Y’all Politics
Mississippi Republican delegation votes against HEROES Act, Proxy Voting
By Frank Corder
The U.S. House of Representatives returned last week to debate two pieces of legislation, H. Res. 965 and H.R. 6800. H. Res. 965 is what Republicans have termed as the Proxy Voting Scheme 2.0...
Defense News
30 senators to urge FCC to reverse Ligado decision
By Joe Gould
WASHINGTON ― A bipartisan group of 30 senators are expected to send the Federal Communications Commission a letter urging it to reverse course on its decision to allow Ligado to deploy a nationwide mobile broadband...
National Religious Broadcasters
U.S. Senators Urge Leadership to Consider Nonprofits, Churches in Next Relief Proposal
By NRB Staff
Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Angus King (I-Maine) sent a bipartisan letter last week to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Leader...
News Mississippi
Hyde-Smith: HEROES Act “will never become law”
by J.T. Mitchell
On Tuesday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi introduced a $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill that is expected to be passed by the House on Friday, however, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith does not believe the bill has...
News Mississippi
COVID-19 Accountability Act targets China
By Andi Davis
New legislation would authorize sanctions if China fails to cooperate in the investigation of the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker have joined an effort to hold the Chinese government...
Tri-State Livestock News
Grassley, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Transparency in Cattle Pricing
News
May 12, 2020 WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) along with his colleagues Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)...
Life News
New York Times: Coronavirus is No Reason to Stop Killing Babies in Abortions
By Dave Andrusko
When I saw this article in the New York Times, I forwarded it to a number of friends with the following in the subject box: “Is the NYTimes brazen, or what?”
One paragraph of background to...
Fox News
Graham introduces bill to sanction China if it refuses to cooperate on coronavirus investigation
By Adam Shaw
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Tuesday introduced legislation that would allow President Trump to impose a wide range of sanctions on the Chinese government if it refuses to...
Casper (Wyo.) Oil City News
Enzi, Barrasso Ask DOJ to Investigate Beef Packing Sector
By Oil City Staff on May 12, 2020
CASPER, Wyo. – Wyoming U.S. Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso have joined a bipartisan group asking the Department of Justice to investigate potential anticompetitive...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg-based company awarded $10.3M Farmers to Families Food Box contract
By WDAM Staff
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $10.3 million contract to Hattiesburg-based Merchants Foodservice for the Farmers to Families Food Box Program...
