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October 31, 2009

Haley Barbour endorses Rick Perry over Kay Bailey Hutchison in Texas Governor race

Barbour endorses Perry Gov. Rick Perry (R-Tex.) won a key endorsement from Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, the head of the Republican Governors Association, as he faces a tough Republican primary against Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Texas gubernatorial race. (The RGA, however, is not taking sides in the primary.) Barbour’s endorsement comes one day after…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 31, 2009

WAPO – House Ethics Committee looking into Carribean trip by Rep. Bennie Thompson and others

Ethics panel eyes Caribbean trip taken by members of Congressional Black Caucus After receiving a referral from the Office of Congressional Ethics, the House ethics committee announced in June that it would create an investigative subcommittee to look into “officially connected travel in 2007 and 2008 that was sponsored, funded or organized by an organization…