Tag: Tom Cotton

Senate approves historic, bipartisan prison sentencing reform bill

Susan Ferrechio · December 19, 2018 1:38 am

$In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, photograph, an airman with the Royal Saudi Air Force walks away from a C-130 Hercules military cargo plane near Mukalla, Yemen, at an airport now serving as a military base for the United Arab Emirates. The port city of Mukalla, once held by al-Qaida, shows how fractious Yemen is and will remain even if the Saudi-led war in the country ends in an uneasy peace for the Arab world's poorest nation.$ News

Senate votes to stop US military aid to Saudis in Yemen

Susan Ferrechio · December 13, 2018 8:26 pm

From left, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speak before President Trump announced his support for the first major rewrite of the nation's criminal justice sentencing laws in a generation in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.

Congress suddenly set to pass criminal justice reform bill as soon as next week

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2018 6:38 pm

President Donald Trump listens during a roundtable discussion on the First Step Act, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Gulfport, Miss.

Trump conflicted over criminal justice reform amid warnings of Willie Horton-style political problem

David M. Drucker, Susan Ferrechio · December 7, 2018 6:34 pm

Advocates of a higher minimum wage have scaled back their push for a $15-an-hour rate, holding fewer events this year than they have since the movement began in 2014.

Ascendant House Democrats say they want a $15 minimum wage and won’t compromise

Sean Higgins · November 30, 2018 5:00 am

Vice President Mike Pence and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listen on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Kushner, Pence sell criminal justice reform to divided Senate GOP

Susan Ferrechio · November 27, 2018 9:12 pm

Senators stake out opposition to Trump’s defense cuts

Travis J. Tritten · November 27, 2018 5:18 pm

Cotton versus the Trumps

Fred Barnes · November 27, 2018 7:46 am

Why criminal justice reform is closer than ever — yet still so far away

Susan Ferrechio · November 27, 2018 5:00 am

Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is interviewed by reporters following final votes for the week.

Beltway Confidential

Authoritarian Sen. Tom Cotton wants more nonviolent criminals to needlessly rot in jail

Jack Hunter · November 19, 2018 9:53 pm

Mike Lee and Tom Cotton

GOP fight over criminal justice bill spills onto Twitter

Susan Ferrechio · November 19, 2018 9:31 pm

President Donald Trump points to his ear and says "Did I hear the word bipartisan?" as he announces his support for H. R. 5682, the "First Step Act" as bipartisan legislation during a speech in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, which would reform America's prison system.

Trump is right to embrace criminal justice reform

Washington Examiner · November 15, 2018 1:09 pm