The actions of the Internal Revenue Service and its commissioner involving the targeting of conservative organizations should not be tolerated, Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, said Tuesday...
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The debate over a highway bill capped this week’s action in the nation’s capital as lawmakers approved a short-term bill before heading to recess....
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The debate over a highway bill capped this week’s action in the nation’s capital as lawmakers approved a short-term bill before heading to recess. Meanwhile, one of the issues to be discussed after Congress gets back from recess – a nuclear weapons agreement between the United States and Iran – was discussed this week by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. The following is the week that was in the nation’s capital: HIGHWAY, VA BILLS APPROVED The House and Senate went back and forth this week, attempting to ...
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On Thursday, U.S. Rep. French Hill gave his Golden Fleece award to the Federal Housing Finance Agency for approving approximately $4 million in raises each for the CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
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The Senate voted last week for a six-year extension of federal programs for highways, mass transit and infrastructure while acknowledging it needs to come up with more money to pay for the entire bill. Senators voted 65-34 for the highway bill, setting the stage for a debate in the fall with the House over infrastructure needs and how to pay for them. The six-year Senate bill would authorize $350 billion in spending, enough only to cover three years. Still, it was considered the most ambitious e...
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On Thursday, U.S. Rep. French Hill gave his Golden Fleece award to the Federal Housing Finance Agency for approving approximately $4 million in raises each for the CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Since being placed in voluntary conservatorship by the agency in 2008, Fannie Mae, the Federal National Mortgage Association, and Freddie Mac, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., have received almost $200 billion in government assistance. Click here to read more.
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The debate over a highway bill capped this week’s action in the nation’s capital as lawmakers approved a short-term bill before heading to recess...
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The Senate voted last week for a six-year extension of federal programs for highways, mass transit and infrastructure while acknowledging it needs to come up with more money to pay for the entire bill...
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U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Thursday that Secretary of State John Kerry “acted like Pontius Pilate” in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. In an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Cotton said Kerry apparently left it to the International Atomic Energy Agency to reach “side deals” with Iran to address issues regarding past military uses of its nuclear program and inspection of its Parchin military complex. Cotton has said he and U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., first learned ...
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U.S. Sen. John Boozman R-Ark., and U.S. Reps. French Hill, R-Little Rock, and Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, joined Thursday with 67 other members of Congress in calling on the Department of Defense to allow service members to carry firearms at military bases and reserve centers...
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