Charles Pickering News

WASHINGTON - Rep. Chip Pickering, a deft legislator and shrewd politician, served his final days in the House of Representatives this week, but few think it's the end of his political career.

The U.S. House of Representatives, spurred by cries that inaction was unacceptable, passed a $700 billion economic bailout bill 263-171 Friday.

Mississippi's three Democratic representatives on Friday voted against the $700 billion bailout package.

Politics YAHOO! Greater Memphis congressmen voted as they did on first round Greater Memphis congressmen voted as they had earlier in the week as the House passed a $700 billion bailout of the nation's ailing ...

The House is expected to vote today on a proposed bailout of the nation's financial market, and it appears Mississippi representatives who helped defeat an earlier version of the bill will vote against it ...

As the Senate prepared to vote on a revised $700 billion bailout plan, some Mississippians were skeptical Wednesday about the bill's purpose and effect.

In a little more than a month, Mississippi is expecting one of the largest voter turnouts in its history.

What if you went to the baseball park every day and the same team won every day? Boring.

The $700 billion bailout package is dead. For now. The House could not accept the parameters of the package - even with its supposed greater taxpayer security - and it was defeated on Monday 228 to 205.

Republicans and Democrats talked a lot over the last few days about putting aside their partisan differences for the good of the country to pass a financial markets rescue plan.

The U.S. House of Representatives' failure to approve a $700 billion rescue package for the nation's ailing financial system has sent shockwaves throughout the nation's economy, both locally and nationally.

Three Mississippi congressmen voted against the $700 billion financial bailout that failed in the House.

Speaking to reporters after the first presidential debate, Congressman Chip Pickering says that John McCain, a former POW, does not have to wear a flag pin.

The presidential campaigns roared out of here Saturday morning facing a task arguably as difficult, and as important, as the debate between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain itself: influencing the public ...

ARLINGTON, Va. - The debate reviews are in, and here's one from one of the debaters himself: "I was a little disappointed the media called it a tie, but I think that means when they call it a tie that means we ...

During late night coverage of Friday's presidential debate between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain, "Hardball" host Chris Matthews attacked the Republican for showing both "contempt" and an "inferiority ...

There is not much public support for the massive $700 billion dollar rescue plan being battled out on The Hill.

Vern Geddie, Charles Pickering and Harry Bush were among those leading a group of Jones County people interested in combining the approximately seven organizations into one economic development entity after ...

Mississippi lawmakers are angered by the nation's financial crisis and split on what should be done about it as they prepare to debate a $700 billion bailout proposal.

August Parker, the State Tar Wars Poster Winner, recently traveled to the National Tar Wars Conference inWashington, DC July 21-22 where her winning poster competed in the national contest.