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2007 2008 Representative MS Democrat
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Recent Voting History

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BillVoted
On Motion to Adjourn: ADJOURN Aye
August 01, 2008
H.Res.1316 Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the Landing Ship Tank (LST) amphibious landing craft during World War II, the Korean war, the Vietnam war, Operation Desert Storm, and global operations through 2002 and recognizing the essential role played by LST amphibious craft during these conflicts.
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree: H RES 1316 Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the LST amphibious landing craft during WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam war, Operation Desert Storm, and global operations through 2002
Aye
August 01, 2008
H.Res.1008 Condemning the persecution of Baha'is in Iran.
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended: H RES 1008 Condemning the persecution of Baha is in Iran
Aye
August 01, 2008

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Bennie Thompson in the News feed

September 03, 2008 Three Years Later: New Orleanians Relieved Gustav Not Another ...

Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson said to his knowledge, there has been only one glitch in the evacuation. That was when a fleet of private buses failed to ...

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Source: Seattle Medium, WA


September 01, 2008 Mississippi Briefs

US Rep. Bennie Thompson has announced the following grants and/or loans: $150000 Weed and Seed Continuation Grant for west Jackson from the Department of ...

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Source: Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS


August 28, 2008 Believers gather from all over to share the dream

Mississippi had changed, said Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. "You know that old saying," he said. "The hands that picked cotton can now pick a president."

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Source: Omaha World-Herald (subscription), NE


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Bennie Thompson in the Blogs feed

September 03, 2008 Three Years Later…..

Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson said to his knowledge, there has been only one glitch in the evacuation. That was when a fleet of private buses failed to show up and transportation organizers had to use public school buses as a backup ...

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle


August 29, 2008 Obama speech has special meaning for Southern delegates

ANA RADELAT, Gannett News Service - Barack Obama’s bid for the White House made Seanta Clark, a former Republican, ... and one is Asian. “We have a sense of pride,” said Rep. Bennie

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Source: Black Politics on the Web


August 29, 2008 Three years later…

... communities and Congress, especially Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-MS, chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, to use the funds to revive the economies of the states stricken by the hurricane, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. ...

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Source: John William Templeton


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Campaign Contributions

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Top Funding Industry: Labor
Top Contributor: Blackstone Group ($16,100)
IndustryDonation% of total
Labor $119,750 16.0 %
Misc Business $115,099 15.4 %
Lawyers & Lobbyists $93,704 12.5 %
Transportation $69,450 9.3 %
Agribusiness $68,700 9.2 %
Finance/Insur/RealEst $65,050 8.7 %
Communic/Electronics $63,391 8.5 %
Health $49,300 6.6 %
Defense $39,500 5.3 %
Construction $30,700 4.1 %
Energy/Nat Resource $17,532 2.3 %
Other $13,750 1.8 %
Ideology/Single-Issue $1,000 0.1 %
Total:$746,926

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