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October 8, 2007

Southwick allowed more time to garner support

The Clarion-Ledger, 10/7/7 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who promised a speedy vote on Leslie Southwick’s nomination to the federal bench, has agreed to give the Mississippi judge’s supporters more time to round up votes. Reid press secretary Jim Manley said Southwick’s major supporters, Mississippi Republican Sens. Thad Cochran and Trent Lott, have not asked…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 8, 2007

Miss. Senators vote no for SCHIP

The Commercial Dispatch, 10/6/7 Mississippi congressmen against a bill to fund the expansion of federal children’s health insurance are being urged to change their minds and vote to override President Bush. Five of Mississippi’s six members of Congress voted against the bill that passed the U.S. Senate and House last month. Bush on Wednesday vetoed…