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Budget resolution The budget plan authored by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. It would reduce the deficit by $4.4 trillion over 10 years by repealing the 2010 health care reform law, reforming entitlements like Medicare and Medicaid and making cuts to defense that were endorsed by the Pentagon.

Mississippi currently has just 1 safe Dem VRA mandated seat, but several maps have previously been posted on here showing that 2 safe Dem, if not black majority, seats can be created.

Congressional redistricting isn't a glamorous job for any state Legislature, but for the past two decades, it hasn't been a job at all for state Senators and Representatives in Mississippi.

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who moved the nation with an improbable comeback after a gunman shot her in the head last year, formally resigned Wednesday in an emotional appearance in the U.S. House of Representatives.

In the list of new state senators, the name "Steve Hale" immediately caught my attention.

For any who may be reading this series for the first time : this is a thought experiment where I try to see what would happen if the size of the House of Representatives were doubled to 870 members from 435.