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• Video asks why didn't Gene Taylor vote to kill the health care bill

  This video from iCaucus.org acknowledges Gene Taylor voted against the health care bill, but notes that less than 20 minutes earlier he had a chance to kill the bill on a procedural motion and voted in line with Nancy Pelosi. It also discusses how Taylor voted against TARP but voted [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 1:54pm EST
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• Monday Digest

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  Respond Mississippi - Obama, Childers...I want my money back
  
  Bennie Thompson supports publicly funded congressional campaigns.
  
  Travis Childers opposes Democrats's health care bill.
  
  Gregg Harper votes to extend unemployment benefits.
  
  Gregg Harper introduces online voter registration legislation.
  
  Laurel Leader Call [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:08am EST
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• Election Updates: MS01 and MS04

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  Majority in Mississippi - MS-01: Huckabee Endorses Nunnelee
  
  Y'all Politics - Former Eupora mayor Henry Ross considering testing Nunnelee for Childers seat
  
  Majority in Mississippi - Ross Still Interested In MS-01
  
  Hattiesburg American - Tegerdine to take on Taylor
  
  JoeTegerdine.com -' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 3:07pm EST
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• Bennie Thompson's Reading List

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  The Hill asks Bennie Thompson what he likes to read.What magazines do you read regularly?
  North American Hunter. Mississippi Game & Fish.
  
  What books have most influenced your political philosophy?
  The Autobiography of Malcolm X. All the King’s Men. George Orwell’s 1984.
  
  Which author do you most [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:58am EST
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• Gregg Harper on 10.2% unemployment: "disturbing" numbers,

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:52am EST
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• NJ / VA Elections' Impact in Mississippi

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  Majority in Mississippi asks whether last night's elections have an impact on the reelection of Congressman Travis Childers in the First District. The post concludes, "What we knew before has not changed: the voters are conservative, they have a history of supporting local Democrats and national Republicans, and want" [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:20pm EST
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• Tuesday Digest

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  The Commercial Appeal writes about the upcoming anticipated Childers-Nunnelee race: Nunnelee, GOP take aim at Childers. Majority in Mississippi posts Nunnelee takes a swing at Pelosi-Care. Human Events says if Childers joins the Democrats in supporting the House health care bill, he will be one of Pelosi’s [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:27am EST
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• Friday Digest: Thompson and Security; Campaign News

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  Bennie Thompson writes in The Hill that steps must be taken to protect chemical plants from terrorist attacks. But Bill Allmond, vice president of the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates, argues that Thompson's approach is wrong.However, DHS’s mandate is to secure the assets at these facilities, not [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 12:20pm EDT
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• Gregg Harper: A Government Takeover of Health Care

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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 2:45pm EDT
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• Tuesday Digest: Thompson in KY, Childers on Health Care, Taylor in Seapower Mag

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  Bennie Thompson to keynote Louisville Urban League's Annual Report Luncheon in Kentucky on December 4.
  
  Travis Childers "has introduced a bill on the House floor that would extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit and expand the provision to include all homebuyers purchasing a primary residence. The $8,000" [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 9:00am EDT
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• Politico Questions Gregg Harper

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  Politico - Get To Know A Congressman - Gregg Harper
  
  Freshman Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) tells us what he learned from his mentors Haley Barbour and Trent Lott — and what exactly happens in the Sportsmen’s Caucus.
  
  Why do you think the majority of congressional representatives are [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 8:22am EDT
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• Tuesday Digest: Gene Taylor, Bennie Thompson, Childers v Nunnelee

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  Sid Salter Blog - Gene Taylor: Calls it like he sees it
  
  Y'all Politics - RollCall - Travis Childers likely an underdog if political shift continues
  
  Y'all Politics - Cook Report puts Childers, Nunnelee race as a toss up
  
  Clarion Ledger - [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 6:20am EDT
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• 2009 3rd Quarter FEC Reports

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  Childers for Congress
  Raised: $274,464.26
  Spent: $49,650.04
  Cash On Hand: $507,220.73
  Debt: $100,000.00
  Note Contribution Includes: $1000 from Ronnie Musgrove and $1000 from Musgrove for U.S. Senate
  
  Nunnelee for Congress
  Raised: $219,954.00
  Spent: $38,790.63
  cash On Hand: $181,163.37
  Note Contributions Include: $1000 from HALEYS PAC and $1000 [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 4:21pm EDT
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• Gene Taylor calls Michigan Governor Granholm's remarks against Mississippi "stupid"

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  "That was a really stupid thing for her to say and she should come and visit Mississippi before she says a stupid thing again," Congressman Gene Taylor said joining Treasurer Tate Reeves, Senator Dean Kirby, Senator Roger Wicker, and Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant in responding to Michigan Governor Jennifer [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 7:05am EDT
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• Bennie Thompson Opposes Roger Wicker's Amtrak Gun Provision

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  House leaders decry measure allowing checked guns on Amtrak - Daily HeraldHouse Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson protested the gun proposal in a letter to colleagues who will play important roles in deciding whether the plan is attached to a transportation spending measure. Senator Roger Wicker, a Mississippi [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 3:41pm EDT
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• Bennie Thompson Backs Online Gambling

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  Eog.com - Online Gambling: Barney Frank Online Gambling Bill Hits Sixty Co-SponsorsRepresentative Barney Frank reached a milestone on Thursday when he picked up his sixtieth co-sponsor for proposed legislation that would change the online gambling laws in the US. Representatives Bennie Thompson and Adam Smith became co-sponsor numbers fifty-nine [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 4:02pm EDT
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• Gene Taylor Academy Day Saturday

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  Hattiesburg American - Academy Day to be held at USM
  Rep. Gene Taylor will host a session Saturday for high school students to gather information on the United States’ five military academies.
  
  The 2009 4th Congressional District's Academy Day will be from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday at the University [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 4:09pm EDT
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• Nunnelee Claims $220,000 raised in two months

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  Y'all Politics - Nunnelee Raises $220,000 in first two months of Congressional Campaign
  
  It will be interesting to see the names on his report, and to see how Travis Childers has been doing on fundraising.
  
  The Sunlight Foundation's PoliticalPartyTime.org lists 15 recent fundraisers for Childers in' [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 4:45pm EDT
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• Mississippi Dems on Rangel: Thompson With; Taylor Against; Childers Half-Way

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  Politico.com - Charlie Rangel retains Ways and Means gavelDemocrats easily rebuffed another Republican attempt to remove Rep. Charles Rangel from his chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday. But there was a small sign of eroding support for the embattled New York Democrat: Mississippi’s two House Democrats [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 4:01pm EDT
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• Travis Childers announces $1.1mln grant for railroad spur

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  DeSoto Appeal - Grant to build railroad spur will roll jobs into Horn LakeA $1.1 million economic development grant will be used to build a railroad spur line that will service the expansion of Newly Weds Foods in Horn Lake.
  
  The project will create 20 jobs and [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 6:26am EDT
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• Gene Taylor on Nancy Pelosi

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  The Hill - Dem campaign anxiety: Vulnerables say they lack cover from PelosiBetween a tough vote on a climate change bill that many don’t expect to become law and a leftward push on healthcare legislation, Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) critics within her caucus say she’s left the so-called “majority makers” exposed.
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 6:16am EDT
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• Charlie Mitchell on Bennie Thompson's SECURE PAC

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  Charlie Mitchell - Thompson’s PAC busily spreading cashWhat’s political about domestic security?
  
  Most of us would say nothing.
  
  But wait. The U.S. Congress has a voice in this. And there’s money involved. And where there’s money, there’s politics.
  
  The House elevated the Committee on Homeland [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 6:09am EDT
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• Bennie Thompson forum on Thursday

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  Delta Democrat Times - Congressman to hold forum Thursday
  
  Bennie Thompson will host a forum titled “Renew, Reinvest, Recover: Doing business with the Department of Homeland Security” at the Washington County Convention Center on Thursday.
  
  The forum begins at 1 p.m. in room 140 of the [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 7:07pm EDT
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• Insurance, Judicial Nomination, and Valley State President

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  The Mississippi Press - Still waiting for insurance revolutionAfter Hurricane Katrina, I made an off-the-cuff prediction. I figured when the rest of the country found out what we know about home insurance here on the coast, there would be a revolution.
  
  It didn't happen. The fact is,' [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 8:35am EDT
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• Tegerdine to challenge Gene Taylor

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  Laurel Leader Call - Tegerdine plans to run against TaylorSome 14 months before the 2010 elections, Petal businessman Joe Tegerdine is already hot on the campaign trail. Tegerdine, who is challenging for Gene Taylor’s 4th District U.S. Congress seat next fall, spoke to the Jones County Republican Women Wednesday [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 7:29am EDT
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• Childers: County has "kicked the can" for too many years

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  Commercial Appeal - Childers welcomes Delta Grassroots ConferenceU.S. Rep. Travis Childers, D-Miss., was the last in a series of Delta congressmen to talk local issues with the representatives of the Delta Grassroots Caucus Tuesday night.
  
  But he started off by making an admission: "I am so proud" [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 7:26am EDT
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• Gregg Harper on Journalist Shield Law

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  Washington Post - Senate Weighs New Shield LawFive senior Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee in their criticism of the measure questioned the amount of lobbying done by media companies to get the bill passed.
  
  "We hear a lot from the media about the evils of lobbying" [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 6:25am EDT
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• Delegation's Votes on Joe Wilson

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  Resolution of Disapproval of Joe Wilson
  
  Travis Childers (D) - yea
  Bennie Thompson (D) - yea
  Gregg Harper (R) - nay
  Gene Taylor (D) - nay [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 6:16am EDT
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• DNC thanks Travis Childers for stimulus vote

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  DNC campaign commercial thanking Travis Childers for voting for the stimulus.
  
  
  
  (Hat Tip Y'all Politics)
  
  The Hill - DNC to run spots on stimulusAs the Obama administration trumpets success from February's economic stimulus plan, its political arm is helping potentially vulnerable members of Congress' [...]
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  Posted: September 07, 2009, 6:44am EDT
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• Childers: NRCC Challenge, Health Contributions

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  Y'all Politics - NRCC dares Rep. Travis Childers to oppose Nancy Pelosi for Speaker
  
  Respond Mississippi - Democrats Criticize Health Contributions...to people like Travis Childers?' [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 5:36pm EDT
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• Thompson on Swine Flu; Taylor on Afghanistan

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  AP - Homeland Security, Miss. leaders discuss swine fluU.S. House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson says Mississippi's health and emergency leaders appear prepared to handle the swine flu.
  
  Thompson and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute met privately Tuesday with health, education and emergency [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 5:34pm EDT
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• Gregg Harper at Editorial Boards

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  The Meridian Star: It has been a little bit of a whirlwind. Obviously there have been a whole bunch of issues. But the overriding topic right now is health care reform.
  
  And there's another piece of legislation that's just as bad, which is the cap and trade, basically [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 5:31pm EDT
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• Greggg Harper on Energy

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  Gregg Harper recently spoke to the Meridian Star Editorial Board on energy issues. He supports expanded nuclear, clean coal, but says while we need an all of the above approach, wind and solar won't alone be a solution for Mississippi.The energy issue would be the number one issue. We' [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 10:03am EDT
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• Blogs on Gene Taylor

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  Southern Live Oak: Questions for Gene Taylor
  
  Citizen Liberty: The Case Against Gene Taylor In Under 2 Minutes
  
  FireGeneTaylor.com: Video: Gene Taylor Cast His Vote In Support Of Nancy Pelosi
  
  FireGeneTaylor.com: Gene Taylor Can Live Without Major League Baseball
  
  Respond Mississippi: [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 4:30pm EDT
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• Gene Taylor Against Healthcare, Cap & Trade in Laurel

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  Laurel Leader Call - Taylor: ‘Blue Dogs have done America a great favor’U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) received two standing ovations Tuesday from the Laurel Rotary Club as he voiced criticism of President Obama’s drive to reform health care.
  
  “The Blue Dogs (Democrats who often vote Republican) have [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 4:36pm EDT
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• Bennie Thompson on Kennedy

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  AP - Kennedy's civil rights work remembered in MississippiU.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said in an e-mailed statement that he was the Mississippi co-chair for Kennedy's 1980 presidential bid. Thompson first met Kennedy when he was a student at Tougaloo College.
  
  "Over the years, our staffs collaborated" [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 4:34pm EDT
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• Gregg Harper: Mid-Session Review

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  HARPER: MID-SESSION REVIEW PROVIDES HARSH EVIDENCE OF DEMOCRATS’ SPENDING BINGE
  
  “Americans expect better than more taxes for more government spending and less jobs – and they deserve it.”
  
  WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Gregg Harper (R–Miss.), freshman Member of the House Committee on the Budget, has called for [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 4:22pm EDT
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• Gene Taylor & Nancy Pelosi

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  FireGeneTaylor.com - Gene Taylor Votes With Nancy Pelosi 71% Of The TimeCongresswoman Nancy Pelosi is one of the far-left liberal members of Congress and she represents San Francisco, California, the most far-left liberal districts in America.
  
  According to OpenCongress.org, Gene Taylor votes with Nancy Pelosi 71% of the [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2009, 7:09pm EDT
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• Blogs on Taylor, Childers

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  Y'all Politics - CBS (national) NEWS - Covering a Gene Taylor town hall … says he’s opposed
  
  Majority In Mississippi - To Travis Childers: Remember What Hillary Clinton Said?
  
  FireGeneTaylor.com - Gene Taylor Voted For The $2 Billion Cash For Clunkers' [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2009, 8:47am EDT
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• Childers on Recess: Leaves DC for Israel

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  Y'all Politics wants to know where Travis Childers is on the healthcare reform debate. He is in Israel.
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2009, 8:41am EDT
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• Childers Chides Panolian

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  Travis Childers tells The Panolian: "You know better than some of those things and you shouldn’t be trying to publish stuff like that."
  
  ‘Read the bill,’ advises Blue Dog congressman - The PanolianP: During the August recess, some Democratic congressmen are hearing testy opinions from the public over [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2009, 3:27pm EDT
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• McGlowan and Guns

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  Fox News contributor Angela McGlowan (R-Oxford) who has said she is considering a run for the First Congressional District seat created a controversy when she came out for gun control on Supertalk's Paul Gallo Show.
  
  Gallo Rewind E-mail - 8/5/09Angela McGlowan created a firestorm this morning. I answered [...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2009, 3:25pm EDT
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• RNC, Healthcare, Taylor and Childers

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  Majority in Mississippi - RNC Targets Childers and Taylor In Healthcare AdsRepresentatives Gene Taylor and Travis Childers are among a group of 60 moderate to conservative Democrats that the RNC will target with radio and television ads urging them to oppose healthcare “reform” proposals being proposed by the Democrat [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 6:01am EDT
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• David Landrum and Voter ID

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  Because this blog followed that campaign so much in 2008:
  
  Ipse Blogit - David Landrum Lectures Us On The Importance of Voting
  Sid Salter has an interesting blog post about an email he received from David Landrum, businessman and former candidate for the Republican nomination for Mississippi's Third [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 5:56am EDT
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• Gene Taylor townhall in Waynesboro

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  Laurel Leader Call - Taylor to host Waynesboro town hallU.S. Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) will host his annual town hall in Waynesboro from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at Waynesboro City Hall, located at 714 Wayne Street. The event is free and open to the public. Beau Gex, Taylor’s [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 6:56am EDT
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• Gregg Harper on Fragile X on Fox

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  Gregg Harper Discusses Fragile X Syndrome and Health Care Reform on Fox News
  
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 6:21am EDT
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• Childers' Opinion on Healthcare Vote: "not one I’m willing to share with you"

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  Y'all Politics posts these two NRCC catches on Travis Childers and healthcare.
  
  Travis Childers in TMZ-like moment - won’t answer on his Obamacare position
  
  NRCC calls out Rep. Travis Childers (D) on Obamacare
  
  The first post has the following video.
  
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 5:48am EDT
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• Nunnelee In 1

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  Associated Press - Nunnelee readying for potential 1st District raceRepublican state Sen. Alan Nunnelee of Tupelo has filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission announcing his intention to run for Congress in Mississippi's First District.
  
  Nunnelee is not qualifying for the 2010 election. That would [...]
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  Posted: July 27, 2009, 4:04pm EDT
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• FireGeneTaylor.com goes live

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  Will Gene Taylor face coordinated opposition in Miss-4?
  
  FireGeneTaylor.com is a new web site looking to do just that. [...]
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  Posted: July 26, 2009, 1:31pm EDT
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• Bennie Thompson unites lobbyists and congressmen in Tunica

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  USA Today - Fine line when lobbyists, lawmakers mingleOthers include a four-day conference next month in Tunica, Miss., organized by the Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute. The agenda includes policy forums, a golf outing, and a concert by hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash. A recent Congressional Black [...]
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  Posted: July 26, 2009, 7:24am EDT
  by AnnEllisSimmons