(The Center Square) - Arkansas' four U.S. representatives backed a bill defeated in the House on Friday that would have kept the federal government open until Oct. 31 while the
Rick Crawford, French Hill, Bruce Westerman, and Steve Womack were among the 198 Republicans voting yes. Democrats and 21 Republicans defeated the bill.
The bill included funding for the Department of Homeland Security to continue the construction of a wall on the south border to curb immigration. Customs and Border Patrol would be required to have 22,000 full-time agents by September 2025. More from this section Texarkana animal activists advocate for dangerous dog laws Miller County Health Unit is offering new COVID vaccine boosters in Texarkana House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies, D-New York, said Friday afternoon Democrats were united in their decision to pass a continuing resolution through the U.S. Senate that"is free of any partisan poison pill ideological amendments.
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