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• Nunnelee For Congress Release - Where are the jobs?

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  Nunnelee For Congress Release - Where are the jobs? Tupelo, MS… Congressman Travis Childers voted for President Obama and Nancy Pelosi’s $787 billion stimulus package saying it would create 9000 jobs in the First Congressional District. Recently he claimed it’s ‘working.’ But the number of unemployed people in North Mississippi continues [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:49pm EST
  

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• NYT slams Thad Cochran over Credit Card vote block

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  NYT slams Thad Cochran over Credi Card vote block Congress left consumers extremely vulnerable when it gave the credit card industry as long as 15 months to end the deceptive predatory practices outlawed in the spring in the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act. The credit card industry, which clearly [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:07pm EST
  

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• Harper aide says Democratic policies hurtful to U.S. families

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  Harper aide says Democratic policies hurtful to U.S. families Evan Gardner, a field representative for 3rd Congressional District Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Pearl, conveyed the congressman's views on health care legislation, cap and trade legislation and President Barack Obama's deficit spending Wednesday morning to a small crowd at the Brookhaven-Lincoln County Chamber [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:53pm EST
  

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• Travis Childers in a commercial as a Dem. who voted no

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  Travis Childers in a commercial as a Dem. who voted no Showing new signs of life after the embarrassing debacle in New York's 23rd Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions and the National Republican Congressional Committee are already pounding some senior Democrats whose vote in favor of Nancy Pelosi's healthcare package [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:32pm EST
  

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• Thad gets slammed

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  H/T @majorityinms (who doesn't seem to mind Senator Cochran's machination here). Editorial - A Gift to Credit Card Companies - NYTimes.com: "Congress left consumers extremely vulnerable when...
  
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:51am EST
  

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• Nunnelee/Barbour vs. Childers/Pelosi?

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  Really, Jere, are you sure that's where you want to take this conversation?
  
  I'll tell you what let's do:  You concede to Alan Nunnelee all the people in the First Congressional District who support Haley Barbour as Governor, and I'll concede to Cong. Childers all the people in the First [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:18pm EST
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• Thompson briefed on Fort Hood shooting

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  Thompson briefed on Fort Hood shooting Government officials on Tuesday briefed key lawmakers on the deadly shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, and are slated to provide more updates on Wednesday. The closed-door briefings provided by Army and FBI officials on Tuesday did little to quell a widening partisan chasm over Congress’s role [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:50pm EST
  

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• Congressman Childers Announces Disaster Relief Designation for All First District Counties

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  Congressman Childers Announces Disaster Relief Designation for All First District Counties Washington, DC – Congressman Travis Childers (MS-01) today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to designate nearly all Mississippi counties – including all 24 counties in the First Congressional District – as disaster areas, providing much-needed relief to [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:55pm EST
  

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• Wicker: With $12 Trillion Debt & Record Job Losses, U.S. Can’t Afford Democrats’ Health Care Pla

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  Wicker: With $12 Trillion Debt & Record Job Losses, U.S. Can’t Afford Democrats’ Health Care Plan WASHINGTON – As the national debt today reached an all-time high of $12 trillion, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker released the following statement on health care spending and reform proposals being considered in Congress: “Today, our [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:54pm EST
  

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• Human Error Blamed for Crediting New Stimulus Jobs to Nonexistent Places

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  Human Error Blamed for Crediting New Stimulus Jobs to Nonexistent Places Late Monday, officials with the Recovery Board created to track the stimulus spending, said the mistakes in crediting nonexistent congressional districts were caused by human error. "We report what the recipients submit to us," said Ed Pound, Communications Director for the [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:41pm EST
  

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• Maj. in Miss: Ghost of Districts past - MS-5 has 30 jobs saved by stimulus

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  Maj. in Miss: Ghost of Districts past - MS-5 has 30 jobs saved by stimulus And by MS-05 I mean Mississippi’s Fifth Congressional District, the district that disappeared almost a decade ago. Miraculously, the $787 billion stimulus has created or “saved” 30 jobs in that extinct district at the cost [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:29pm EST
  

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• From The Man Who Thinks There Is A 48th Congressional District in Mississippi…

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  We bring you President Obama’s holiday plans: It is being reported that Barack Obama plans to spend his holidays in Texas to watch the Bluebonnet Bowl. He said this year’s matchup of Philips College from the Southwest Conference and Sewanee (also known as The University of the South) from the Southeastern [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:16pm EST
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• Roger Wicker and Gregg Harper don’t want “In God, We Trust” removed

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  Roger Wicker and Gregg Harper don't want “In God, We Trust” removed WASHINGTON - (Business Wire) The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) – dedicated to the defense of constitutional liberties secured by law – announced today it has filed an amicus brief on behalf of 44 members of Congress' [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:09pm EST
  

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• Recovery.org: The Stimulus Created or “Saved” 30 Jobs In MS-05

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  And by MS-05 I mean Mississippi’s Fifth Congressional District, the district that disappeared almost a decade ago. Miraculously, the $787 billion stimulus has created or “saved” 30 jobs in that extinct district at the cost of more than $984,000 (which is relatively cheap at about $32,000 a job). This information [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:06am EST
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• Pic. Item - Taylor votes against health care bill, but says it had good points

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  Pic. Item - Taylor votes against health care bill, but says it had good points POPLARVILLE — In a town hall meeting here on Friday, Congressman Gene Taylor charged the insurance companies colluded after Katrina and that they should have their anti-trust exemption revoked by Congress. Taylor, who represents the fourth district, [...]

  Posted: November 15, 2009, 8:02pm EST
  

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• Respond - Obama, Childers…I want my money back

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  Respond - Obama, Childers...I want my money back The Obama Administration said if Congress passed the $787 billion stimulus package, that unemployment would peak at 8 percent. Travis Childers listened and voted to spend that nearly one trillion dollars. Unemployment has reached 10.2 percent. I want my money back. Respond Mississippi 11/7/9 [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:57pm EST
  

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• Local Democrats Plan To Protest Childers’ Healthcare Vote

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  Travis Childers will be in Oxford tomorrow night for a fundraiser. However, some local Democrats are planning on showing up to voice their displeasure with the First District Congressman. Merrill Nordstrom, vice-chair of the local Democratic committee, said: “I’m disappointed in his vote. I hope he can redeem himself when [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 3:11pm EST
  by Brett

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• RR: Dems join GOP

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  During the Clinton Years (1993-2000) Republicans very effectively contrasted the differences between the Republican and Democratic parties. Newt Gingrich and Haley Barbour used that contrast in politics and ideas to capture the Congress for Republicans for the first time in forty years. And the Republican National Committee worked to translate [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:57pm EST
  by Perry

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• Andy & Pelosi & Medicare

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  So, Andy liked to talk in his most recent post about the lopsided 1965 vote in Congress to pass Lyndon Johnson's Medicare legislation.  Well, that made me drop everything I was doing and drive over to the Welty Library to check a hunch.  Sure enough, in spite of Congress passing [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 5:22pm EST
  by jerenash

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• Monday Digest

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  Respond Mississippi - Obama, Childers...I want my money back
  
  Bennie Thompson supports publicly funded congressional campaigns.
  
  Travis Childers opposes Democrats's health care bill.
  
  Gregg Harper votes to extend unemployment benefits.
  
  Gregg Harper introduces online voter registration legislation.
  
  Laurel Leader Call [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:08am EST
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• Rep. Cao (R-LA) from New Orleans was lone Republican vote for the House health care bill

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  One interesting footnote to ex-congressman Jefferson and his corruption:  In the last election, his presence on the ballot produced a Republican congressman, Ahn Cao,  in an extremely safe Democratic district.  Yesterday, Ahn Cao was the lone Republican vote for the House health care bill.   Here’s Cao’s explanation of his [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 10:41am EST
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• Spinning NY-23

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  The Hannities and other conservative pundits should read this column in The American Thinker written by Rosslyn Smith about the Democrats' win in the NY-23 congressional race. While moderates and conservatives have used the election as ammunition in their battle for the soul of the Republican party, she makes the' [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:44am EST
  

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• BREAKING: Health Care Reform Passes U.S. House 220-215

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  November 7, 2009 One Republican joined 219 Democratic members of the U.S. Congress minutes ago to pass H.R. 3962 to reform health care in America. Rep. Joseph Cao, of the 2nd District of Louisiana joined Democrats to pass the legislation. A cheer went up in the chambers when the 218th vote [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 4:15am EST
  

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• Harper opposes healthcare

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  Harper opposes healthcare WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Gregg Harper (R–Miss.) today voted against House passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962), which would cost upwards of $1.055 trillion according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. This government-run health care plan passed the House of Representatives after [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 4:12am EST
  

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• Childers holds at least 50 meetings leading to no vote on healthcare

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  Childers holds 50 meetings leading to no vote on healthcare Since the beginning of 2009, Congressman Travis Childers (MS-01) has held more than 50 meetings and events about health care reform with constituents, organizations, and businesses in order to give the people he represents an opportunity to share their ideas and [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 3:56am EST
  

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• CHILDERS - “While I could not vote for today’s bill …”

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  CHILDERS - "While I could not vote for today’s bill ..." Washington, DC – Congressman Travis Childers (MS-01) released the following statement regarding his vote on the House health care reform bill, H.R. 3962: “Today’s vote represents just one step in a long process. The Senate still has to act on [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 3:52am EST
  

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• Obama, Childers...I want my money back

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  The Obama Administration said if Congress passed the $787 billion stimulus package, that unemployment would peak at 8 percent. Travis Childers listened and voted to spend that nearly one trillion dollars. Unemployment has reached 10.2 percent.
  
  I want my money back.
  
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:49am EST
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• Oh Well

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  Oh well.  So much for using the issue of health care against Sen. Nunnelee.  Congressman Travis Childers has now come out against the health care reform legislation proposed by the House Democratic leadership.  Down the toilet go my ideas of using health care to upend the Nunnelee campaign (see previous posts).  [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:40am EST
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• Huge news - Mike Huckabee endorses Alan Nunnelee (R) for MS-01

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  Senator Alan Nunnelee Endorsed by Governor Mike Huckabee Today Governor Mike Huckabee and Huck PAC endorsed Senator Alan Nunnelee in his race for Congress saying: Huck PAC and Governor Mike Huckabee are proud to endorse Senator Alan Nunnelee for Mississippi Congress (CD-1). Senator Nunnelee has been a strong voice for [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:59pm EST
  

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• Healthcare and The Rights of Man

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  With our Congressional Democrats writhing about trying to find the votes to pass the latest version of so-called "Health Care Reform", I've been doing a lot of thinking about rights, obligations, and freedom.
  
  Here's the thing: everyone having health care sounds good.  Yeah.  I mean, all things being' [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:55pm EST
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