Cotton 9th in the poll
in 2024 hopeful
WASHINGTON – The 2024 presidential primaries are about three years away, but polls are already surveying voters to determine their favorite candidates.
There is an Arkansan on the list.
A Politico / Morning Consult poll last week showed former President Donald Trump far ahead of potential Republican candidates with 53%, ahead of former Vice President Mike Pence with 12%.
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (6%), Donald Trump Jr. (6%), American Senator Mitt Romney of Utah (4%), American Senator Ted Cruz of Texas (4%), Senator American Marco Rubio of Florida (2%) and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (2%) lagged behind.
US Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas came in ninth with 1%, along with US Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, US Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland .
The poll of 645 Republican voters and Republican trends was carried out from 14 to 15 February.
Cotton, who was re-elected in November, made a virtual appearance before the New Hampshire Republican Party last month, telling hundreds of activists that he supports the country’s first status in that state’s primaries.
Cotton told the crowd that he plans to return to the state “very, very soon”, according to WMUR, an affiliate of ABC in Manchester, NH
Hill defends for
Coptic Christians
US Representative French Hill, R-Ark., And US Representative David Cicilline, DR.I., presented a bipartisan resolution on Monday urging Egypt’s leaders “to enact serious and legitimate reforms in the public sector, in the athletics and society to guarantee the Coptic Christians have the same rights and opportunities as all other Egyptian citizens. “
The authorities in Cairo are also urged to “take additional measures to end the culture of impunity for attacks on Christians, to continue to carry out the arrest, prosecution and condemnation of individuals who commit attacks against Copts and other Christians in Egypt, and to maintain officials of the government officials who do not comply with the law. “
The measure has 12 additional co-sponsors, ranging from the US representative. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, right, up to the US representative, Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. to the left.
According to tradition, Saint Mark founded the Church of Alexandria almost 2,000 years ago.
Today, Christians are a minority in the predominantly Muslim nation.
“Despite the president [Abdel Fattah] El-Sisi measures in recent years to promote religious tolerance at the highest levels of the Egyptian government, Coptic Christians continue to face persecution and discrimination from their Egyptian counterparts across Egypt, “said the Little Rock lawmaker in a statement by written.
Coptic Christians should have “the same rights and opportunities as all other Egyptians,” he said.
Boozman supports
blind gear tax law
US Senator John Boozman, R-Ark., And US Senator Ben Cardin, D-Md., Introduced this month the Access Technology Accessibility Act of 2021, which would authorize tax credits for certain equipment buyers who benefit the blind. .
According to a summary of the bill, the legislation “would allow broader access to adapted computers, text-to-speech screen access software and electronic Braille screens used to access computers, tablets, smartphones and digital content”.
Boozman sponsored versions of the legislation in previous sessions of Congress.
“As an optometrist, I understand how access technology is vital to enabling blind Americans to get involved in their communities,” said Rogers’ lawmaker. “This bill is critical to providing low-cost resources to help visually impaired individuals secure employment and realize their full potential.”
The measure is supported by the National Federation of the Blind.
Nena Chadwick, president of the National Federation of the Blind in Arkansas, said her organization “very much appreciates” Boozman’s leadership on this issue.
“As he is working together with the blind community, the blind and low vision will have greater opportunities for success in the education, employment and life that we want with the approval of the Accessibility Technology Act,” she said in a statement by written .
The credit would be available to a contributor “for access technology qualified for use by a qualified blind individual who is the contributor, the contributor’s spouse or any dependent”.
This would apply to equipment not covered by insurance.
The aggregate amount of the credit “must not exceed $ 2,000 in any three consecutive taxable period.”
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