Senator Thad Cochran

Republican  •  Mississippi  •  10th Term  •  Sworn In 1973
Current Term 2009 - 2014 View All
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11/27/09
Rankin County teacher wins economics award

...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

11/27/09
Rankin County teacher wins economics award

...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

11/26/09
Mississippi Senator Co-Sponsors Warm-Water Oyster Bill

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

Source: PerishableNews (press release)
11/25/09
ASA urges emergency aid for farmers

... 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. ...

Source: Southwest Farm Press
11/25/09
Udall loses on credit card interest-rate freeze to GOP Grinch

...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

11/25/09
Rankin teacher wins top honors

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 ...

Source: Jackson Clarion Ledger
11/24/09
Ark. Farmers Detail Crop Losses From Flooding

...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

Source: 4029tv.com
11/24/09
Cochran backs hunger relief bill

...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

11/24/09
Cochran backs hunger relief bill

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

Source: Jackson Clarion Ledger
11/24/09
RE: Thad Cochran

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

Source: Opposing Views
11/24/09
RE: Thad Cochran

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, ...

Source: Grand Junction Sentinel
11/24/09
Credit card delinquencies fall as consumers pare debt

...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.

11/24/09
ASA urges emergency aid for farmers

...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,

11/24/09
RE: Thad Cochran

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, ...

Source: Grand Junction Sentinel
11/24/09
ASA urges emergency aid for farmers

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

Source: Delta Farm Press
11/24/09
RE: Thad Cochran

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, ...

Source: Grand Junction Sentinel
11/24/09
Obama's missile plan clears hurdle

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

Source: GovExec.com
11/23/09
People on the Move: Nov. 23

Prior to joining the SEC, Loesch served as counsel to the US Senate's Committee on governmental affairs and as a legislative aide to US Senator Thad Cochran ...

Source: Bizjournals.com
11/23/09
Credit card delinquencies fall as consumers pare debt

... 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: MiamiHerald.com
11/23/09
Herbicide-resistant sorghum

...crop rotations.... Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has joined Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, in introducing legislation that would provide timely disaste

11/23/09
Arkansas farmers detail crop losses from flooding

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 ...

Source: The Associated Press
11/23/09
RE: Thad Cochran

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 ...

Source: The Associated Press
11/23/09
Senators seek aid for farmers

...Sen. Blanche Lincoln, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has joined Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, in introducing legislation that would provide timely disaster assistance to farmers affe

11/23/09
Variety trials – unbiased info

...crop rotations.... Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has joined Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, in introducing legislation that would provide timely disaste

11/23/09
Arkansas farmers detail crop losses from flooding

...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

Source: Newsvine
11/23/09
RE: Thad Cochran

Reporter: AP Excessive rains have prompted Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker to offer a bill to give direct aid to farmers with waterlogged crops. ...

Source: WTOK
11/23/09
RE: Thad Cochran

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 ...

Source: The Associated Press
11/23/09
RE: Thad Cochran

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 ...

Source: The Associated Press
11/23/09
Late mayor honored with induction into DSU Alumni Hall of Fame

In 2001, he began working for US Sen. Thad Cochran and served as the senator's state office director. Throughout his life and all his positions, ...

Source: Brookhaven Daily Leader
11/22/09
Bill could speed up farm aid

...rains and floods could get federal disaster aid faster under a bill proposed by Mississippi senators. Republican Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker have introduced a crop disaster aid bill that aims to step up federal disaster aid for farmers and set a

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Phone: 202-224-5054
Fax: 202-224-9450

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