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	Congressman Chip Pickering
		Chip serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is assistant minority whip.
		Chip’s record of achievement has earned him a reputation as an effective voice for Mississippi’s interests and a champion for the changes that are transforming America’s economy in this century and beyond.
		Chip holds a bachelors degree in business administration from the University of Mississippi and a masters degree in business administration from Baylor University.
	www.house.gov /pickering/biography (230 words)

	Byron York on Charles Pickering on National Review Online
		Pickering himself was in the group that met with the president, but did not meet with reporters afterward.
		Pickering's son, Rep. Chip Pickering, was also with the group.
		The younger Pickering offered a detailed defense of his father's record in a 1994 cross-burning case that has been the focus of Democratic criticism.
	www.nationalreview.com /york/york030602.shtml (362 words)

	USATODAY.com
		A large part of Chip Pickering's time in 2003 was spent fighting for confirmation of his father, federal district Judge Charles Pickering, to the federal appeals bench.
		Pickering's father ultimately received a recess appointment to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Chip Pickering increased his public profile as the fight went on.
		Pickering continues to receive low marks on his voting record from groups such as the liberal Americans for Democratic Action, which gave his 2003 voting record 5 points out of 100.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/CandidateProfile.aspx?ci=216&oi=H (429 words)

	Chip Pickering finds irony in father's rejection by panel - (BP)
		WASHINGTON (BP)--In Chip Pickering's mind, the irony was inescapable as he witnessed the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee reject his father's nomination for a federal appeals court judgeship.
		Pickering testified in the trial of Bowers, who was charged with ordering the 1966 murder of Vernon Dahmer, a fl businessman who had been registering African Americans to vote.
		Judge Pickering served as president of the Mississippi Baptist Convention for two years in the mid-1980s and as a member of the SBC's Peace Committee during the height of the convention's controversy.
	www.bpnews.net /bpnews.asp?ID=13023 (1123 words)

	Chip Pickering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pickering's 2004 campaign website represented this interlude as "before coming to Congress, Chip pioneered the first full-time presence by a Southern Baptist missionary behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest, the capital of then communist Hungary." After returning to the United States, Pickering served Senator Trent Lott, from 1992 to 1996.
		Nonetheless, Pickering was unopposed for reelection in 1998 and defeated token Democratic opposition in 2000.
		In 2002, Pickering was pitted against fellow Congressman Ronnie Shows, a conservative Democrat from the neighboring 4th District, after Mississippi lost a seat in the 2000 Congressional redestricting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chip_Pickering (711 words)

	Online NewsHour: Mississippi House Race -- Chip Pickering Biography
		Charles "Chip" Pickering was born in 1963 in Laurel, Mississippi, a small town in the Southeastern region of the state known as "The Pinebelt." Pickering grew up working on his family's farm and attending public school.
		Pickering has countered by promising to donate money that he might have received from any indicted WorldCom executives while arguing rank and file employees have a right to contribute.
		Pickering has also sought to cast doubt on Shows' claim by pointing to a $25,000 fine the Democrat had to pay as the result of campaign finance violations in 1998.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2002/races/ms_pickering.html (691 words)

	Congressman Chip Pickering
		Chip serves as Vice Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and also serves on the Agriculture Committee.
		Chip's growing record of achievement has earned him a reputation as an effective voice for Mississippi's interests, a rising star in the Congress, and a champion for the changes that are transforming America's economy in this century and beyond.
		Chip is married to the former Leisha Jane Prather of Memphis, Tennessee.
	www.chippickering.com /Chip.asp (434 words)

	Irregular Times Rating and Contact Information for Representative Charles (Chip) Pickering of MS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pickering has not yet cosponsored H.R., which would provide more information to the public about contacts between lobbyists and politicians, and which would slow down the revolving door of politics in which politicians move into cushy corporate jobs after they retire in exchange for favors.
		Pickering has not yet cosponsored H.R., which would put an end to the practice of "extraordinary rendition," in which Bush Administration officials send people into the custody of certain nations, knowing full well (some would say intending) that they will be tortured there.
		Charles (Chip) Pickering has not yet cosponsored H.R., which would keep members of the Federal Communication Commission from using their appointed positions to censor cable, satellite or internet programs they consider to be indecent.
	www.irregularbin.com /house/PickeringMS3.html (1792 words)

	Chip Pickering Casts His Lot with McCain - PolitiCalypso
		Chip Pickering, Representative from Mississippi, has become Mississippi Chairman of John McCain's presidential campaign, and Co-Chair of the southern region.
		If Pickering wants to hitch his horse to the dying viewpoint that the war in Iraq is "winnable," that's perfectly all right with me.
		Pickering is just cynically using Hurricane Katrina for his own benefit and McCain's, name-dropping the storm because he represents part of Mississippi that was impacted by it.
	www.politicalypso.com /archives/56-Chip-Pickering-Casts-His-Lot-with-McCain.html (612 words)

	Chip Pickering - Congresspedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Charles Pickering's official website was rated by citizen researchers in February 2007 as part of a survey by the Sunlight Foundation.
		In 2002, Pickering was pitted against fellow Congressman Ronnie Shows, a Democrat from the neighboring 4th District, after Mississippi's sluggish population growth cost it a House seat.
		Pickering is arguably one of the most conservative members of the House with a lifetime rating of 96% from the American Conservative Union.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Chip_Pickering (890 words)

	Courting Influence :: Center For Investigative Reporting :: Nominee Details
		Barbour, who has known Charles Pickering since 1968, was Republican National Committee chairman in the mid-1990s and served on a select group of advisers for Bush in 1999 when the then-governor of Texas was preparing to run for president in 2000.
		Pickering was among the legion of southern Democrats who left their party because of its embrace of the civil rights agenda.
		Charles Pickering was elected as prosecuting attorney for Laurel County, MS in 1962.
	www.courtinginfluence.net /nominee.php?nominee_id=28 (897 words)

	The GOP Auction House: Chip Pickering of Mississippi
		Pickering voted against allowing millions of Americans to save their hard-earned dollars on prescription drugs by re-importing them from Canada, even though these were U.S. made and patient safety was ensured.
		Pickering voted to continue awarding contracts to Halliburton even if the Pentagon's own audit processes found that more than $100 million of their contractor's costs in Iraq were unreasonable.
		Pickering opposed expanding access to the military's TRICARE health insurance program to thousands of Reservist and National Guard members, even though 20 percent of all Reservists do not have health insurance, and 40 percent of Reservists aged 19 to 35 lack health coverage.
	www.dccc.org /gopauctionhouse/members/ChipPickeringMS-3.html (752 words)

	American Heart Association Honors Representative Charles " Chip" Pickering (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pickering will be presented with the association's National Public Service Award at a reception in Washington, D.C., tonight.
		Representative Pickering is currently serving his fourth term in the U.S. House of Representatives and is a member of the Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition.
		Representative Pickering is also a cosponsor of HR 1125, the Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act, which would permanently repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
	releases.usnewswire.com /printing.asp?id=29363 (419 words)

	CNN.com - Bush re-nominates Pickering - Jan. 8, 2003
		Pickering -- a Mississippi native and friend of Lott, the former Senate majority leader who was forced to resign that post after comments that appeared to support segregation -- was rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee last March on a 10-9 party line vote.
		Pickering's son, Rep. Charles "Chip" Pickering Jr., R-Mississippi, was formerly Lott's legislative aide.
		The elder Pickering had been nominated for a seat on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans.
	www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/07/congress.pickering/index.html (534 words)

	AllPolitics/CQ - Freshmen of the 105th Congress
		In the runoff, Pickering claimed that he was the truer conservative, and he criticized Crawford for having supported Democrat Ray Mabus in the state'S1987 gubernatorial contest.
		Pickering was only 3 years old when Montgomery, known as a champion of veterans' issues, was first elected to Congress.
		Pickering said he hopes to serve with the same dignity and values espoused by his predecessor.
	www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1996/states/frosh/9612/25 (1416 words)

	djournal.com
		Judge Pickering's own political history in Mississippi, as columnist Bill Minor remembers personally and has written, came to a halt at least in part because Pickering refused to chime in with the race-baiters even four decades ago.
		And Judge Pickering's intervention was to seek a sentence for a defendant that would be in balance with punishments given to two others who were more actively involved in carrying out the cross-burning to intimidate a biracial couple.
		Chip knew it to be a lie - a lie on his family - and his outrage was real.
	www.djournal.com /pages/archive.asp?ID=26632 (811 words)

	Miss. pick leads to protest=The Hill.com= (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bush gave Pickering a controversial recess appointment to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after Democrats blocked his nomination in the Senate, provoking howls of protest from Democrats.
		Another source who closely followed the Pickering nomination said Chip Pickering was far more explicit when courting support from a number of influential fl leaders in the state.
		Starrett is a longtime colleague of Chip Pickering’s.
	www.hillnews.com /news/022404/mississippi.aspx (1001 words)

	TIME.com Print Page: -- GOP Keeps Wary Eye on Mississippi
		Pickering is vulnerable on this issue because he has been one of WorldCom's closest friends.
		Pickering may be close to WorldCom, but he's accusing Shows of being buddies with Hillary Clinton, which is pretty close to a capital crime in Mississippi.
		Vice President Cheney appeared at a Pickering fundraiser back in April, but Pickering probably doesn't want to talk about that one (former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers was a guest.) Despite Pickering's powerful friends, corporate scandals have made this toss-up race even more of a toss-up.
	www.time.com /time/columnist/printout/0,8816,336147,00.html (805 words)

	Rep. Pickering to Address Professional Insurance Agents - PIA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"Chip Pickering has distinguished himself as a champion of small business and an outspoken opponent of frivolous litigation," said PIAPAC Chairman W. "Buddy" Oliver of Jackson, Mississippi.
		Prior to his election to Congress, Pickering worked as a staff member for U.S. Senator Trent Lott, an appointee in the Bush Administration at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and successfully pioneered the first full-time presence by a southern Baptist missionary behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest, Hungary.
		Founded in 1931, PIA is a national trade association that represents member insurance agents and their employees who sell and service all kinds of insurance, but specialize in coverage of automobiles, homes and businesses.
	www.pianet.com /NewsCenter/BizPolitics/bizpol_2-13-03.htm (275 words)

	Jackson metro & state news - The Clarion-Ledger (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On a party-line vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to approve Pickering's nomination to the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
		Most Democrats oppose Pickering's nomination, saying he is too closely linked to Mississippi's segregationist past and used poor judgment in seeking to reduce a jail sentence for a cross burner.
		Chip Pickering said the lawyers were motivated by their wish to correct "false allegations and distortions of my father's record" from dozens of liberal-leaning interest groups that oppose the nomination.
	www.clarionledger.com /news/0310/02/m04.html (746 words)

	Panel expected to OK Pickering - The Clarion-Ledger (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The judge's son, U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering, R-3rd District, said Democrats on the panel opposed to the nomination may hold the vote up for another week.
		Pickering, President Bush's choice for a seat on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, was rejected by the Judiciary Committee when the panel was controlled by Democrats last year.
		Chip Pickering said promises of support from Sen. Jim Jeffords, an independent from Vermont who usually votes with Democrats, and Democratic Sens.
	www.clarionledger.com /news/0309/24/ma02.html (450 words)

	CNN.com - Bush shows strong support for judge nominee Pickering - March 6, 2002
		Bush met with Pickering and some of his supporters Wednesday morning in the Oval Office, and said "it's not fair and it's not right" for the Senate to block Pickering's appointment.
		Pickering, now a U.S. District Court judge in Mississippi, was nominated for a seat on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans.
		A former chairman of the Mississippi Republican party and state senator, Pickering is a long-time associate of Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Mississippi.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/03/06/bush.pickering/index.html (450 words)

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