blocked a vote on a bill ...

11/20/09
NY Times Editorial: A Gift to Credit Card Companies

In an editorial this morning, the New York Times chastises Sen. Thad Cochran for voting on Wednesday to block a bill by Sen. Chris Dodd that would have accelerated implementation of credit card reforms.

11/20/09
No Credit Card Rate Freeze for the Holidays

The Republicans, it appears, thought differently. The vote on the bill was blocked by Sen. Thad Cochran (R.-Miss), acting on behalf of other Republicans to stall the proposed legislation.

11/20/09
The Natchez Democrat - Natchez Trails Project funded

Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., announced this week the Natchez Trails Project has received $607623 — fantastic news for City Engineer and Trails Project Chairman David Gardner. “We greatly appreciate Sen. Cochran, the Federal Highway ...

11/20/09
Watchdogs And Lapdogs On Financial Reform | OurFuture.org

Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., led a Republican filibuster on Wednesday against legislation offered by Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., that would freeze credit card rates in advance of legislation that would regulate the credit card ...

Source: Blog entry
11/19/09
Odds and ends for 11/19

Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Banksters. (Bonus: background info on how US credit card fees paid by merchants and passed on to consumers, are some of the world's highest.) Memo to the Democrats, which will cost them far less than the advice they ...

11/19/09
Pete DeFazio: We Need a New Economic Team That Cares More About ...

But yesterday Senator Thad Cochran (R., Miss.) objected to the measure, and it only takes one senator to block a unanimous consent request in the Senate. This missive has nothing to do with the fact that consumers have a responsibility ...

11/19/09
That is what we did wrong – we forgot to make it fun!

Thad Cochran and Wicker trying to extend Go Zone! Miss. senators seek GO Zone extension. Mississippi's two US senators have introduced legislation to extend a tax incentive designed to spur rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Katrina. ...

11/19/09
GOP: Just Say No To Stopping Credit Card Rate Hikes

Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) objected to bringing the bill to the floor, throwing it back into the long process that basically kills it. In other words, no vote, no discussion, it's dead. The GOP just stole Christmas. ...

11/19/09
Florida GOP Gov Hopeful To RGA: Time To Give Back Rothstein's $200 ...

But yesterday Senator Thad Cochran (R., Miss.) objected to the measure, and it only takes one senator to block a unanimous consent request in the Senate. This missive has nothing to do with the fact that consumers have a responsibility ...

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Phone: 202-224-5054
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