Rep. Trent Kelly recalls traumatic shooting incident at baseball practice
On Wednesday at a congressional baseball practice in Virginia, a gunman opened fire on lawmakers who had taken to the field. ...
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Mississippi congressmen react to POTUS budget outline
President Donald Trump has released his budget outline for fiscal year 2018. In the outline, proposed funding eliminations would fall to the African Development Foundation; the...
Mississippi’s King could replace George in D.C.
House committee resolution 82 presented by District 74 Rep. Mark Baker could bring a change in the representation Mississippi currently holds at the National Statuary...
Bill in D.C. would stop public money from funding abortion
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Deb Fischer, R-Neb., have introduced the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” S....
Mississippi Representative witnesses protests in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– The nation’s Capitol was packed this morning with people flooding in for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. ...
Wicker joins Republican leadership in D.C.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has announced that Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., will serve as a counsel to the Majority Leader...
Zika funding blocked in D.C.
WASHINGTON – Funding for Zika Virus research and relief was blocked by Senate Democrats, said Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss) Tuesday....
The Keystone Pipeline: A No Go in the U.S. Senate, But Mississippi All For It
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WASHINGTON, D.C.–Even though the Keystone XL Pipeline’s final phase wouldn’t pass directly through the Magnolia State, some feel the possible positive economic impact would justify...
A Lot of Work to Do: Palazzo Says Miss. Delegation Getting Ready to Fight Regulators, Repeal Obama Care
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WASHINGTON, D.C.–After last Tuesday’s nation-wide vote that put Republicans in control of the U.S. Senate and strengthened their hold in the House, Mississippi’s Republican Congressional...
Taking the Fight Against Cancer From Mississippi to DC
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WASHINGTON, D.C.–Taking the fight against cancer from Mississippi to Washington, D.C.: That’s what a group of cancer survivors from the Magnolia State were doing Tuesday....