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Cochran: Committee-approved funding should advance NASA’s missions

MBJ Staff — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:13:17 +0000

WASHINGTON — Funding outlined for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) by the Senate Appropriations Committee for the upcoming fiscal year should enable the space agency to advance its post-Space Shuttle missions, U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) says. Cochran is vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee that has approved the FY2013 Commerce, Justice [...]

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Gunn names chairs of House committees, some Dems included

Associated Press — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:47:33 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn has named chairs for the House’s 40-plus committees, allowing the House to move ahead with business With the GOP takeover of the House, Republicans were named to head all of the House’s major committees. Unlike four years ago, though, when Speaker Billy McCoy froze out GOP members from [...]

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House changes committee rules to favor GOP

Associated Press — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:49:45 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi House changed its rules yesterday to ensure Republicans have a majority on both money committees. Under longtime rules, the House speaker could name three members to the budget-writing Appropriations Committee and three to tax-writing Ways and Means. Thirty members of each were selected based on seniority. Six were chosen from each [...]

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Bryant to use input from 11 policy committees

Associated Press — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:56:22 +0000

JACKSON — Gov.-elect Phil Bryant has created 11 policy committees to provide input on the key issues facing Mississippi, and to assist in building core policy agenda items for the upcoming legislative session in January. The policy committee structure will be chaired by Mark Garriga, former chief of staff for Gov. Kirk Fordice, and each [...]

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