"congressman (tom) cotton is the only arkansan in congress -- democrat or republican -- to vote against disaster relief five times."
"congressman (tom) cotton is the only arkansan in congress -- democrat or republican -- to vote against disaster relief five times."
senate majority pac
sep 17, 2014 ... cotton, now a 37-year-old first-term congressman challenging arkansas' incumbent senior senator, mark pryor, has largely been defined by his résumé: the .... he was the only arkansas republican to vote twice against the farm bill and five times against disaster-aid funding—two initiatives that national ...
jul 9, 2014 ... we rated that claim half true, noting that cotton had indeed voted against disaster relief spending five times, but that he ... ... last week, we looked at a senate majority pac ad that claimed that cotton "is the only arkansan in congress -- democrat or republican -- to vote against disaster relief five times.".
jul 24, 2014 ... he's running in an off-year election with an electorate likely favoring republicans, in a state trending dead red. president obama's approval ratings in arkansas are in the low 30s. pryor is the last democrat in the state's congressional delegation; former democratic sen. blanche lincoln was trounced in ...
oct 13, 2014 ... a second debate on oct. 14 features only cotton and pryor. ... tom cotton and mark pryor are scheduled to debate oct. 14, 2014, at the university of arkansas. this week .... pryor said, "cotton is the only arkansan in congress -- democrat or republican -- to vote against disaster relief five times" (half true).
aug 27, 2013 ... when a basic federal aid package came up for a vote in the wake of hurricane sandy, cotton was the only member of arkansas' congressional ... later, after additional debate and deliberation over a final sandy relief bill — during which oklahoma republican tom cole told his colleagues, “there's clearly a ...