RPA Recap | Governor Sanders First State of the State Address, Fiscal Session Convenes

RPA Weekly Recap | April 15, 2024

Governor Sanders Delivers Her First State of the State Address

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday touted her major accomplishments during her first 15 months as governor and called on state lawmakers to enact her proposed general revenue budget.

"Compared to last year's inaugural address, today is a bit more low-key. But what today lacks in fanfare, we make up for it in substance. Last year, I made promises. This year, I'm reporting results." Governor Sanders said in her first State of the State address on the opening day of the state's eighth fiscal session.

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Attorney General Tim Griffin Shares His Thoughts on the Legislative Session

Roby Brock | Capitol View

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State Senator Ben Gilmore on the Fiscal Session: “Our goal is to find savings, cut spending, so at the end of the day we can reduce the overall tax burden on Arkansans.”

Samantha Boyd | KARK

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U.S. House Passes Rep. Bruce Westerman-Led Recreation Bill, Needs Senate Approval

Alex Thomas | Democrat Gazette

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Senator John Boozman Column: More Farm in the Farm Bill

Senator John Boozman | Southwest Arkansas Today

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Rep. Steve Womack Embraces New Appropriations Role Overseeing Transportation, Housing Funds

Alex Thomas | Democrat Gazette

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Pot, Meet Kettle: Democrats Roasted Over Legal Fee Hypocrisy

Democrats have a serious problem with projection. A new report outlining how Biden campaign donations are funding his legal fees is only the latest example of their rank hypocrisy.

What you need to know:

According to Axios, the Democrat National Committee — which raises money in conjunction with the Biden campaign — has “paid more than $1.5 million to lawyers or firms representing Biden” in his classified documents scandal.
More than $1 million of the cash went to the LLC of Bob Bauer — whose wife, Anita Dunn, is a top taxpayer-funded staffer in the Biden White House.
Spending money on legal fees has become a frequent line of attack from both the DNC and the Biden campaign:
“We are not spending money on legal bills,” said Biden Finance Chair Rufus Gifford (4/6/24).
“Only a con man and grifter … would be so brazen as to take campaign donors’ money to pay his mounting legal bills,” said DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd (3/21/24).
“They are paying Donald Trump’s legal bills … you are knocking it out of the park,” said DNC Chair Jaime Harrison (3/12/24).
“I’m not going to … pay the exorbitant legal fees for our nominee,” said DNC Chair Jaime Harrison (2/20/24).
If Democrats didn’t have hypocrisy, they’d have nothing at all.

The bottom line:

The DNC covered Biden’s legal fees during the special counsel's probe into his handling of classified documents last year. Rules for thee but not for me should be the official motto of the Democrat Party.

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