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January 13, 2015

Congressman Bennie Thompson doesn’t want GOP-led Congress messing with Homeland Security funding

GOP setting up showdown date for Homeland Security funding Last week Republicans filed a $39.7 billion bill that would fund DHS through September. But GOP lawmakers are expected to attach amendments on the bill that would prevent funds from being used for implementing the president’s executive order on immigration. Democrats say full funding is needed…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 13, 2015

Legislature’s #MAEP initiative 42 alternate wording may be “effective”

‘Effective’ or ‘adequate and efficient’? House committee proposes language change in school funding amendment JACKSON, Mississippi — Mississippi lawmakers on Monday proposed alternate wording for a state constitutional referendum on school funding, raising the likelihood of a showdown on the House floor as early as Tuesday. The proposed language was approved 8-4 by the House…