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Keith Heard, a DC lobbyist and president of Key Impact Strategies, is often mistaken for Steve Bannon. Keith Heard, former chief of staff for Sen. Thad Cochran, is a lobbyist and president of Key Impact Strategies.
Sen. Thad Cochran was depicted last week as having one foot in the grave after returning courageously to Washington following a brief illness to give Republicans the majority needed to pass budget votes. "Is Cochran, the 79-year-old chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee, well enough to serve the final half of his six-year term?" they bellowed.
In this Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., speaks to supporters in Jackson, Miss. op Republicans are already coping with a razor-thin majority as they try pushing a contentious and partisan agenda through the Senate.
In this Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., speaks to supporters in Jackson, Miss. op Republicans are already coping with a razor-thin majority as they try pushing a contentious and partisan agenda through the Senate.
Obviously Hurricane Irma continues to be a threat that is going to devastate the Unite... -- A number of hurricanes are churning in the Atlantic currently, including Hurricanes Irma and Jose.Irma weakened from a Category 5 to a still-frightening Category... Senators Thad Cochran and Patrick Leahy , along with Representatives Jeff Fortenberry and Marcia Fudge , this week introduced the bipartisan Farm to ... Here's a rundown of the high school gridiron action for tonight.
Staff travel makes up a significant chuck of the amounts spent on travel by the Appropriations and Budget committees. Members of the Budget and Appropriations committees have spent about $2 million on foreign travel since the start of 2016, including trips to Argentina, Tanzania, Italy and the United Kingdom, according to an analysis of congressional records.
The funds will be used to cover employee salaries for a therapist, resident supervisor and children's coordinator. The First, A National Banking Association, BancorpSouth Bank and FHLB Dallas awarded $20,000 in Partnership Grant Program funds to The Lighthouse Rescue Mission today in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Should Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell step down from the top position in Congress, Republicans will be looking for someone savvy enough to accomplish a difficult legislative to-do list and trusted by the president. President Donald Trump has not held back in his repeated criticisms of McConnell.
Mario Henderson leads chants of "save Medicaid," as other social service activists, Medicaid recipients and their supporters stage a protest outside the building that houses the offices of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Jackson, Miss. Soaring prices and fewer choices may greet customers when they return to the Affordable Care ActAos insurance marketplaces in the fall of 2017, in part because insurers are facing deep uncertainty about whether the Trump administration will continue to make key subsidy payments and enforce other parts of the existing law that help control prices.
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran announced nearly $700,000 in federal grants this week to help four departments in Mississippi, including AFG operations and safety grants for the Oxford Fire Department and the Troy-Woodland Volunteer Fire Department in Pontotoc County . "Well trained and equipped fire departments are important to ensure public safety.
Rebuffing a Republican president, a GOP-led Senate panel on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to foreign aid and deep reductions in spending on domestic programs such as education, housing and energy. In May, Trump proposed a cut of some 32 percent in spending in diplomacy programs such as economic aid and contributions to international organizations.
Senate appropriators on Thursday sent a $38.4 billion energy and water spending bill to the chamber's floor that is $4 billion more than President Trump's budget request. The Appropriations Committee approved the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for fiscal 2018 with a near unanimous 30-1 vote, with some Democrats choosing to delay their push to boost renewable energy spending until the bill comes up for a final vote on the floor.
In an effort to promote partnership and the blessing of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, Port of Pascagoula Director Mark McAndrews signed a Memorandum of Understanding with General Director Manuel Perez Guerra, General Director of the National Port Administration of Cuba. The agreement attests to the mutual interest to establish an alliance of cooperation aimed at facilitating international trade and generating new business.
From local residents collecting donations for flood victims in Louisiana to a large donation of school supply kits to a local school, there was no shortage of good news throughout Northeast Mississippi last week. Before we prepare for the week ahead, let's take a look back at some of the highlights from last week: a Several groups and individuals in Northeast Mississippi worked to collect and deliver donations to the victims of flooding in Louisiana and south Mississippi.
The two top Republicans in Congress are pursuing strikingly different strategies on spending bills this year, setting up a possible collision when funding for the government is scheduled to expire just weeks before the presidential election. Mitch McConnell Spending clash looms for GOP McConnell: 'Ticket-splitting' will preserve GOP Senate majority The Trail 2016: Biting the hand that feeds him MORE is betting control of the upper chamber on the argument that Republicans know how to govern.