Day: April 12, 2019

TODAY: Oral Argument This Afternoon On Case To Force Earlier Special Election For Senate Seat Effort To (Re-re-re)Fill Late-Sen. McCain’s Seat Before November 2020

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Attorneys will argue in U.S District Court this afternoon about whether the Arizona law permitting Governor Doug Ducey to control the late-Senator John McCain’s seat until November 2020. Arizona’s Poltics previously reported on the constitutional challenge to the vacancy law. At that point, Sen. Jon Kyl was serving at the Governor’s request. Kyl then resigned, permitting Ducey … Read more

NEW: Arizona @SenatorSinema Snubs (All of Her) Democratic Colleagues, Declining To Co-Sponsor Bill Expanding Child Tax Credit and EITC

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Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema this week became the only Democratic Senator to decline to co-sponsor legislation to expand the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit. The bill was introduced Wednesday by Senators Sherrod Brown (OH), Michael Bennet (CO) and Richard Durbin (IL). With much fanfare, they announced that they “lead 46 Democrats … Read more

Tucson Earth Day Festival 2019

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10 am -2 pm  |  Saturday, April 20, 2019 “Give that big blue marble a hug and discover all the ways to help make your world a healthier, greener place to live. Learn about recycling and composting, the joy of gardening and the fun of getting out and enjoying nature. Or learn how to bring … Read more

Trump tax plan: twice as many corporations pay no taxes

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While many taxpayers are scrambling to make last-minute payments due to the Internal Revenue Service on April 15 because of changes to tax withholding in the Trump tax bill enacted by a Republican Congress, “many of the country’s largest publicly-held corporations are doing better: They’ve reported they owe absolutely nothing on the billions of dollars … Read more

Treasury Secretary and IRS Commissioner are in legal jeopardy

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Yesterday I explained the legal jeopardy that Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Bond villain Steve Mnuchin, and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig are in for defying federal law, Code sec. 6103(f), by failing to respond to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal’s lawful request for Trump’s taxes. Treasury Defies Law to Deny House Request for Trump’s Tax Returns. But … Read more