For the third year in a row, Arizona House Democrats forced a debate and a vote on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). On April 16, I made an “emergency motion” to skip over First, Second and Third Readings of HCR2030 and bring the ERA up for an immediate vote. Predictably, the Republicans offered as substitute … Read more
In advance of “Attorney General William Barr’s redacted version of the Mueller Report” (the only accurate way for the media to refer to it after they earlier mislead the public by falsely referring to Barr’s four-page summary letter as the Mueller Report) being released on Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton said during a hearing … Read more
The purposefully misleadingly-named GOP House Freedom Caucus — they are crypto-fascists who do not believe in freedom or democracy — have been sabotaging Congress since they were elected as part of the Tea Party rebellion in 2010. Former leader of the GOP House Freedom Caucus Mick Mulvaney is now President Trump’s “acting” White House Chief … Read more
Congratulations to Senator Bernie Sanders for breaking out of the Echo Chamber and having a town hall on Fox News. While Fox News has deplorable individuals among its commentator ranks like Jeanine Pirro, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, and Tucker Carlson, it is important that Democrats and Progressives continue to reach out to most news outlets … Read more
When Congress enacted the War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) (50 U.S.C. 1541–1548), a federal law intended to check the president’s power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress, it naively assumed that a vote … Read more