CQ Roll Call
Kavanaugh Appears Poised for Confirmation to Supreme Court
By Todd Ruger
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was expected to get confirmed by the Senate as soon as Saturday, after key senators announced they would back President Donald Trump’s embattled pick.
The pivotal moment...
Clarion-Ledger, Jackson
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith: Kavanaugh vote 'easy for me ... anger understandable'
By Geoff Pender and Deborah Barfield Berry
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on Friday said her vote to move Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination along was "easy for me" but that "the anger around the...
News Mississippi
Final vote on Kavanaugh set for tomorrow
By Steven Gagliano
The FBI has wrapped up their investigation into sexual assault claims against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and after a procedural vote, a final vote will be held.
Earlier today, the Senate voted to end debate...
Politico
For female Republicans, party loyalty trumps #MeToo
GOP women in Congress overwhelmingly side with Brett Kavanaugh.
By Rachel Bade
Sen. Joni Ernst was rushing through a nearly vacant Senate walkway Thursday morning as Christine Blasey Ford was recounting in gripping detail the assault...
Sun Herald, Biloxi
Ingalls was just awarded a $5B shipbuilding contract. What does that mean to Pascagoula?
By Mary Perez
Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula will build six destroyers over the next five years for the U.S. Navy under a contract valued at more than $5 billion.
Ingalls also has been...
WTOK-TV Meridian
Mississippi senators reaffirm support for Kavanaugh
Posted: Fri 10:59 AM, Sep 28, 2018 | Updated: Fri 11:17 AM, Sep 28, 2018
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will vote Friday on whether to send the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the full Senate for a...
News Mississippi
Ingalls Shipyard awarded $5.1 billion contract
By Steven Gagliano
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, and Congressman Steven Palazzo praised the award of a multi-year procurement contract worth more than $5.1 billion for the construction of six DDG-51 Flight III...
Mississippi Today
Mississippi senators dismiss Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony as partisan tactic
By Adam Ganucheau SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.
Both of...
The Associated Press
Sen. Hyde-Smith: Accusations against Kavanaugh 'unproven'
By Emily Wagster Pettus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi said Wednesday that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh "quickly and convincingly" refuted accusations that he...
Delta Democrat Times (Greenville, MS)
Nearly $1M in fed money going to port
By Catherine Kirk
The Port of Greenville should receive nearly $1 million in federal funds for next year's annual maintenance dredging efforts.
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who is a member of the Senate...
