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March 9, 2012

Senate passes RESTORE Act

Senate passes RESTORE Act The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted Thursday in favor of returning 80 percent of the fines to be collected from BP for the 2010 Gulf oil spill to the five states whose waters, wildlife and ecosystems were damaged by the flow of 5 million barrels of oil. The Senate action follows a…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 9, 2012

Bill Minor ramble – Gov. Barbour inadvertently helped to organize Dems

Gov. Barbour inadvertently helped to organize Dems Haley Barbour succeeded in installing a Republican majority in the Legislature and, no doubt inadvertently, he also did legislative Democrats a favor. He literally forced House Democrats in self defense to organize for the first time a party caucus, and naming half dozen members to floor leadership positions.…