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June 19, 2009

Cochran on war funding vote, progress for Mississippi

Cochran on war funding vote, progress for Mississippi A bill with $439 million to restore the barrier islands and $80 million worth of housing vouchers to be divided between Mississippi and other states is headed to President Barack Obama’s desk. The president is expected to sign the $106 billion defense appropriation containing the Mississippi funds…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 19, 2009

Bennie Thompson prepared to vote against apology for slavery

Bennie Thompson prepared to vote against apology for slavery The Senate passed a resolution Thursday calling on the U.S. to apologize officially for the enslavement and segregation of millions of African-Americans and to acknowledge “the fundamental injustice, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow laws.” The resolution, sponsored with little fanfare by Sen. Tom…