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April 20, 2015

Palazzo on RESTORE funds: “I don’t think they can wait much longer”

Coast still waiting for recovery money When the money does come, it will be largely thanks to a law Congress passed nearly three years ago: the RESTORE (Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourism Opportunities and Revived Economies) Act. “It’s just (been) a waiting game” for communities, said Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., a co-sponsor of the bill,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 20, 2015

Trent Lott, others see signs of improving work in Congress

New study suggests a ‘healthier’ Congress The new Congress is showing early signs that lawmakers are working more and allowing more input from both parties in the Senate, a new report finds…. …Former Senate Republican leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., who co-chaired the Commission on Political Reform with Daschle, said they want the index to serve…