Sen. Roger Wicker - U.S. Congress

Official website: http://wicker.senate.gov
487 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-6253 Fax: 202-228-0378
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Term Start	Term End	Role	State	Party
2007	2012	Senator	MS	Republican
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Most Recent Sponsored Bills

Bill	Status	Last Action
S.1311 A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico. (111th congress)	Introduced	Jun 19, 2009
S.Res.189 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the trial by the Russian Government of businessmen Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev constitutes a politically-motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that serves as a test of the rule of law and independence of the judicial system of Russia. (111th congress)	Introduced	Jun 18, 2009
S.346 Life at Conception Act (111th congress)	Introduced	Jan 29, 2009

Recent Voting History

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Bill	Voted
H.R.2918 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 On the Motion (Motion to Table Motion to Commit H.R. 2918 to the Committee on Appropriations with Instructions )	Aye (against party) June 25, 2009
On the Nomination (Nomination of Harold Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State )	Nay (with party) June 25, 2009
On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Harold Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be Legal Counsel of the Department of State )	Nay (with party) June 24, 2009

Voting Trends Analysis

The information below is an initial analysis of voting trends for this Member of Congress, calculated by cross-referencing all of this member's votes from the 110th Congress (Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2008). The results are intended to offer some helpful context for the place that this Member of Congress occupies in the Congressional landscape. In the next steps of site development, OpenCongress will incorporate more detailed analyses of voting trends to give you a comprehensive snapshot of every Member of Congress.

Most often votes with: Rep. Mary Fallin [R, OK-5]
Least often votes with: Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
Democrat most often votes with: Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]
Republican least often votes with: Rep. Jeff Flake [R, AZ-6]
Votes with party: 90% (Ranks 74 of 100)
Abstains: 0% (Ranks 28 of 100)

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Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS] [73] Rep. Travis Childers [D, MS-1] [25] Rep. Gene Taylor [D, MS-4] [24] Rep. Gregg Harper [R, MS-3] [22] Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2] [10]	H.R.17 Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2009 [29] H.R.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of... [20] H.J.Res.5 Proposing an amendment to the Constitutio... [18] H.R.1388 The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act [17] S.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of... [13]	Abortion [5] Civil liberties [3] Firearms control [3] Firearms [3] Civil rights [2]

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Videos of Roger Wicker

Title: Senate proceeding 06-10-09 5:45:50 to 5:55:25
Speaking: Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS] (all videos)
Date: June 10, 2009
Length: 9 minutes

Title: Senate proceeding 05-21-09 01 0:20:15 to 0:24:35
Speaking: Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS] (all videos)
Date: May 21, 2009
Length: 4 minutes

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Roger Wicker in the News

July 01, 2009 Wicker relocates DeSoto office

WASHINGTON â US Senator Roger Wicker on Wednesday announced the new location of his DeSoto County office. The office is now located at 321 Losher St. in ...

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Source: DeSoto Times Today

July 01, 2009 Embassy Row

Mike McIntyre, North Carolina Democrat; and Sen. Roger Wicker, Mississippi Republican. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Texas Democrat, also made the trip but is not a ...

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Source: Washington Times

June 30, 2009

... and Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin, Congressman Robert Aderholt, Congressman Louise Slaughter, Senator Roger Wicker, Congressman Lloyd ...

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Roger Wicker in the Blogs

July 02, 2009 Is Modern Conservatism All About Hate, Bigotry, Contradictions And ...

Christopher Bind (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- MO) Jim Talent (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- MO) Charles Pickering (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - MS) Roger Wicker (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - MS) Thad Cochran (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- MS) ...

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Source: Simply Conservative

July 02, 2009 Senators Advise Obama Before Meeting with Medvedev : The Other Russia

Senators Jim DeMint (R-SC), Jon Kyl (R- AZ) and Roger Wicker (R- MS) wrote a letter urging Obama to raise three major issues between the two nations. The complete text, with highlighted key passages, is reprinted below. Obama will travel to Russia on Mond

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Source: The Other Russia

July 01, 2009 Congress Declares July 1 National Boating Day - Texas Outdoor News ...

The boating industry is very important to the economy of North Carolina and provides families with the opportunity to enjoy our state's scenic treasures, from our mountain lakes to the Outer Banks," said Senator Richard Burr. ... Roger Wicker (R-

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Featured Members of Congress

On January 01, 2008 Roger Wicker was featured on the homepage of OpenCongress:

When Congress return from vacation in mid-January, Rep. Roger Wicker (R-MS) will be switching chambers of Congress to represent Mississippi in the Senate. Wicker has been chosen by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour to take over the seat of Trent Lott (R), the state's long-serving senator who resigned on December 18th. Wicker was selected by Babrbour because he shares Lott’s "conservative values."

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Top Funding Industry: Finance/Insur/RealEst
Top Contributor: State of Mississippi ($20,617)

Industry	Donation	% of total
Finance/Insur/RealEst	$805,355	19.2 %
Misc Business	$608,200	14.5 %
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$479,273	11.4 %
Health	$405,450	9.7 %
Energy/Nat Resource	$306,450	7.3 %
Construction	$297,350	7.1 %
Other	$286,522	6.8 %
Agribusiness	$277,850	6.6 %
Ideology/Single-Issue	$213,675	5.1 %
Communic/Electronics	$210,844	5.0 %
Transportation	$171,000	4.1 %
Defense	$125,850	3.0 %
Labor	$12,750	0.3 %
Total:	$4,200,569

Industry	Donation	% of total
Finance/Insur/RealEst	$69,825	12.3 %
Energy/Nat Resource	$69,400	12.2 %
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$66,750	11.7 %
Health	$64,100	11.3 %
Misc Business	$56,900	10.0 %
Construction	$54,150	9.5 %
Defense	$46,150	8.1 %
Other	$41,780	7.3 %
Communic/Electronics	$29,900	5.3 %
Transportation	$28,800	5.1 %
Agribusiness	$24,100	4.2 %
Ideology/Single-Issue	$16,500	2.9 %
Labor	$1,000	0.2 %
Total:	$569,355

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Roger Wicker in the News

July 01, 2009 Wicker relocates DeSoto office

July 01, 2009 Embassy Row

June 30, 2009

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Roger Wicker in the Blogs

July 02, 2009 Is Modern Conservatism All About Hate, Bigotry, Contradictions And ...

July 02, 2009 Senators Advise Obama Before Meeting with Medvedev : The Other Russia

July 01, 2009 Congress Declares July 1 National Boating Day - Texas Outdoor News ...

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