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September 23, 2015

State Budget hearings reveal very real potential fiscal harm of #Initiative42 if passed

School ballot politics dominate budget hearings At budget hearings Monday and Tuesday, GOP leaders on the Joint Legislative Budget Committee asked leaders of each agency what impact a 7.8 percent cut would have. Agency leaders and lawmakers warned Initiative 42’s passage would bring any number of ill effects – massive layoffs of state workers, severe…
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September 23, 2015

Cochran votes for life with Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

RELEASE: COCHRAN VOTES TO PROTECT LIFE Legislation Would Ban Most Abortions after 20 Weeks of Pregnancy WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today voted in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would outlaw abortions performed after 20 weeks, or roughly five months, of pregnancy. The legislation (HR.36), which failed to…