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U.S. Sens. from Mississippi Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker today voted for final passage of legislation based on a bill he helped write to ensure that homeowners and communities in Mississippi are not saddled with unaffordable flood insurance rate increases as National Flood Insurance Program reforms are implemented.

The Senate gave final congressional approval Thursday to a bill that would limit rate increases for federal flood insurance policies to 18 percent per year.

Both of Mississippi's U.S. senators have voted for a bill designed to head off dramatic increases in flood insurance rates.

If you like sweet potatoes, why not grow a few plants this year? If space is limited, grow a plant... I've been thinking about it, and I think it all started back when I was 5 or 6 years and Dad built... "The room is almost empty," said Graham, R-S.C., glancing at the empty press and audience seats in the hearing room.

Watch as U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., questions General Paul Selva about the Air Force's plan to transfer 10 C-130Js from Keesler AFB to Little Rock, Ark.

A Russian policeman guards a Topol-M ICBM during a rehearsal for the nation's Victory Day parade in Moscow in May 2008.

Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, U.S. Reps. Gregg Harper and Alan Nunnelee, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, state House Speaker Phil Gunn, "Steven Palazzo has been a stalwart supporter of our efforts to keep homeowner insurance rates reasonable for all of Mississippi, especially the coastal communities," Chaney said in the release.

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Travis Childers will be dependent on his neighbors in Northeast Mississippi to have any chance of accomplishing what would be the nation's biggest upset of the November general elections.

Phil Griffin has announced he will seek the Republican nomination for the 7th District Commission position on the Rutherford County Commission.

Iagree with John Harral that the Coast would not exist today without the efforts of the Big Three following Hurricane Katrina, and that Sen. Cochran was the greatest of them all.

Saturday was congressional candidates' qualifying deadline in the state. Primaries are June 3, and the general election is Nov. 4. Longtime Sen. Thad Cochran of Oxford is challenged in the Republican primary by two-term state Sen. Chris McDaniel of Ellisville and Thomas Carey of Hernando.

Mississippi's Sen. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker joined Senate Republican in derailing a bill that would have expended $21 billion to enhance health care, education and job benefits for veterans.

Travis Childers of Booneville, the former 1st District U.S. representative, announced Friday he is running for the Senate seat held since 1978 by Republican Thad Cochran.

Presley meets with Senator Roger Wicker on Capitol Hill. Hey isn't that It was a busy day on the Hill in terms of star-gazing.

U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker on Wednesday said they are optimistic $10.9 million in disaster aid awarded to Mississippi will help the state's commercial oyster and blue crab industries recover from setbacks caused by flooding in 2011.

Today, Commerce Committee Chairman John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV and Ranking Member John Thune, and Communications, Technology and Internet Subcommittee Chairman and Ranking Member Roger Wicker sent the following letter seeking input on the scope and impact of the STELA reauthorization from a diverse array of stakeholders, including satellite TV, ... (more)

The reaction of Mississippians to Defense Secretary's Chuck Hagel's preview of the president's fiscal-year 2015 defense budget plan has been pretty uniform.

Republican Sen. John Thune has offered a measure that would protect Olympians from being taxed on their medals and awards as they make their way home from Sochi, Russia.

Whether President Obama can be trusted to compel Iranian compliance with the naive nuclear deal struck in November is a recurring question.