The 5th Stimulus - $300 Billion In Infrastructure Is The Missing Link
Forbes
08/03/2020
As the battle over the fifth phase of Coronavirus legislation rages on Capitol Hill, I can’t help but wonder why an infrastructure stimulus has been swept off the table. Investing in critical public works and visionary projects is the one thing that Republicans, Democrats, and the White House… Read more »
The Fed’s Oil and Gas Bailout Is a Mistake
7/31/2020
Center for American Progress
Introduction and summary
The coronavirus pandemic and the necessary public health response have significantly decreased U.S. economic activity, placing a severe financial strain on businesses and households. More than 30 million people were receiving unemployment assistance at the end of June, and… Read more »
Record number of consumer financial protection complaints during pandemic
7/30/2020
ABC27
WASHINGTON, DC (NEXSTAR) — Americans have filed a record number of complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during the pandemic.
The thousands of reports include issues with deferred student loan and mortgage payments.
CFPB Director Kathleen Kraninger testified at a House… Read more »
State GOP not signing on to idea of vote 'delay'
7/31/2020
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump raised the possibility of postponing the nation's November election, questioning Thursday whether an accurate tally could take place given current conditions.
Trump floated the idea on Twitter, after news of a 9.5% drop last quarter in the nation's gross… Read more »
Congressional Letters, but No Actions, Oppose Israeli Annexation of Parts of West Bank
7/28/2020
Washington Report On Middle East Affairs
By Shirl McArthur
MUCH SOUND AND FURY, signifying nothing, is one way to characterize all the congressional harrumphing and hand-wringing over reports that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is proceeding with plans to annex as much… Read more »
Council approves parks improvements, public comments get heated
7/29/2020
The Saline Courier
The Bryant City Council approved four improvement projects for area parks with two members voting against one project and another absent during the meeting Tuesday night.
The council held a workshop earlier in the month to discuss the projects, which are to be paid for using some… Read more »
Vote Recommendations on Amendments to the Second Minibus for FY 2021, H.R. 7617
7/30/2020
Before It's News
On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to vote in the manner prescribed for each amendment below to the Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government,… Read more »
MIL-OSI USA: Hill: “Environmental, economic benefits for Arkansas in Water Resources bill”
7/30/2020
Foreign Affairs. Co. NZ
Washington, July 29, 2020 Today, the House of Representatives passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). This bill authorizes an estimated $8.6 billion in federal funds to help finance 34 new Army Corps of Engineers construction projects across the… Read more »
House OKs proxy voting during pandemic, ending centuries of tradition
7/29/2020
Gruntstuff
The Democratic-held House on Friday licensed proxy voting for the primary time in its historical past, because of the coronavirus pandemic — disregarding Republican claims that the change is unconstitutional and unwise.
The reform was adopted in a near-party-line 217-189 vote, with all… Read more »
Barr, House Democrats battle during House testimony
7/28/2020
Yahoo Finance
Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., discusses the two main points Attorney General William Barr addressed during his House testimony, including the rioters damaging federal property and working with urban area leaders to combat rising violence. Read more »
