#AZGOP Budget Has Flat Tax & Tax Breaks But Lacks Votes (video)
May 29, 2021
The House Appropriations Committee was debating the budget as I drove to the Capitol on Tuesday morning. The Republicans started the budget process by introducing the 11 bills that make up the coming fiscal year’s budget on Monday, May 24. Except for leaked documents and rumors, this was the first time the Democrats and the public were
Biden’s List and Peoples First Budget
May 28, 2021
While Republicans in Washington D.C. and across the country are doing their best to do what is worst for the American People, President Joe Biden and the Democrats are busy trying to enact programs that will help them and move the country in a forward direction. Yesterday, President Biden visited Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland,
By Blocking the Creation of the Bipartisan January 6, 2021 Commission, the Republican Party Betrayed the American People Again
May 28, 2021
The Republican Party betrayed the American People again today (May 28, 2021.) Enough of them were able to block the creation of the bipartisan commission that would have been charged with investigating the January 6, 2021, Domestic Terrorist Act on the Nations Capitol. That this commission was created after Republicans and Democrats in the House
Attorney Bob McWhirter to Join Crowded Field for AZ Attorney General
May 28, 2021
Attorney and Constitutional scholar Bob McWhirter is days away from announcing a run for Arizona Attorney General in 2022. A Democrat and Trump critic, he has spoken twice at Democrats of Greater Tucson. See Robert McWhirter: the Constitution and Donald Trump and Donald Trump vs. the Constitution. Democrat January Contreras, who ran for Attorney General
Charleston Gazzette-Mail Gives Joe Manchin Permission To Break The Senate Filibuster Rule
May 28, 2021
The Senate pushed action into Friday on a bill to create an independent commission to study the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by Donald Trump’s supporters. Senate hits snag on vote for Jan. 6 Capitol riot commission: Republicans still plan to block the measure using the filibuster, but snags on another, unrelated bill
Western Mega Drought Threatens Arizona Water Supplies
May 27, 2021
Back in April, scientists sounded the alarm bell: The American West May Be Entering a ‘Megadrought’ Worse Than Any in Historical Record: Drought has scorched western North America for the better part of two decades, withering crops, draining rivers and fueling fires. Scientists now warn that this trend could be just the beginning of an
#AZHouse Adjourns with No Budget. Et Tu, #AZSenate? (video)
May 27, 2021
UPDATE: On the afternoon of May 27, 2021, the Arizona Senate adjourned until June 10 because the Republicans don’t have the votes to pass their budget, which was created behind closed doors by a handful of their members. ORIGINAL POST from earlier that day: As I reported yesterday on Facebook, some Arizona Republicans are feeling
First GQP Filibuster Test Today: What Will Sens. Manchin and Sinema Do When They Learn There Are Not 10 Republican ‘Patriotic Senators’?
May 27, 2021
On Thursday, Senate Republicans are expected to filibuster the bill creating a bipartisan commission to investigate the MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, which left five dead and about 140 police officers injured, CNN reports. Dana Milbank writes today, McConnell focuses ‘100 percent’ on blocking Biden — and zero percent on America:
