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9. Really? They're running a young one here, who was elected as a

Reply to 1-Old-Man (Original post)

Thu Aug 1, 2013, 03:38 PM

Aug 2013

freshman Congressman last November, against Sen. Mark Pryor. His name is Tom Cotton and all he's done in the last 7 months is appear on TV News shows and write editorials against the immigration bill in the WSJ.

http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/07/11/tom-cotton-his-way-on-immigration-reform-or-no-way

"On immigration, as with farmers, food stamps, Medicare, taxes, guns, or whatever, Cotton declares it's his way or nothing passes. If you want to see the best example of the dysfunctionality of Congress, Tom Cotton has moved to the head of the class."

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