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...Ms Hyde-Smith, the state’s former agricultural commissioner, was appointed to the senate following the retirement of Thad Cochran, receiving the endorsement of Mr Trump....
...The health-related absences of John McCain, the Arizona senator, and Thad Cochran of Mississippi helped fuel the doubts, as did wavering support from other lawmakers....
...A second Republican senator, Thad Cochran, is separately recovering from a skin cancer scare, but is expected to be back on Capitol Hill by next week....
...Adding to the tensions surrounding the vote, however, John McCain, the Arizona senator, and Thad Cochran of Mississippi have both been absent in recent days because of health issues....
...The return of Thad Cochran, a Mississippi senator, from a health-related absence has helped the Republicans’ cause....
...The expected absence of Thad Cochran, a Mississippi Republican, due to sickness has narrowed an already slim majority in the Senate, meaning the party can afford to lose only one more senator if they want...
...The odds of the budget bill passing improved after John McCain, an Arizona senator, backed the measure, and Thad Cochran, a Mississippi senator, returned to the Senate after illness....
...Thad Cochran, 76, a six-term senator backed by big business, on Tuesday night won the nomination to be the Republican candidate in a November general election by seeing off a threat from Chris McDaniel,...
...Thad Cochran, the 76-year-old incumbent who has represented Mississippi in the US Senate since 1978, is facing an aggressive challenge from Chris McDaniel, a 41-year-old lawyer and critic of excess government...
...A defender of constitutional freedoms and critic of the $17tn government debt, he is trying to unseat Thad Cochran, 76, a mild-mannered Republican who has been in Congress for as long as his opponent has...
...But in this year’s primaries Tea Party power began to wane, as money from wealthy donors flowed to old stalwarts of the Senate such as Thad Cochran of Mississippi and Pat Roberts of Kansas, who were better...
...However, Mr Brat’s victory might provide momentum for the anti-establishment’s next big target, Thad Cochran, 76, the long-serving Mississippi senator....
...The Republican primary in Mississippi, where another incumbent, Thad Cochran, is under challenge, has also yet to be decided....
...In Mississippi Thad Cochran, the entrenched Republican senator awash in establishment money, has been forced into a run-off he may well lose by a Tea Party-backed candidate....
...Senator Thad Cochran, the top Republican on the Agriculture Committee, has also urged that the victims should be compensated and asked nominees how they would handle abuses that result in investor losses...
...Of these, Mississippi senator Thad Cochran, who is 76, is seen as the most vulnerable, while John Cornyn of Texas, who has one of the most conservative record’s in the Senate, is seen as relatively safe....
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...The letter was signed by 15 senators, including the top two members of the agriculture committee: Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, and Thad Cochran, a Mississippi Republican....
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...Leading the table of senators requesting earmarks is Republican Thad Cochran of Mississippi, who has this year requested 243 earmarks totalling $498m, mainly for defence-related projects, the centre claims...
...In January, Thad Cochran, a Republican senator for Mississippi, said the thought of Mr McCain as president sent a “cold chill down my spine”, describing him as “hotheaded” and “erratic”....
...Even Thad Cochran, a fellow Republican senator, has said: “I certainly know no other president since I’ve been here who’s had a temperament like that.” For all his bellicosity, President George W....
...Thad Cochran, the chairman of the Senate appropriations committee who will handle the spending bill, yesterday expressed support for the president. ?I am convinced that DPW?...
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