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Cleveland gets money for boulevard

Associated Press — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:20:27 +0000

JACKSON — The city of Cleveland will receive $1.1 million for construction of a boulevard and trail to venues at Delta State University in Cleveland. U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., says the project is designed to alleviate traffic through residential areas. Cochran says the funding is part of $3.3 million from the Federal Highway Administration [...]

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Cochran opposes earmark moratorium

Wally Northway — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:23:42 +0000

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has come out strongly against a proposal that he says would effectively impose a moratorium on how Congress uses earmarks to appropriate funding for programs and projects within the federal government. The Senate on Tuesday voted with Cochran (68-29) to table an [...]

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Cochran co-sponsors interest-waiving bill

Wally Northway — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:51:11 +0000

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is supporting legislation that would offer assistance to small businesses on the Gulf Coast by waiving interest payments on disaster-related loans issued after recent hurricanes. Cochran is cosponsoring the Southeast Hurricanes Small Business Disaster Relief Act (S.2986), which would direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a disaster [...]

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Cochran pushes water projects as job-creators

Wally Northway — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:54:28 +0000

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is pressing federal officials to accelerate federal water projects in Mississippi as one way to create greater economic activity in a state with a 12 percent unemployment rate. Cochran, vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, addressed the new Mississippi unemployment rate during a March 12 hearing to review [...]

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Cochran wants more details from White House

Wally Northway — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:56:33 +0000

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has asked President Obama to provide Congress with greater details about his administration’s initiative to strengthen the manufacturing sector in the United States. Cochran was among 11 senators who this week sent a letter to the President seeking more information about his plan, titled “A Framework for Revitalizing American [...]

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International tourism bill passes

Wally Northway — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:24:03 +0000

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has again passed legislation intended to attract more foreign tourists to the United States, a measure U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) supported as a cosponsor. Cochran voted with the Senate to pass—for a second time—the Tourism Promotion Act. The bill was attached by the House to HR.1299, legislation involving U.S. [...]

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Cochran disappointed in jobs bill

Wally Northway — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:31:59 +0000

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) said he is hopeful that the payroll tax holiday incentives included in a Senate jobs bill will help bring down the unemployment rate in Mississippi. Cochran voted for Senate passage of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (HR.2847), which was approved on a 70-28 vote. “The jobless rate [...]

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