Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press Updated 6:59 am PDT, Saturday, October 20, 2018 In this Oct. 5, 2018 photograph, Mike Espy, a former congressman and former U.S. agriculture secretary, speaks to college and high school students in a small forum on education in Jackson, Miss. Espy hopes to unseat appointed U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and serve the last two years of the six-year term vacated when Republican Thad Cochran retired for health reasons. There are two other opponents in the non-partisan race. less In this Oct. 5, 2018 photograph, Mike Espy, a former congressman and former U.S. agriculture secretary, speaks to college and high school students in a small forum on education in Jackson, Miss. Espy hopes to ... more Photo: Rogelio V. Solis, AP In this Oct. 5, 2018 photograph, Mike Espy, a former congressman and former U.S. agriculture secretary, speaks to college and high school students, … [Read more...] about Mississippi Democrat says he’d be ‘senator for everybody’
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The Latest: McCain to lie in state at Arizona Capitol on Wed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the death of Sen. John McCain (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says Sen. John McCain will lie in state at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, which is his birthday. In a tweet, Ducey described the event as a “rare and distinct occurrence for a truly special man.” He adds: “John McCain is Arizona, and we will honor his life every way we can.” The six-term Arizona senator and decorated Vietnam War veteran died Saturday of brain cancer at his ranch near Sedona, Arizona, at age 81. ___ 12:40 p.m. Congressional leaders say Republican Sen. John McCain will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda. Republican and Democratic leaders did not give a date for the event, saying Sunday that more details would be released later. McCain died Saturday at his ranch near Sedona, Arizona, at age 81. The six-term Arizona senator and decorated Vietnam War veteran had an aggressive form of brain cancer. Events are expected to … [Read more...] about The Latest: McCain to lie in state at Arizona Capitol on Wed
The Latest: McCain to lie in state in US Capitol rotunda
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the death of Sen. John McCain (all times local): 12:40 p.m. Congressional leaders say Republican Sen. John McCain will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda. Republican and Democratic leaders did not give a date for the event, saying Sunday that more details would be released later. McCain died Saturday at his ranch near Sedona, Arizona, at age 81. The six-term Arizona senator and decorated Vietnam War veteran had an aggressive form of brain cancer. Events are expected to begin in his home state and move to Washington before his burial at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama are expected to speak at McCain’s service in Washington. ___ 12:15 p.m. A candidate for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in Arizona has suggested that a statement that Sen. John McCain was ending medical treatment was designed to hurt her campaign. Kelli Ward made the comment on Facebook hours before McCain … [Read more...] about The Latest: McCain to lie in state in US Capitol rotunda
1½-year sentence starts for ex-state senator after guilty plea on fraud, money laundering charges
Former state Sen. Jake Files of Fort Smith spent his first full day in federal prison Friday on an 18-month sentence after pleading guilty to wire fraud, money laundering and bank fraud. According to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, Files, registration number 14956-010, reported Thursday morning to the Satellite Prison Camp, a minimum-security facility adjacent to the Federal Correctional Institute at El Reno, Okla. In a minimum-security prison, according to the bureau’s Program Statement, Files is eligible for the two lowest custody levels, described as “community,” the lowest, and “out,” the second-lowest. Under the designations, Files could be assigned to the lowest- or near-lowest-security housing, including any that is outside the prison’s perimeter; may work on outside details with minimal supervision; and, in some cases, may participate in community-based programs. At the out level, he would be under two-hour intermittent staff supervision. Files … [Read more...] about 1½-year sentence starts for ex-state senator after guilty plea on fraud, money laundering charges
Why Liberals Should Stop Whining About the Senate
“The conservative takeover” of American politics, the New Yorker’s John Cassidy wrote not long ago, “hinged on ruthless power politics: the G.O.P. exploiting its unearned advantage in the Electoral College, the U.S. Senate, and the Supreme Court itself.” Reaching for an especially damning piece of evidence, Cassidy pointed to the “two senators for every state” rule, a constitutional quirk that has led to a system “where the 1.7 million residents of Idaho receive the same number of representatives as the 39.5 million residents of California.” Like Cassidy, virtually every critic of the Senate compares the plight of California with that of a ruby red-state like Idaho. If Google is a guide, the state most often cited is Wyoming, with its measly 579,000 residents. Yet almost no one points to the identical outrage in which the 28.3 million residents of Texas receive the same number of senators as the 623,000 residents of Vermont or the … [Read more...] about Why Liberals Should Stop Whining About the Senate