Appointment to Mississippi Senate Seat
Governor Haley Barbour announces his appointment of Rep. Roger Wicker to fill the Mississippi Senate seat vacated by the December 19 resignation of Senator Trent Lott. Wicker is expected to…
162 viewsGovernor Haley Barbour announces his appointment of Rep. Roger Wicker to fill the Mississippi Senate seat vacated by the December 19 resignation of Senator Trent Lott. Wicker is expected to…
162 viewsThe House Appropriations Committee marked up the fiscal year 2007 supplemental appropriations for Iraq. Several members presented proposed amendments and revisions to the emergency spending…
115 viewsRepresentative Wicker, a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, talked about funding for the war in Iraq. The House Appropriations Committee is expected to pass the war…
34 viewsFor the second day, the House debated a non-binding Iraq War resolution saying that Congress would continue to support U.S. armed forces in Iraq, but it disapproves President George W.…
View in Congressional Chronicle867 viewsThe House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee held a hearing on the U.S. Army portion of the proposed fiscal year 2007 war supplemental appropriations. Witnesses testified about operations…
88 viewsThe House worked on a continuing resolution for the remainder of fiscal year 2007.
View in Congressional Chronicle600 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules. Members also passed a measure to cut student loan rates by half over five years. It was the fifth of six bills in the…
View in Congressional Chronicle959 viewsThe House approved a measure to lift some stem cell restrictions, and a suspension bill. The stem cell bill was the third of the Democrats' six for '06 agenda for the first 100 hours of the…
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