A contentious $1.1 trillion spending bill as well as debates over federal regulations and trade capped a week that saw Congress end its work for the year.
The following is a breakdown of the week that was in the nation’s capital....
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A $1.1 trillion spending bill is headed for President Barack Obama’s signature as members of the state’s congressional delegation split on the votes Friday (Dec. 18). The House voted 316-113 Friday morning to approve HR 2029, which funds the government through Sept. 30, 2016.
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In a move expected from almost every market watcher, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday (Dec. 16) announced a small rate hike from 0.25% to 0.5%. The move ended almost seven years of a near-zero percent rate and was the first rate hike in more than nine years...
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The Homebuyers Assistance Act, H.R. 3192, which passed the House in October by a vote of 303-121, failed to make it into the year-end spending bill that was announced late Tuesday.
In order to move the bill along, at the beginning of December, Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., and 21 other members of Congress sent a letter to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, urging them to add the provisions of H.R. 3192, the Homebuyers Assistance Act, to any year-end spending legislation...
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Conservative Review isn't just giving failing marks to U.S. Sen. John Boozman. The website also gave F's to all four members of the Arkansas delegation in the U.S. House...
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WASHINGTON -- All six members of the Arkansas congressional delegation met Thursday morning with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and expressed concerns about plans for a high-power energy line that would cut across Arkansas.
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Arkansas’ congressional delegation met with Energy Department (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz on Thursday (Dec. 10) but came away from the meeting without any feedback on how federal officials may decide on the controversial $2 billion Clean Line project...
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WASHINGTON -- The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to tighten controls on travel to the U.S. and require visas for anyone who's been in Iraq or Syria in the previous five years....
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