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May 24, 2008

Farm bill: Wasteful? Do you like to eat food?

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 5/23/8 President Bush has vowed to veto any version of the farm bill as it now stands, calling it “wasteful,” and Mississippi’s senior Sen. Thad Cochran is standing against him. But Cochran, the senior Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, says the bill “strikes a careful balance” in funding. Among the two…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 24, 2008

Gallo Notes: Rumors and Ramblings

Gallo Notes-May 23rd, 2008 Remember when we were talking about the rumors of Billy McCoy stepping down right before the election? Of course it not only didn’t happen, he won both his House seat and Speaker race. The reason I mention that is because the statute that permits a qualified withdrawal is specific to a…