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Mississippi Senate sets committee hearings, dispenses with routine readings and recesses until 5 p.m.
Summary
At a session largely devoted to scheduling and routine actions, the Mississippi Senate set agriculture and appropriations committee meetings, noted hundreds of bills on the system and recessed until 5 p.m.
The Mississippi Senate convened at the State Capitol, set a series of committee hearings, dispensed with routine readings and recessed until 5 p.m., according to the day's proceedings.
The session opened with a roll call and an invocation by Senator Sparks, who led the chamber in prayer. Senator Blackwell moved to dispense with the reading of the journal, saying, "I move to dispense with the reading of the journal." The motion carried by voice vote; the presiding officer announced that "the ayes have it."
The nut of the day was scheduling: Senator Whaley announced a Senate Agriculture hearing "tomorrow…
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