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September 18, 2009

Wicker says taxpayer funding of ACORN must end

Wicker says taxpayer funding of ACORN must end Responding to growing taxpayer outrage, the Senate last week voted to block the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, from receiving federal funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The vote occurred during the same week that media reports surfaced of…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 18, 2009

Is making Congress bigger worth the cost?

Is making Congress bigger worth the cost? See the lawsuit here If a federal complaint filed here on Thursday is successful, the U.S. House of Representatives could drastically increase to give Mississippi and other states more representation, but at a cost of millions of dollars to taxpayers. Oxford native John Tyler Clemons filed the suit…