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January 23, 2015

Ernst, Heller, Cotton named vice chairs of Wicker led NRSC

NRSC Announces Three Vice Chairs The National Republican Senatorial Committee will name Sens. Dean Heller, Joni Ernst and Tom Cotton as its vice chairmen for the 2016 cycle, according to a news release provided first to CQ Roll Call. All three will work alongside NRSC Chairman Roger Wicker of Mississippi as Republicans seek to defend…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 23, 2015

Wicker calls climate change amendment “a political show vote,” explains his lone no vote

Senator Roger Wicker explains his lone ‘no’ vote on climate amendment According to Wicker’s office, the senator opposed the amendment to the Keystone XL Pipeline bill, cosponsored by Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Inhofe, among others, because he saw it as “a political show vote.” “The Whitehouse amendment is an attempt to stop the construction…