Pentagon budget would hit Syria, Iran, Russia with tough sanctions
12/17/2019
Fox News
The $738 billion Pentagon budget passed by Senate lawmakers Tuesday includes tough new sanctions on Syria, Iran and Russia for their alleged war crimes committed during Syria’s nearly decadelong civil war.
The Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act of 2019, passed by the GOP-majority Senate… Read more »
Pro-impeachment rally takes place outside office of U.S. Rep. French Hill
12/17/2019
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,… Read more »
Little Rock activist groups demand President Trump be impeached and removed from office
12/17/2019
Fox16
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-On Tuesday, hundreds of people stood outside Congressman French Hill’s office on University Avenue demanding that President Trump be impeached and removed from office.
Several groups including Indivisible Little Rock of Central Arkansas, Grassroots Arkansas… Read more »
Digital Currency Revolution Series: The Potential Impact of Federal Reserve’s Monetary Policy on Cryptocurrencies in 2020
12/12/2019
EconoTimes
In current financial conditions across the globe, we are witnessing the lingering concerns over growing debt burden that could potentially lead to another financial crisis. To substantiate this stance, it is quite evident that increasing… Read more »
Hill, Blunt see bipartisan WWI valor medals bill pass in NDAA
12/16/2019
The Ripon Advance
A bipartisan, bicameral bill introduced by U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) and U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) passed out of a conference committee last week as part of a larger defense policy bill.
The World War I Valor Medals Review Act, H.R. 2249/S. 1218 was included in the Dec. 11 House and… Read more »
HBCUs receive permanent funding of $255 million
12/15/2019
TB&P
A bipartisan bill to make permanent $255 million in annual funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) cleared Congress last week. The measure includes $255 million in annual funding for HCBUs, simplifies the application for federal student aid, and eliminates annual paperwork required of… Read more »
Washington news in brief
12/15/2019
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Rx-drugs-bill vote upsets Democrats
WASHINGTON -- Democratic congressional candidates are criticizing their Republican opponents for opposing legislation designed to rein in prescription costs.
HR3, allowing the federal government to negotiate with drug companies for lower prices, passed 230-192 in the U.S. House… Read more »
Minority veterans of World War I to be considered for Medals of Honor
12/13/2019
Stars and Stripes
WASHINGTON — Minority World War I veterans whose actions during the war were overlooked because of their race or religion could have their service records reviewed to determine whether some of them deserve the Medal of Honor.
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, if it is… Read more »
The current landscape of central bank digital currencies
12/13/2019
Brookings
During Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to the House Financial Services Committee on October 23, 2019, he pointed to the threat posed by China’s incoming state-run digital currency as the reason U.S. regulators should be more accommodating toward Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency. Interestingly, Libra was the… Read more »
'Widow's tax' provision in bill OK'd by House
12/12/2019
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
WASHINGTON -- The National Defense Authorization Act, which passed in the House of Representatives 377-48 Wednesday, contains good news for thousands of military widows in Arkansas and across the country.
The bill gradually repeals a longstanding federal law that had prevented tens of thousands of… Read more »
