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      <excerpt>...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 &#8220;on behalf of several senators on this side of the aisle.&#8221; He put a &#8220;hold&#8221; on the bil</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Rush Sweeney of Brandon, an economics teacher and coach at Northwest Rankin High School, is the state&amp;#39;s 2009 US Senator Thad Cochran Economics Teacher of ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... 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. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...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</excerpt>
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