Roll Call
Supreme Court to hear Ted Cruz challenge to campaign finance law
McConnell argued it is an 'ideal opportunity' for justices to wipe out the 2002 law
By Todd Ruger
The Supreme Court hears oral argument Wednesday in Sen. Ted Cruz’s challenge to a relatively obscure campaign finance...
The American Independent
GOP senators complain about 'wasting time' after stonewalling voting rights legislation
Senate Republicans wasted more than 10 hours reading the American Rescue Plan aloud last year.
By Josh Israel
Senate Republicans are accusing the Democratic majority of "wasting time"...
Sidney (Mont.) Herald-Leader
Daines submits resolution for Religious Freedom Day
Jan 16, 2022
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines introduced a Senate resolution designating today, Jan 16 as Religious Freedom Day. This resolution commemorates the 236th Anniversary of the Virginia Statute for...
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Mississippi senators cosponsor two bills honoring Emmett Till
By J.T. Mitchell
This week, the United States Senate took action on two bills that will honor the late Emmett Till, who was killed in 1955 by White supremacists in Money, Mississippi.
The first bill, S.450...
Y’all Politics
Sen. Hyde-Smith: Democrats blowing up filibuster would destroy the U.S. Senate
The Mississippi U.S. Senator offers her thoughts on the Democrats’ voting bill, Biden’s COVID response and 2022 midterms. Watch the interview.
By Frank Corder
Mississippi U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith...
Delta Business Journal
Yazoo Backwater: EPA Decision Halts Construction of Pumps
By Becky Gillette
There was light at the end of the tunnel. Now it is dark again. That is how the recent decision by the EPA to veto the Yazoo Backwater Pumps flood control project for the second time was described...
Y’all Politics
Hyde-Smith joins bill to sanction Beijing for ongoing obstruction of COVID-19 origins investigation
By Anne Summerhays
Today, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) announced that she has joined around fourteen of her Senate colleagues in cosponsoring the Coronavirus Origin...
Delta Business Journal
Yazoo Backwater: EPA Decision Halts Construction of Pumps
By Becky Gillette
There was light at the end of the tunnel. Now it is dark again. That is how the recent decision by the EPA to veto the Yazoo Backwater Pumps flood control project for the second time was described...
Y’all Politics
Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Guest react to December jobs report showing fewest added in any month of 2021
Unemployment falls to 3.9%, economy added 199,000 jobs.
By Anne Summerhays
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that during the month of December the total nonfarm...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
6 Miss. school districts to receive DOJ grants for violence reduction initiatives
By WDAM Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WDAM) - On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith highlighted the award of more than $2.77 million in U.S. Department of Justice grants for violence reduction...
