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 relief...
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...
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 on...
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...
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 Michigan...
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...
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 began...
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...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Petal student chosen to represent state at 59th U.S. Senate Youth Program
By WDAM Staff
PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - A Petal student is one of two Mississippi youth chosen to represent the state in the 59th annual United States Senate Youth Program.
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy...
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 Frank...
