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

  —Yall Politics

  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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• Childers Did Receive Some Protests Friday

  —Majority In Mississippi

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  Last week, a group of local Democrats in the First District indicated that they were not happy with Travis Childers’ vote against healthcare legislation written by Nancy Pelosi, and were going to let their voices be heard outside a Friday night fundraiser in Oxford. Well, a group of about 20 held [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:47am EST
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• Wicker blasts health care bill, deficits

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  Wicker blasts health care bill, deficits Sen. Roger Wicker, during a speech in Lucedale on Thursday, decried health care legislation, which he sees as a government takeover of one-sixth of the economy, and growing federal deficits. "I have to tell you, there are some issues that are going on in the United" [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:17pm EST
  

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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
  by AnnEllisSimmons

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

  —JFP: Noise

  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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• 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
  by jerenash

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• Defectors Among the House Democrats

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  Defectors Among the House Democrats Representative Travis Childers of Mississippi said that he would oppose the House health care bill because it was simply too expensive at a time of economic crisis for the nation. “First and foremost, I cannot vote for legislation with this big of a price tag in today’s [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:16pm EST
  

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• Harper votes to extend unemployment benefits

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  Harper votes to extend unemployment benefits HARPER VOTES TO EXTEND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS; HOMEBUYER TAX CREDIT WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Gregg Harper (R–Miss.) today voted for legislation to extend unemployment benefits to jobless workers in Mississippi and expand a homebuyers’ tax credit that was set to expire November 30, 2009. “With national unemployment [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:11pm EST
  

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• Gregg Harper introduces Online Voter Registration draft legislation

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  Gregg Harper introduces Online Voter Registration draft legislation House Administration Elections Subcommittee ranking member Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Miss., unveiled draft legislation Thursday [see PDF here] designed to increase online voter registration services while preserving safeguards to protect against fraudulent registration tactics witnessed in past elections. "Americans are" [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:18pm EST
  

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• Democratic Party leaders haven’t lobbied Gene Taylor for his vote on healthcare

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  Democratic Party leaders haven't lobbied Gene Taylor for his vote on healthcare House Democratic leaders have not lobbied one centrist, leaving their party's right flank open on a key piece of legislation according to a statement from Rep. Gene Taylor (Miss.). Rep. Taylor, a Blue Dog Democrat who has said he will' [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 5:57pm EST
  

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• MCCLATCHY - Election results chill moderate Democrats in Congress, including Gene Taylor

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  MCCLATCHY - Election results chill moderate Democrats in Congress, including Gene Taylor Already-skittish moderate Democrats in Congress got fresh reasons Wednesday to worry about their votes on economic and health care legislation from the election results in Virginia and New Jersey. Democrats from the left, right and center saw a warning in [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 1:12pm EST
  

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• Blue-Dogs hard to find after health care bill hit

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  Blue-Dogs hard to find after health care bill hit For all the trouble it caused Democratic leaders over the health care reform bill, the House Democratic Blue Dog Coalition was surprisingly silent when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finally dropped the 2,000-page, $1.05 trillion legislation. The 51 Blue Dog members sent a letter [...]

  Posted: November 01, 2009, 2:37pm EST
  

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• No Reaction From Childers on Healthcare Bill

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  The last time we heard Rep. Travis Childers talking about the proposed healthcare legislation was a week ago when he said he didn’t want a bill that added to the deficit. Then earlier this week Nancy Pelosi released what we’ve all been waiting for scared of. The bill totals 1990 [...]

  Posted: October 30, 2009, 8:51am EDT
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• Jones Drafts Legislation to Protect Abuse Victims

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  October 29, 2009 A Mississippi Gulf Coast lawmaker is drafting a bill that will protect domestic-violence victims from being victimized again. Rep. Brandon Jones, D-Pascagoula, vice-chairman of the House Insurance Committee, says his legislation will prevent health-insurance companies from denying victims coverage. [...]

  Posted: October 29, 2009, 8:53pm EDT
  

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• House to Unveil Health Plan With Public Option, Millionaire Tax

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  House to Unveil Health Plan With Public Option, Millionaire Tax U.S. House leaders today plan to unveil legislation that would create a government-run health- insurance program, require employers to offer coverage to their workers and impose a new tax on the wealthiest Americans. The legislation comes after three months of negotiations [...]

  Posted: October 29, 2009, 2:19pm EDT
  

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• Distracted drivers and Congress

  —Sid Salter

  A bipartisan federal bill introduced Wednesday on Capitol Hill would provide incentives for states to ban drivers 18 years of age and under from using their cell phones while behind the wheel. The legislation, introduced in the Senate, seeks to curb deaths and injuries due to so-called distracted driving. What’s [...]

  Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:18am EDT
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• Wicker - “I think eating a hamburger is a lot more distracting than talking on the phone”

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  Wicker - "I think eating a hamburger is a lot more distracting than talking on the phone" A bipartisan bill introduced Wednesday would provide incentives for states to ban drivers 18 years of age and under from using their cell phones. The legislation, introduced in the Senate, seeks to curb deaths and [...]

  Posted: October 29, 2009, 1:44am EDT
  

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• Obama to Sign Hate Crime Legislation

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  October 28, 2009 In a ceremony today at the White House, President Barack Obama will sign a bill into law that has been in the works for more than a decade. The bill updates the 1968 federal hate crime statutes that currently protects individuals from attack because of their race, religion [...]

  Posted: October 28, 2009, 3:39pm EDT
  

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• Memo to the President: Check Out Gov. Arnold's Idea of a Veto Message

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  I can't say I agree with everything done by the Governor of my home state, Arnold Swartzenegger. But there's something about his way of vetoing legislation that, I must admit, I admire. Read the first letter of each line of this message and you'll see' [...]

  Posted: October 28, 2009, 10:26am EDT
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• Can You Fire Striking Workers?

  —Majority In Mississippi

  We don’t see strikes in Mississippi that often, but following the events in Hinds County I did some research on the subject of replacement workers. Going back to the 1930s, legislation and the Supreme Court has upheld an employer’s right to hire permanent replacement workers. Here is an essay from [...]

  Posted: October 23, 2009, 2:35pm EDT
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• The Public Option…It’s Baaaack

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  Things are starting to get interesting in the healthcare legislation. From ABC's the Note, Jonathan Karl is reporting that word is now that Harry Reid may well include the "public option" in the bill that he presents to the floor of the Senate, suggesting that the whip count might allow [...]

  Posted: October 22, 2009, 9:13pm EDT
  

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• The Public Option…It’s Baaaack

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  Things are starting to get interesting in the healthcare legislation. From ABC's the Note, Jonathan Karl is reporting that word is now that Harry Reid may well include the "public option" in the bill that he presents to the floor of the Senate, suggesting that the whip count might allow [...]

  Posted: October 22, 2009, 8:13pm EDT
  

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