Roll Call
Supreme Court to hear Ted Cruz challenge to campaign finance law
McConnell argued it is an 'ideal opportunity' for justices to wipe out the 2002 law
By Todd Ruger
The Supreme Court hears oral argument Wednesday in Sen. Ted Cruz’s challenge to a relatively obscure campaign finance...
The American Independent
GOP senators complain about 'wasting time' after stonewalling voting rights legislation
Senate Republicans wasted more than 10 hours reading the American Rescue Plan aloud last year.
By Josh Israel
Senate Republicans are accusing the Democratic majority of "wasting time"...
Sidney (Mont.) Herald-Leader
Daines submits resolution for Religious Freedom Day
Jan 16, 2022
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines introduced a Senate resolution designating today, Jan 16 as Religious Freedom Day. This resolution commemorates the 236th Anniversary of the Virginia Statute for...
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Mississippi senators cosponsor two bills honoring Emmett Till
By J.T. Mitchell
This week, the United States Senate took action on two bills that will honor the late Emmett Till, who was killed in 1955 by White supremacists in Money, Mississippi.
The first bill, S.450...
Y’all Politics
Hyde-Smith joins bill to sanction Beijing for ongoing obstruction of COVID-19 origins investigation
By Anne Summerhays
Today, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) announced that she has joined around fourteen of her Senate colleagues in cosponsoring the Coronavirus Origin...
Delta Business Journal
Yazoo Backwater: EPA Decision Halts Construction of Pumps
By Becky Gillette
There was light at the end of the tunnel. Now it is dark again. That is how the recent decision by the EPA to veto the Yazoo Backwater Pumps flood control project for the second time was described...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH TAKE UP FIGHT TO STOP BIDEN-OBAMA WOTUS RULE
Senate Republicans Unite to Call for Halt to EPA/USACE Rulemaking until Supreme Court Decision
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), as part of a united Senate Republican Conference, are urging two federal agencies to suspend a pending rulemaking the jurisdictional definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), until the U.S. Supreme Court completes consideration of a case...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & COLLEAGUES PLEDGE TO BLOCK ANY IRAN DEAL NOT SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS FOR APPROVAL
Miss. Senators Admonish Biden Administration Over Nuclear Talks
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday joined colleagues in a letter to President Biden rebuking the administration’s negotiations for a new Iran nuclear deal.
The letter comes as reports emerge that the Biden administration is actively renegotiating another entry into...
HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES FDA APPROVAL OF FIRST GENERIC OF RESTASIS
Miss. Senator Long Critical of Company behind Skyrocketing Cost of Prescription Eye-Drop Medication
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a generic alternative to the eye-drop prescription drug Restasis, a decision she has long...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FLIGHTS
Miss. Senators Question DHS Secretary on Reports of Overnight Flights
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday signed a letter requesting a full accounting of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities surrounding the relocation of illegal immigrants throughout the country.
The letter asks Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to...
