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WASHINGTON — With the nation no longer in a "vicious recession," President Barack Obama called for major tax changes for the benefit of middle class families struggling with stagnant wages as they try to put their children through college and save for retirement.
"At this moment — with a growing economy, shrinking deficits, bustling industry, and booming energy production – we have risen from recession freer to write our own future than any other nation on Earth. It's now up to us to choose who we want to be over the next 15 years, and for decades to come," Obama said.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said at the March for Life on Sunday that he supported anti-abortion initiatives, and he called for a reversal of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion.
The approximately 2,800 abortion opponents gathered at the steps of the state Capitol also heard words of support from U.S. Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton and U.S. Reps. Rick Crawford, French Hill and Bruce Westerman.
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-District 4, returned to Hot Springs Saturday to visit his new office located in the Hot Springs National Park headquarters building, 101 Reserve St.
Having grown up in Hot Springs and seeing things that have happened downtown with the Majestic Hotel fire and the emphasis to revitalize downtown, Westerman said he approached park Superintendent Josie Fernandez several months before the election to see if there was office space available on Bathhouse Row.
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman of the 4th District was selected for the House Natural Resources Committee's subcommittees on Public Lands and Environmental Regulations and on Oversight and Investigations. He was also appointed vice chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology's Subcommittee on Environment.
Westerman gave his first speech on the House floor Wednesday, speaking against government overreach.
WASHINGTON -- The House ignored veto threats by President Barack Obama on two fronts Wednesday, voting to undo major provisions of the administration's immigration policy and to roll back banking constraints enacted after the 2008 financial crisis.
Both measures face an uncertain path in the Senate, even with Republicans in control of the chamber, because the GOP is six votes shy of the 60-vote majority needed to advance most legislation in the chamber.
WASHINGTON — The House, deeply divided along partisan lines, voted Wednesday to block President Obama from implementing recent executive orders on immigration that would allow millions of undocumented foreigners to remain in the United States.
In a series of mostly party-line votes, House Republicans supported proposals they said are needed to rein in an executive branch set on ignoring the will of Congress as proscribed by the U.S. Constitution.
Arkansas's new delegation in the U.S. House voted in unison Wednesday on a funding bill intended to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from following President Obama's executive order on immigration.
4th District Representative Bruce Westerman took to the floor for his first time ever to address an amendment related to the funding bill. Westerman objected both to the President's policy and the fact it came through an executive order.