ABC News reports, Jan. 6 committee chairman could seek interview with GOP leader Kevin McCarthy: Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, invited House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Wednesday to sit for an interview with investigators. “If he has information he wants to … Read more
Voters across the country have enacted Independent Redistricting Commissions as a good government reform to take partisan gerrymandering (in which politicians select their own voters to create “safe” districts) out of the redistricting process, hoping that a nonpartisan commission would produce competitive districts so that voting actually matters. It was a good concept, but it hasn’t … Read more
US Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, who seldom appears in local news sources, just reported his actions for 2021. In one year, Kelly: Helped to shape and negotiate the bipartisan infrastructure bill Led the Senate passage of investments to boost domestic microchip manufacturing Negotiated a deal to lower the cost of prescription drugs. Hear it … Read more
The Arizona voters approved a promise made by Prop. 106. The 2000 Prop. 106 promised fair and competitive districts to be drawn by members of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC). There are serious flaws in the construction of the Commission and the appointment process. That will have to be an article for another day. … Read more
Last week Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) was censured by his congressional colleagues for an anime fantasy “snuff video” in which he kills a fellow member of Congress and threatens the life of president Biden (this should earn him a visit from the Secret Service). In any workplace other than the U.S. Congress, this would result … Read more