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HYDE-SMITH PUSHES PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDING BAN AS BIDEN & BECERRA TAKE STEPS FOR ABORTIONS ON DEMAND

Thursday, April 15, 2021

HYDE-SMITH PUSHES PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDING BAN AS BIDEN & BECERRA TAKE STEPS FOR ABORTIONS ON DEMAND

Cosponsoring Legislation to Protect Funding for Women’s Health Care

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today signaled her opposition to Biden administration efforts to open Title X federal funding to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.

In response, Hyde-Smith today also cosponsored the Protect Funding for Women’s Health Care Act (S.1144) to protect that...

Sen. Hyde-Smith talks COVID Relief ahead of vote on Biden’s $1.9 trillion package

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Y’all Politics

Sen. Hyde-Smith talks COVID Relief ahead of vote on Biden’s $1.9 trillion package

By Frank Corder - March 4, 2021

Mississippi U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith joined Y’all Politics on Thursday afternoon ahead of the vote in the Senate on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID...

China Navy outpacing US: Bipartisan congressional delegation calls for robust shipbuilding budget, larger Navy fleet

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

SuperTalk Mississippi News

China Navy outpacing US: Bipartisan congressional delegation calls for robust shipbuilding budget, larger Navy fleet

By Andi Davis

Members of Mississippi’s and Maine’s congressional delegations sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Deputy Secretary of...

Sen. Cruz: We Must Preserve Our Independent Judiciary

Friday, February 26, 2021

The Katy (Texas) News

Sen. Cruz: We Must Preserve Our Independent Judiciary

Introduces the ‘Keep Nine’ constitutional amendment and legislation to prevent Court packing

Feb 26, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced two proposals to maintain the number of justices...

Updated: Bill That Would Prevent Those Born As Males From Competing In Women's Sports Is Headed To House Floor For Vote

Monday, March 1, 2021

Northside Sun

Updated: Bill That Would Prevent Those Born As Males From Competing In Women's Sports Is Headed To House Floor For Vote

By Steve Wilson

A bill that would protect biological female student athletes from having to compete against those born as males passed a crucial hurdle in the...

Granholm confirmed for Energy with 14 GOP votes

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Roll Call

Granholm confirmed for Energy with 14 GOP votes

‘She created new jobs, leaving no worker behind,’ said West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin III, whose state has lost thousands of coal mining jobs

By Benjamin J. Hulac

The Senate confirmed Jennifer Granholm, a former two-term governor of...

Markey, Booker, Jackson Lee & Others Re-introduce Legislation to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday

Thursday, February 25, 2021

EurWeb.com

Markey, Booker, Jackson Lee & Others Re-introduce Legislation to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday

By Fisher Jack

Washington – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Representative Shirley Jackson Lee (TX-18) today re-introduced the...

Deb Haaland's last chance to win over Republicans

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Environment and Energy News

Deb Haaland's last chance to win over Republicans

Emma Dumain, E&E News reporter

Rep. Deb Haaland will be subjected this morning to a second round of questioning by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee — a continuation of her confirmation hearing that...

Hearing for Haaland, first Native American pick to run Interior Dept., focuses on fossil fuels

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Washington Post

Hearing for Haaland, first Native American pick to run Interior Dept., focuses on fossil fuels

Leaders of the Senate Energy Committee, both from oil-producing states, grilled Deb Haaland on Biden’s opposition to new drilling leases on federal land

By Darryl Fears

The Senate...

Record number of women in legislatures across nation

Monday, February 22, 2021

Laurel Leader-Call

Record number of women in legislatures across nation

By Rebekah Staples

“Anything you can do, I can do better; I can do anything better than you.”

Some of you may recall these playful lyrics from the musical “Annie Get Your Gun.” In the show, sharpshooters Annie Oakley and...