Southern Politics
August 2, 2010 -
Several sources are reporting today that, after failing three times to approve $1.15 billion in funding for the U.S. government's settlement with black farmers this spring, the Senate will be considering a stand-alone vote today on allocating the money.
July 30, 2010 -
Year in which Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) must leave office due to term limits: 2011
July 27, 2010 -
There might be some silver linings that come out of the scandal of Shirley Sherrod being pushed out of the Agriculture Department.
July 23, 2010 -
A former Democratic congressman from West Virginia joined the race for U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd's seat this week to promote the cause of ending mountaintop removal coal mining.
July 22, 2010 -
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July 16, 2010 -
This week, President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers released [pdf] their latest quarterly report about jobs flowing from the spring 2009 stimulus bill.