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  • Senate GOP fails to reach agreement on earmark reform (18 Mar 2010 01:50)

    ... Senate GOP fails to reach agreement on earmark ... previously scheduled events and meetings. The GOP senators discussed earmark reforms that a special task ... that a special task force headed by Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) recommended in a report ...

  • Cochran Argues that Earmark Moratorium is Abdication of Responsibility to Executive Branch (18 Mar 2010 16:30)

    ... is Abdication of Responsibility to Executive Branch Senate Votes Down Effort to Halt Congressionally-Directed Spending ... Halt Congressionally-Directed Spending WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations ...

  • Jobs bill passes with bipartisan support (Today) (18 Mar 2010 06:33)

    ... -- In a rare bipartisan vote, the Senate on Wednesday approved and sent to President ... more progress on that front," he said. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, the chamber's ... of Massachusetts; Richard Burr of North Carolina; Thad Cochran of Mississippi; Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, ...

  • Senate approves modest earmark cut (17 Mar 2010 08:40)

    ... steps to rein in pork-barrel spending, the Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to rescind old transportation ... ban all earmarks through 2011. Voting 87-11, senators approved giving back money for transportation earmarks ... if Democrats aren't willing to follow suit. Sen. Jim DeMint, who proposed the failed two-year ...

  • GOP Splits as Senate Defeats Earmark Moratorium (17 Mar 2010 00:10)

    ... The rift in the Senate Republican Conference over banning earmarks was on ... on full display Tuesday as 15 GOP Senators joined most Democrats in killing a two-year ... Independents, both centrists and conservatives voted down Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-S.C.) amendment to establish an ...

  • Senate approves FAA rider to return unspent earmarks (17 Mar 2010 16:37)

    ... Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member ... those years. That amendment was sponsored by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., who argued, "We cannot ... the amendment citing the constitutional right of senators to earmark. The earmark debate follows on ...

  • The Hill: Top Senate Appropriators Decry Earmark Ban (17 Mar 2010 23:51)

    ... The Hill: Top Senate Appropriators Decry Earmark Ban Senate Appropriations Chairman ... Cochran argued against an amendment offered by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) calling for a two-year ... spending decision to the executive branch." Both Senators explained that overall spending would need to ...

  • Senate passes job bill (17 Mar 2010 16:20)

    ... The Senate sent an $18 billion job-creation package to ... tax cuts and keep it budget-neutral," said Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who crafted the hiring ... (Mo.), Scott Brown (Mass.), Richard Burr (N.C.), Thad Cochran (Miss.), Susan Collins (Maine), Jim Inhofe (Okla.), ...

  • Lurching on health care (17 Mar 2010 12:15)

    ... ANOTHER SNAG: Oops. The Senate health care bill doesn’t reduce the deficit ... The Fed, widely seen as ascendant under Sen. Chris Dodd’s proposed reform bill, would actually ... information it uses to execute monetary policy.” SENATORS HEART EARMARKS: While both parties in the ...

  • Cochran opposes earmark moratorium (17 Mar 2010 16:29)

    ... WASHINGTON Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has come out strongly against ... Congress in annual budget resolutions. Mississippi's senior Senator described a moratorium as a “makeshift budget ...

  • Democrats Cheer Passage of $17 Billion Jobs Bill (17 Mar 2010 16:32)

    ... Senate Democrats hailed the passage of Majority Leader ... (Mo.), Scott Brown (Mass.), Richard Burr (N.C.), Thad Cochran (Miss.), Susan Collins (Maine), James Inhofe (Okla.), ... Democrats in voting for the bill. Moderate Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.) was the only Democrat ...

  • Senate rejects earmarks ban (16 Mar 2010 23:50)

    ... 44 / Click Story Widget Requires The Senate on Tuesday soundly rejected efforts to impose ... by a 29-68 vote an amendment by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) that would have established ... controversies involving earmarks have roiled Capitol Hill. “Senators, we are not here to get money ...

  • Dem earmark ban would still allow a lot of spending to continue (13 Mar 2010 19:58)

    ... 50 residents and the Ketchikan airport. Former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Rep. Don Young ... fact that it expires after one year. Senate opposition could stymie real progress this year. ... Congressional moratorium, House members could simply ask senators in their state to request earmarks they ...

  • Cochran pushes water projects as job-creators (15 Mar 2010 00:56)

    ... WASHINGTON Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is pressing federal officials to accelerate ... unemployment rate. Cochran, vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, addressed the new Mississippi unemployment ...

  • Cochran co-sponsors interest-waiving bill (16 Mar 2010 15:25)

    ... WASHINGTON Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is supporting legislation that would offer assistance to small businesses on the Gulf ...

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