The federal disaster relief bill was overwhelmingly approved by the Senate last month, but was blocked three times by individual House Republicans last week when the bill was scheduled for a vote in the House on the consent calendar — these Republicans objected to unanimous consent — during the congressional recess. On Monday, Congress returned from … Read more
Despite a video ad during the 2018 elections that showed his family (including siblings) endorsing his Democratic opponent (David Brill), Paul Gosar easily won re-election to serve in Arizona’s Congressional Fourth District. How has Representative Gosar repaid the trust of the close to 70 percent of the people who voted for him in November 2018? … Read more
The 2018 elections showed that the Democratic Party has a groundswell of very talented individuals who want to serve the public. In the increasingly purple Congressional District Six (a district that includes all or parts of Scottsdale, North Phoenix, Cave Creek, Fountain Hills, and Paradise Valley), Democrats will again have an embarrassment of riches to … Read more
I covered this from a macroeconomic impact in ‘Trump Taxes’ would be paid by American consumers on Mexican goods, but the Arizona Republic covers the microeconomic impact on Arizona. Arizona leaders predict ‘terribly damaging’ effects from Mexico tariffs “Trump taxes”: Arizona leaders in business and economics reacted to President Trump’s Mexico tariff plan with harsh … Read more
KGUN 9 did a nice job with a special report on the whole border situation: a little heavy on the kinetic energy cinematically, but the interviews with stakeholders are worth the price of admission (about 40 minutes of your time). What really grabbed my attention are the interviews with Arizona’s Senators (both women! Yay!), but … Read more