In The Faith (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Healthcare policy expert Grace Marie Turner says there are details in the Senate healthcare bill that will frighten everyone. Accounting "gimmicks," says Senator Roger Wicker, are among those details.
Glick Report (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
This morning, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) joined me for a discussion on health care. They each have very different point of views. Merkley noted that a Senate health-care bill will be in conference committee and then on the President's desk by the end of the year. Senator Wicker said he [...]
Washington (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
WASHINGTON — Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi says hunters and sportsmen should be allowed to bring unloaded guns in checked bags aboard Amtrak trains, and ...
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Wicker: “Census Could Cost Mississippi” Could Mississippi lose another seat in Congress? Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker said it’s a possibility. Speaking to reporters in the state Thursday, Wicker said statistics from the 2000 Census showed states like California counted illegal immigrants as citizens. He said it could happen again, with even more illegal immigration during the [...]...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
DOWNLOADS: (81) PLAYS: (123) From Progress Illinois- Durbin: GOP's Obstruction Of Unemployment Benefits Extension "Fundamentally Unfair" : Now that the Senate has overcome a procedural hump and voted by a wide margin in favor of cloture on H.R. 3548 , an extension of federal unemployment insurance, Democratic Senators are laying into their Republican counterparts for the multiple delays...
Potomac Flacks (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Courtney Sanders has been named Press Secretary for U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS). Sanders most recently served as Deputy Press Secretary / Writer for Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) and also worked at the White House Writers Group. (PF tipster)
First Read (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Emerging C.W.: "The GOP could lose its fifth of five big special elections in two years -- a development that has Republicans asking why the irregular races continue to bedevil their party, even as it rebounds in other ways," The Hill notes. And, as we've noted at First Read, the problems the GOP has faced in NY-23, in particular, could serve as a precursor to next year's 2010 primaries....
Wonkette (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Anyone who has ever been on an Amtrak train—especially during rush hour or the onset of holiday weekends—knows how much better things would be aboard that train if passengers were allowed to bring guns on it. Any and all conflicts would be basically pre-solved, because whoever wins is just whoever has a gun, see? Anyway, [...] Sponsored Topics: Hill - Amtrak - Roger Wicker - United States...
Blue Mass. Group - Front Page (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
30 Republican Senators - all of them men, strangely enough - voted against Sen. Franken's amendment to ban Federal funds going to any company that attempts enforcement of binding arbitration clauses in cases of sexual or civil rights abuse. The amendment is a response to the case of Jamie Leigh Jones , who alleges she was drugged, held captive, and repeatedly raped by fellow contractors while working...
How good is that? (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
eff Sessions (R-AL) Richard Shelby (R-AL) Jon Kyl (R-AZ) John McCain (R-AZ) Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Mike Crapo (R-ID) James Risch (R-ID) Sam Brownback (R-KS) Pat Roberts (R-KS) Jim Bunning (R-KY) Mitch McConnell (R-KY) David Vitter (R-LA) Thad Cochran (R-MS) Roger Wicker (R-MS) Kit Bond (R-MO) Mike Johanns (R-NE) John Ensign (R-NV) Judd [...]
Alternate Brain (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Mad Kane Thirty Senate Republicans voted to keep rape victims who work for defense contractors from having their day in court. How? By voting against an Al Franken-proposed amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations Bill that would withhold defense contracts from companies (like Dick Cheney’s KBR) “if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination...
The Club for Growth (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
A couple of weeks ago, we told you about how Sen. Orrin Hatch complained earlier this year that Obama's budget spent too much. Calling it "reckless," Hatch said, "This budget increases discretionary spending by $490 billion over five years. This is absurd.” Yet Hatch voted for all six appropriations bills that have come to the Senate floor so far (there are 12 spending bills which...
Causecast - Latest News (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
by TAMMY ROSECRANS , Causecast Editor Recently, we've called attention to the human rights abuses caused by Chevron's international business ventures. The oil company has been accused of indirectly funding the military dictatorship in Burma and has been involved in a 16 year legal battle with the indigenous people of Ecuador . It looks like U.S. Senators are finally taking an interest in bringing an...
The Club for Growth (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
CQ reports ($) that a lot of Senate Republicans are voting for all of the budget-busting appropriations bills. The story starts out: Back in April, Sen. Orrin G. Hatch made clear how little he thought of President Obama’s first budget proposal. “If you look at the proposed budget, you can see the reckless spending. This budget increases discretionary spending by $490 billion over five years,”...
Real Clear Politics (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
When Paul Kirk is sworn in tomorrow, he will be the sixth unelected member of the United States Senate. Five other sitting senators first took the office not through election, but via gubernatorial appointment. Here's the list: Paul Kirk (D-MA) George LeMieux (R-FL) Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) Michael Bennet (D-CO) Ted Kaufman (D-DE) Roland Burris (D-IL) Roger Wicker (R-MS) -- elected to full [...]
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