Senator Thad Cochran (R)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/07/1978
Next Election: 2014
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Rose; 2 Children: Clayton, Katherine
Birth date: 12/07/1937
Birthplace: Pontotoc, MS
Home City: Jackson MS
Religion: Baptist

Profession

Attorney, Mississippi Bar, 1965 Instructor, Military Law/Naval Orientation, Officer Candidate School, 1962-1964 Lieutenant Junior Grade, United States Navy Reserve, 1959-1961 Partner, Watkins and Eager Law Firm

Education

JD, University of Mississippi Law School, 1965 BA, Psychology/Political Science, University of Mississippi, 1959

Committees

Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Appropriations
Joint Committee on the Library
Rules and Administration
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Defense
Subcommittee on Energy And Water Development
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition, and Family Farms
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Nutrition and Food Assistance, Sustainable and Organic Agriculture, and General Legislation
Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and Price Support
Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry and Credit

Recent Votes

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2230 Establishes a Minimum 30 Percent Tax Rate for High-Income Taxpayers
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

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