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July 11, 2011
President had promised that the massive spending bill would keep unemployment under 8 percent when it became law in February 2009 Now a new report from White House advisers reveals the extent of the Recovery...cost of 666 billion This means that for every job accounted for by the stimulus taxpayers footed a bill of up to 278 000 Waste of Taxpayer Money I voted against President Obama s stimulus plan two years...words He made it worse Urgency of Fiscal Discipline More than a month has passed since I joined Senate Republicans at a White House meeting with President Obama and called for something to be done about our...
July 22, 2011
Harry Reid D Nev tabled the bill but Wicker and Senate Republicans voted to oppose Reid s motion Wicker is a co sponsor of the Cut Cap and Balance Act which passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday...discretionary spending would be cut to 2006 levels in 2012 and frozen for the next seven years In addition the bill requires passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment which Wicker also co sponsored A recent CNN poll found...percent of Americans supported the Cut Cap and Balance approach However Reid dismissed the bill which passed the House with bi partisan support calling it the worst legislation in the history of this country...
January 22, 2024
supermarket aisles or fill up their gas tanks In fact nine out of 10 people say gas groceries and housing costs are the economic indicators that matter most to them Spending Got Us Here On the day he took...a 1 9 trillion dollar spending spree called The American Rescue Plan I opposed the bill but Democrats narrowly passed it through Congress After the president signed it into law the plan failed to rescue...spending My bill would prohibit federal taxpayer money from being used to administer state Medicaid benefits to noncitizens If a state chooses to give Medicaid benefits to illegal residents the bill ensures...
October 12, 2009
Weekly Report Home News Weekly Report Wicker Calls for Increased Legislative Transparency Senator Says Bills Should Be Posted Online for 72 Hours Prior to Vote October 12 2009 In the past year the American public...book sized bills without providing enough time for elected members or the public to review them A leading example of this problem is the trillion dollar so called stimulus bill that was passed in February...Despite the fact that this 1 073 page bill contained the largest spending increase since World War II Democratic leaders in Congress rushed it to the floor of both the House and the Senate less than 24 hours...
November 9, 2015
The bipartisan bill contains important changes to the military retirement system expanding benefits and giving service members more value and choice Other provisions were inspired by a bill I coauthored...President Obama decided to veto the defense bill last month because of political disagreements over domestic funding In response the House of Representatives has passed a revised version and the Senate is expected...do so soon The next step should be to pass an appropriations bill to fund the defense budget Senate Republicans have tried to bring a defense appropriations bill to the floor for consideration but Senate...
January 2, 2023
Senate voters did elect a narrow Republican majority in the House placing important checks on President Biden and his party Bills passed in the House will now reflect a more conservative agenda which includes...the entire nation preventing states like Mississippi from protecting unborn life With a Republican House these radical ideas will be blocked in the new Congress as Republicans work to restore healthy governance...and small businesses need continued support Republicans are committed to preserving the tax cuts we passed in 2017 which have lifted burdens on job creators and led to significant pay increases for workers...
January 12, 2016
Senator Roger Wicker R Miss today voted in favor of the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015 The bill S 2232 is authored by Sen Rand Paul R Ky The proposal would expand on existing oversight measures...policies The House of Representatives passed this legislation late last year with bipartisan support It is disappointing that the Senate did not follow suit The measure was passed by the House in November...
October 1, 2025
to national security service members and veterans I urge my Democrat colleagues to adopt the House passed bill which would immediately reopen the government Permalink https www wicker senate gov 2025 10...
March 26, 2015
on tax evasion Reinforcing Magnitsky Act Sanctions Wicker Amdt 617 Allows expedited interagency cooperation to identify foreign nationals subject to sanctions under the Russia and Moldova Jackson Vanik...
June 1, 2015
Labor and Pensions Committee an education bill to reform No Child Left Behind and prohibit federal mandates for national standards like Common Core was passed unanimously after three days of debate Likewise...in favor of legislation requiring congressional review of any final nuclear agreement with Iran The bill titled the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act went on to receive a vote of 98 1 by the full Senate...representing a change of position on Mr Obama s part In fact the Senate has already passed more than a dozen bipartisan bills in the 114th Congress From human trafficking to the Keystone XL pipeline Americans...
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