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October 1, 2015

Wicker: Funding Bill Adheres to Budget Caps

RELEASE: Wicker: Funding Bill Adheres to Budget Caps Miss. Senator Highlights Pro-Life Provisions Protected by Spending Measure WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today announced that the Senate has approved a measure, H.R. 719, to fund the federal government through December 11. The funding extension was needed because Senate Democrats, despite their previous support,…
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October 1, 2015

Cochran says CR creates opportunity to debate and pass FY16 funding bills

RELEASE: COCHRAN URGES SENATE NOT TO WASTE OPPORTUNITY CREATED WITH CONTINUING RESOLUTION Chairman Says His Committee Ready to Debate FY2016 Appropriations Bills on Senate Floor WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, today said passage of a short-term continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown creates a…