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'Senate'

House won't budge on suspending rules; votes on FOIA attack bill will have to wait

The governor's attack on the Freedom of Information Act bogs down in the House while senators bumble ahead in an uncertain direction.
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Republicans defeat effort in Senate to protect abortion rights

An effort to protect abortion failed, as expected. Will the roll call be useful against the opponents of abortion rights? That is THE question.
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Senate kills anti-streaming rule. Let freedom ring!

Let freedom ring. Phones still allowed in Senate gallery.

Some congressional debate viewing

Catch up on a good 3rd District candidate and watch the alternative to Terrible Tom Cotton.
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Income tax cuts and medical procedures proposed for special session agenda

The Senate refused an attempt to delay an income tax cut but still may consider a meassure targeting elective medical procedures. Sounds like abortion is the target.

Senators propose new ethics rules but won't call for resignation of colleague

Hendren said he felt confident that members would "step up and do the right thing" despite the difficulty of confronting a fellow member.
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Republicans fall short on Obamacare repeal vote, but Cotton and Boozman were on board

The U.S. Senate has failed at two more tries at doing something about Obamacare. Sens. Tom Cotton and John Boozman both joined a Republican minority in votes to kill it in two years.

Jared Kushner: Nothing to see here. But it helps obscure health legislation.

Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, has prepared a statement detailing four meetings with Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign and transition and he asserts nothing improper occurred. I'd rather talk about health care.
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Test vote to kill Planned Parenthood fails

The Senate failed to muster a vote sufficient to strip funding from Planned Parenthood in a procedural vote today.

New poll gives Tom Cotton 8.5-point lead over Mark Pryor in race for U.S. Senate

A new Talk Business/Hendrix College poll shows Republican Tom Cotton with a 49-40.5 lead over Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor.
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Rasmussen has tight races for Senate and governor

Rasmussen finds small margins (statistically a dead heat) in both the races for U.S. Senate and governor in Arkansas.

Pryor, Cotton debate today on AETN; Mark Martin missing the week's debate action

U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor and Rep. Tom Cotton, plus two third-party candidates will debate on AETN today. It's one of a series of AETN debate that will give voters a look at candidates for all the top offices on the November ballot except one — Secretary of State Mark Martin is nowhere to be found.
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