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November 19, 2012

CL – Harper profile in House rising

Harper profile in House rising Looks like U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper is in the running for a powerful House leadership position. The buzz on Capitol Hill, and here back home, is that Mississippi’s senior Republican representative is a likely choice for chairman of the House Administration Committee. He’s the second-ranking Republican on the committee, a…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 19, 2012

MINOR: Mississippi lacks U.S. Senate clout of old

MINOR: Mississippi lacks U.S. Senate clout of old Gone are the days when in Washington the state had two powerful, though quite different, U.S. senators – Jim Eastland, the powerbroker who headed the state’s last major faction that transcended political party; and John Stennis, the scholarly, respected ex-judge, a cornerstone of national defense. They were…