Impeachment day somber for state's 4 congressmen
12/19/2019
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
WASHINGTON -- While his colleagues debated the merits of impeaching President Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Steve Womack sat in the Speaker's Lobby in the Capitol on Wednesday morning, quietly pondering the significance of the moment.
Scores of speeches, including his own, were yet to be delivered. A… Read more »
Arkansas Congressman French Hill calls on Trump to apologize for attacking John Dingell
12/19/2019
ABC7
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Congressman French Hill on Thursday called on President Donald Trump to apologize for suggesting that deceased Michigan Congressman John Dingell is in hell.
Trump was speaking at a rally Wednesday in Michigan when he brought up Dingell, who died in… Read more »
Rep. French Hill asks Trump to apologize for comment about late lawmaker
12/19/2019
THV11
(KFSM) — Arkansas Congressman French Hill is calling on President Trump to apologize for his comments suggesting late lawmaker John Dingell might be in hell.
Trump spoke at a rally in Michigan on Wednesday night, Dec. 18 as the House voted to impeach him.
He emerged from a mock… Read more »
Rep. Hill Cheers House Passage of USMCA
12/19/2019
FOX16
WASHINGTON, D.C. (News Release) — Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after voting in support of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), replacing the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA):
“Today’s passage of USMCA means more than 100,000 Arkansas farmers,… Read more »
U.S. Rep. French Hill, others criticize Trump's quip about late lawmaker
12/19/2019
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that President Donald Trump's swipe at the late Rep. John Dingell during a raucous impeachment-day rally in Michigan was cruel.
She added: "Let us pray. Let us pray for the president."
"What the president… Read more »
Congress passes $1.4 trillion appropriations package, House moves USMCA to Senate
12/19/2019
TB&P
A day after the historic impeachment vote of President Donald Trump, Congress made progress Thursday (Dec. 19) on spending programs and a trade deal that will impact Arkansas.
An agreed-upon $1.4 trillion appropriations package passed the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate… Read more »
Arkansas politicians respond to President Trump’s impeachment
12/19/2019
WWLP
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA) — The U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump in a historic vote on Wednesday.
Arkansas’ four Republican congressmen voted ‘no’ on impeachment along party lines.
U.S. Representative Steve Womack (R-Rogers) took to Twitter on Wednesday to… Read more »
Protests around state push Trump impeachment
12/18/2019
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Activists lined University Avenue outside the Little Rock offices of Republican U.S. Rep. French Hill on Tuesday evening, urging him to change his mind and support the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
The protesters, which were estimated to be between 200-300, held pro-impeachment signs --… Read more »
US Senate approves new sanctions on Syria, Iran, Russia over war crimes
12/18/2019
Memo Middle East Monitor
The US Senate yesterday approved a Pentagon budget worth $738 billion, which includes the authorisation of harsh new sanctions on Syria, Iran and Russia due to war crimes the three countries committed in the Syrian conflict.
The bipartisan vote, which won 86-6 in the… Read more »
House majority approves President Trump impeachment: locals react
12/18/2019
Fox16
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Heat on the Hill Wednesday as the House voted to impeach President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of congress.
“This effort is rooted only in the governing party’s hatred of a man elected President of the United States,” Rep. Steve Womack said.
For… Read more »
