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  • Health care bill could greatly expand coverage; Critics fear added costs and government control (20 Mar 2010 12:37)

    ... Center in Washington, D.C. Although Alabama and Mississippi already run such pools on their own, ... Alabama and Mississippi congressional delegations, only Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Bolton, is likely to support the federal ...

  • Ranks of insured Mississippians fell steeply over last decade (20 Mar 2010 03:35)

    ... percent fall during that time. At the Mississippi Economic Council, the state's chamber of commerce, ... falloff in job-related coverage. Except for U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Bolton, members of Mississippi's six-man congressional delegation ...

  • Congressman: Auctioned trailers could hurt market (18 Mar 2010 21:42)

    ... trailer units sold through government auctions. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Homeland Security ... 159,500 travel trailers were sold in 2009. Thompson says there's also a safety issue because ...

  • Secure Border Initiative to undergo overhaul (17 Mar 2010 13:43)

    ... mobile radios, cameras and laptops for pursuit vehicles and remote video surveillance system enhancements. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said SBInet has been a "grave and ...

  • Protestors Rally: Kill Health Care Reform Bill (17 Mar 2010 08:05)

    ... Tuesday in Bolton at the offices of Rep. Bennie Thompson. "Everything about this health care ... bill" during the rally. "We know that Bennie Thompson is going to vote yes," said Julia ... at his office, his staffers said the congressman has received the message from voters in ...

  • U.S. puts brakes on 'virtual' border fence (17 Mar 2010 00:32)

    ... frozen pending review (Updates with comment from Congressman Bennie Thompson) PHOENIX, March 16 (Reuters) - ... clear that SBInet was a complete failure." Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat and chairman of House of Representatives ...

  • Thompson opposes FEMA trailer sale (19 Mar 2010 16:01)

    ... FEMA trailers sold through government auctions. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Homeland Security ... of trailers that had been staged in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas earlier this year. ...

  • Key federal management lawmakers brace for health care vote (19 Mar 2010 21:30)

    ... leadership round up votes for the bill. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., chairman of the House ... from any health care reform changes. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Homeland Security ... of the House Homeland Security Committee: The Mississippi Democrat has been a consistent supporter of ...

  • Napolitano shifts policy on border fence (17 Mar 2010 08:35)

    ... decisions on utilizing the taxpayers' money," said Rep. Harold Rogers, Kentucky Republican and ranking member ... House Appropriations subcommittee on homeland security. Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi Democrat and chairman of the House Homeland ...

  • Virtual U.S.-Mexico Border Fence At A Virtual End (17 Mar 2010 13:34)

    ... new report even says some tests have been rigged to guarantee success. Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said DHS is to blame for ...

  • Budget Cut for Fence on U.S.-Mexico Border (17 Mar 2010 04:14)

    ... That new report says tests designed to evaluate the system are flawed and mismanaged. Representative Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi and chairman of the committee, questioned whether it was time to pull the plug ...

  • Homeland security chief to freeze funds for expanding virtual fence beyond segments in US (17 Mar 2010 00:15)

    ... known within the government as SBInet. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, who leads the House of Representatives Homeland ... needs better management and stronger oversight," the Mississippi Democrat said in a statement. Among other ...

  • 'Virtual fence' runs into a virtual stone wall; funds frozen (17 Mar 2010 08:28)

    ... clear that SBInet was a complete failure." Rep. Bennie Thompson, who leads the House Homeland Security Committee, ... needs better management and stronger oversight," the Mississippi Democrat said in a prepared statement. Contact ...

  • Homeland security chief to freeze funds for expanding virtual fence beyond segments in Ariz. (17 Mar 2010 13:19)

    ... known within the government as SBInet. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, who leads the House Homeland Security Committee, ... needs better management and stronger oversight," the Mississippi Democrat said in a statement. Among other ...

  • Homeland chief puts brakes on virtual fence (17 Mar 2010 16:48)

    ... known within the government as SBInet. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, who leads the House Homeland Security Committee, ... needs better management and stronger oversight,” the Mississippi Democrat said in a statement. Among other ...

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