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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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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... Read more »

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... Read more »

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… Read more »

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... Read more »

During a meeting Thursday of the House’s Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing, U.S. Rep French Hill, R-Little Rock, said he believed Kerry had been “dismissive” of questions about those agreements... Read more »

A bill that would take away federal grants for law enforcement in so-called “sanctuary cities” drew support from all four Arkansas members of the United States House... Read more »

Arkansans sent out messages of condolence Friday for the family of Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, a Marine with ties to Russellville who was killed in a shooting rampage Thursday at military facilities in Tennessee.... Read more »

A short-term funding bill that will authorize appropriations for federal-aid highway, highway safety and public transportation programs passed overwhelmingly in the U.S. House Wednesday... Read more »