Negotiations over farm bill programs like SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), sometimes called food stamps, are especially important for Arkansas, the state with the highest rate of food insecurity in the nation.
farm bill
Posted inArkansas Blog
There he goes again: Tom Cotton dishonest about food stamps
The U.S. Senate approved a farm bill yesterday that didn’t go far enough in punishing poor people for the likes of Sen. Tom Cotton, one of 12 Republicans who voted no. Then he chose to, well, lie about it in defending his vote against the interest of farmers, the largest sector of the Arkansas economy.
Posted inArkansas Blog
More suffering for children, from the U.S. Congress
Tomorrow, the U.S. House will vote on a Farm Bill that, like Arkansas Works, stiffens work requirements for recipients.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Tom Cotton likes puppies, but voted against funding for farm aid, disaster relief, and Children’s Hospital
The premise of the latest Tom Cotton advertisement is that ha ha, those mean Democrats will probably say he hates puppies, but that he actually totally likes puppies! We stipulate. But that’s cold comfort to the people whose interests he harmed by voting against farm aid, funding for Children’s Hospital, and disaster relief.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Tom Cotton ‘honored’ for one of biggest political whoppers of the year
The dishonest ad Tom Cotton ran to cover his vote against the farm bill has been judged one of the nine biggest political whoppers of the year by Politifact, the nonpartisan fact-checking outfit.
Posted inArkansas Blog
The not-so-principled stand of Tom Cotton on the minimum wage
Finger-in-the-wind political maneuvering doesn’t get much more stark than Republican Senate candidate Tom Cotton announcing earlier this month that he would support the ballot initiative to raise the state minimum wage. Cotton’s endorsement of the minimum wage hike was presumably meant to neutralize the minimum wage issue in this campaign, which Sen. Mark Pryor might have used as a political cudgel. But Cotton’s brand — and his defense on controversial votes — is that he always takes the principled stand, even if it’s difficult or unpopular.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Fact-checkers unaninmous: Tom Cotton is a liar
Tom Cotton has hit the fact-checking trifecta: All three major fact-checking operations says his ad blaming his vote against the farm bill on President Obama is dishonest.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Shameless Tom Cotton: ‘Pants on fire’ label for farm bill ad
We plowed this ground thoroughly yesterday, but add Politifact to the near-universal condemnation of Tom Cotton’s latest ad, blaming his vote against farm bill on President Obama.
Posted inArkansas Blog
Cotton makes ad buy to cover his vote against farm bill
How does Tom Cotton counter criticism of his lone Arkansas vote against the farm bill? Easy. Use President Obama and people on welfare as red herrings.
Posted inArkansas Blog
The Kochs, Tom Cotton and their dislike of helping farmers
The Koch political lobby is trying mightily to pretend it supports American farmers and that Tom Cotton’s vote against the farm bill isn’t a measure of farm support. A new report from a Democratic organization blows that dishonest messaging out of the water.