updated Thu. July 7, 2022
-
Arkansas Online
February 26, 2018
Tom Cotton's (R-Ark.) addition to the tax bill repealed the worst part of Obamacare, the individual mandate. The old law is effectively gutted. The United States is out of the one-sided Paris accord. The EPA is refining its rulemaking process in ways that rule-of-law conservatives hope will conform the agency'sÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
February 15, 2018
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., chided Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Thursday for accusing Stephen Miller, a White House senior policy adviser, of hindering efforts to reach a compromise on an immigration deal, and said it's beneath a senator to attack a White House aide. “Embarrassing for a senator toÃÂ ...
CNBC
February 13, 2018
Tom Cotton, R-Ark., calls President Trump's immigration proposal the "best and final offer" to Democrats. Democrats have opposed Trump's proposed cuts ... Tom Cotton of Arkansas spoke as the Senate was scheduled to start an open debate on how to proceed. Bipartisan senators will continue contentiousÃÂ ...
New York Magazine
February 3, 2018
Ever since Jeff Sessions decamped for the Justice Department, Tom Cotton has been Breitbart's favorite senator. On immigration, the Arkansas native is a hard-liner's hard-liner: The man isn't just passionate about deporting “illegals” (his preferred term for all undocumented immigrants, from MS-13ÃÂ ...
Roll Call
January 31, 2018
Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton's office is under the First Amendment microscope again for its practice of sending cease-and-desist letters to constituents who call in and use coarse language. Arkansan Don Ernst said he was threatened with a cease-and-desist letter after he called Cotton's office 17ÃÂ ...
Salon
January 30, 2018
Tom Cotton, R.-Ark., has threatened to send a constituent a cease-and-desist letter for using an expletive. On the politics podcast The Sexy Pundits, guest Don Ernst, of Little Rock, Arkansas, shared the following story. Ernst claims that he called Sen. Cotton's Washington office, asking for Cotton's responseÃÂ ...
TPM
January 29, 2018
After Sen. Tom Cotton's (R-AR) office confirmed this month that it occasionally sends constituents cease and desist letters, one Arkansas resident shared his attempts to learn the Senator's position on two issues close to his family, which he said ended in Cotton's staff sending the him a cease and desistÃÂ ...
Politico
January 19, 2018
Tom Cotton is involved, according to several congressional sources. Schumer also told the president that he was not being ... a focus of particular Senate Democrats' ire. There seems to be something about the Arkansas Republican that especially angers them, and they're not shy about letting Trump know.
Arkansas Online
January 19, 2018
Tom Cotton on Capitol Hill. The demonstrators want participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program -- or DACA -- to be allowed to remain permanently in the United States. In the afternoon, Cotton met with the Arkansas protesters. Activists said the meeting lasted about 25 minutes and thatÃÂ ...
Splinter (blog)
January 19, 2018
I received a letter from the office of U.S. Senator Tom Cotton from Arkansas after calling and expressing my grave concerns over his actions and support of this administration's agenda concerning a wide variety of subjects from the attack on our healthcare, DACA and immigration issues, to national security,ÃÂ ...
Arkansas Times (blog)
January 19, 2018
I received a letter from the office of U.S. Senator Tom Cotton from Arkansas after calling and expressing my grave concerns over his actions and support ... Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Thursday that cease and desist letters sent to an unspecified number of individuals in October were sent because staffers wereÃÂ ...
The Atlantic
January 18, 2018
President Trump and his Senate allies are now presenting their goal for immigration reform as increasing the number of high-skilled immigrants allowed into the United States. But the immigration legislation from Senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia that Trump has endorsedÃÂ ...
Arkansas Times (blog)
January 17, 2018
Tom Cotton blistered for lying for Trump; the silent GOP politicians also made statements yesterday ... Tom Cotton for deciding to refresh his memory so that he could lie about Donald Trump's racist immigration remarks. ... Voters of Georgia and Arkansas deserve better than these two dissemblers. PungentÃÂ ...
The New Yorker
January 17, 2018
On Monday, the Washington Post shed some light on how Senators Tom Cotton, of Arkansas, and David Perdue, of Georgia, felt able to assert that President Donald Trump had not referred to Africa as a collection of “shithole” countries—a comment that the White House itself did not, at first, bother to protest—and thus thatÃÂ ...
Esquire.com
January 17, 2018
Here in the shebeen, we've been keeping a weather eye on the career of Senator Tom Cotton, the bobble-throated slapdick from Arkansas. He first came to our attention in 2014, when he was running for the Senate. He spent the entire campaign ducking, and dodging, and hiding from the fact that, while heÃÂ ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
January 15, 2018
David Perdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who also attended the meeting, initially said in a statement Friday that they “do not recall the president saying these comments specifically.“On Sunday, they backtracked and challenged other senators' descriptions of the remarks. Perdue described asÃÂ ...
Arkansas Online
January 15, 2018
Perdue and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., had issued a joint statement Friday saying they "do not recall the President saying those comments specifically." Cotton said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation" that he "didn't hear" the vulgar word used. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who also attendedÃÂ ...
CBS News
January 15, 2018
Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, has attended multiple meetings with the president on immigration throughout the past year. He has proposed his own plan that eliminates the visa lottery system and cuts legal immigration by 50 percent over a decade. Cotton was in the meeting at the White HouseÃÂ ...
CBS News
January 15, 2018
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton is denying reports that President Trump used inappropriate language when discussing immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African nations. He told CBS News' "Face the Nation" that what has been reported has "misrepresented" the content and tone of what Mr. Trump said.
Arkansas Online
January 14, 2018
"It's an exciting, historic day for Arkansas and Little Rock," Hill said in a news release. ... Tom Cotton, R-Ark., appeared on ABC's This Week and fielded questions from George Stephanopoulos about President Donald Trump's mental stability, immigration, a border wall, North Korea and the possibility of aÃÂ ...
Business Insider
January 13, 2018
Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Purdue of Georgia said they did not recall Trump's remarks. "President Trump brought everyone to the table this week and listened to both sides. But regrettably, it seems that not everyone is committed to negotiating in good faith," the statement said. "In regards to SenatorÃÂ ...
Arkansas Times (blog)
January 13, 2018
Tom Cotton. If Trump never said what he is reported to have said, it strains credulity to think that the multiple GOP lawmakers who were at the meeting trying to work ... According to Department of Homeland Security data, there are an estimated 5,000 DACA recipients (often called "Dreamers") in Arkansas.
Washington Examiner
January 12, 2018
House and Senate negotiators left a Thursday White House meeting no closer to an agreement on immigration, despite claims by Sen. Jeff Flake that an agreement was imminent. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., rejected the offer by Flake, Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and three others.
U.S. News & World Report
December 9, 2017
Tom Cotton's potential exit from the Senate could upend an Arkansas election that appeared to be a relatively ho-hum, predictable affair and would test both ... LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — After a string of elections that underscored just how much Arkansas has shifted from a Democratic stronghold to solidlyÃÂ ...
KY3
December 7, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Tom Cotton is suggesting that China is more of a problem than a partner for the United States when it comes to North Korea. The Arkansas Republican - a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee - says in an Associated Press Newsmaker interview that China has beenÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
December 6, 2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to blame for a doping scheme that resulted in his nation's exclusion from the 2018 Winter Olympics, according to a prominent GOP senator. “Of course, cheating on this scale could only occur in Russia with Vladimir Putin's approval and the support of his intelligenceÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
December 5, 2017
“The Arab world has changed over time ... and it is now in a situation where the greatest threat to stability and security in the Middle East is Iran,” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told the Washington Examiner. “And therefore you have a strong alignment of interests between Arab nations and Israel. While theyÃÂ ...
KASU
December 4, 2017
There was rampant speculation late last week that Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) may be tabbed to join the Trump Administration as the new director of the ... John Burris and Democrat Jessica DeLoach Sabin and discusses how Cotton's new job could impact Arkansas' political landscape if he takes the job.
POLITICO Magazine
December 3, 2017
With rumors swirling that Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton will soon head for the CIA, another Senate race may be added to the 2018 list. The safe money is for an open seat in Arkansas to stay in Republican hands. But who thought Alabama would host a competitive Senate race? If Democrats can find a credibleÃÂ ...
KATV
December 3, 2017
Speculation just a few months ago that U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., might become the next Central Intelligence Agency director is becoming a more real scenario based on numerous reports that President Donald Trump will dismiss Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Multiple news outlets are reporting that Tillerson wouldÃÂ ...
Arkansas Online
December 31, 1999
Poor Charles Grassley seemed dumbfounded by all the mutual acrimony, to which both of Arkansas' senators contributed. This state's Tom Cotton climbed into the chorus of discontent by attacking those Democrats who had attacked this more than fair compromise: "There's broad agreement about how toÃÂ ...
Arkansas Times (blog)
December 31, 1999
Tom Cotton will join the Senate Budget Committee, his office announced today. In a release from his office, Cotton is quoted touting the responsible path of managing the federal budget and funding the military. "The Senate Budget Committee handles some of the most pressing issues our nation faces, suchÃÂ ...
Arkansas Online
December 31, 1999
Tom Cotton, R-Ark., answers questions during an interview at the Associated Press bureau in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. ... A second Republican senator from Arkansas has been named to the Senate Budget Committee, his office said in a news release. U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton said in a TuesdayÃÂ ...
TPM
December 7, 2017
As accusations of sexual misconduct put pressure on several prominent officials to leave office or politics, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) argued on Thursday morning that voters should decide whether those facing the allegations are fit to serve in public office. “We shouldn't have trial by newspaper,” he told the ...
KY3
December 7, 2017
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton suggests China a hindrance on North Korea. Posted: Thu 9:29 AM, Dec 07, 2017. WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Tom Cotton is suggesting that China is more of a problem than a partner for the United States when it comes to North Korea. The Arkansas Republican - a member of the Senate Armed ...
Washington Examiner
December 6, 2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to blame for a doping scheme that resulted in his nation's exclusion from the 2018 Winter Olympics, according to a prominent GOP senator. “Of course, cheating on this scale could only occur in Russia with Vladimir Putin's approval and the support of his intelligence ...
Arkansas Online
November 30, 2017
White House considers plan to replace secretary of state; reports state Arkansas' Cotton in line for CIA job ... Tom Cotton of Arkansas ... Tom Cotton the next director of the CIA, The New York Times and the Washington Post reported Thursday, a move that's part of a plan that would replace Secretary of State ...
Slate Magazine
November 30, 2017
Do Not Let Tom Cotton Anywhere Near the CIA. The senator is an extreme ideologue with the exact wrong temperament for the job. By Fred Kaplan. 171130_WS_tomCotton Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton makes an announcement at the White House on Aug. 2 in Washington. ... Tom Cotton of Arkansas.
Daily Signal
November 23, 2017
Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says Democrats have forced the Senate into 47 ... The freshman Arkansas senator leveled the charge in remarks to the ...
Arkansas Online
November 16, 2017
Tom Cotton, R-Ark., that would dramatically decrease the number of legal .... who has a University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, degree, roamed the ...
Arkansas Times (blog)
November 15, 2017
Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, about the Alabama election, and his office didn't return any requests for comment. ... Perhaps one of the handful of well-behaved Arkansas media people who are favored with periodic comments by Tough Talking Tom — normally avidly in search of national TV cameras — might ...
Arkansas Times (blog)
November 14, 2017
Acceding to the wishes of, among others, Sen. Tom Cotton and Donald Trump, Republican leader Sen. Mitch McConnell said the Senate tax ...
TIME
November 14, 2017
Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Mike Crapo of Idaho, Deb Fischer of Nebraska and John Kennedy of Louisiana have not yet commented, according to ...
Arkansas Times (blog)
November 14, 2017
Chairman of the Democratic Party of Arkansas Michael John Gray today put out another statement calling on Senator Tom Cotton to condemn ...
Arkansas Times (blog)
November 6, 2017
It depicts the ambitious junior senator from Arkansas as successfully navigating a divide in the Republican Party. It also depicts him as a stout ...
TIME
November 2, 2017
Tom Cotton, R-Ark., leaves a briefing with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in the Capitol Visitor ... That's the word from Arkansas Sen.
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
But the most troubling consequence of Tillerson's departure would be to replace Pompeo with Senator Tom Cotton as CIA director. ... Tom Cotton (R-AR). Zach Gibson - Pool/Getty. His support for Trump has indeed been unfaltering: he consistently endorses the president's incoherent foreign policy, and ...
POLITICO Magazine
December 31, 1999
With rumors swirling that Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton will soon head for the CIA, another Senate race may be added to the 2018 list. The safe money is for an open seat in Arkansas to stay in Republican hands. But who thought Alabama would host a competitive Senate race? If Democrats can find a credible ...
CBS News
December 31, 1999
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, said on CBS News' "Face the Nation" Sunday that every American will see a tax cut under the Senate ...
Arkansas Online
October 4, 2017
Tom Cotton, R-Ark., leaves a meeting of Republican senators Tuesday, ... WASHINGTON -- Arkansas' junior U.S. senator on Tuesday offeredÃÂ ...
|
news and opinion
|
