Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last Friday the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (HR 12, S 181) passed the Senate on a vote of 61-36, surpassing the obstructionist Republicans' attempt at a filibuster by invoking the cloture rule. Wage-equity bill sails through Senate All 16 female senators — including four Republicans — voted for the bill. Arizona's … Read more
by Karl Reiner The Congressional Budget Office estimates the federal budget deficit for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009 at $1.2 trillion. That amounts to $4,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States. The rapidly soaring deficit is one of the many unresolved issues the Obama administration has inherited from the … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In the 1990s, Arizona enacted a series of income tax cuts and other tax cuts during the Fife Symington administration. State tax revenues did not appreciably decline during this period due to our policy of rapid population growth in Arizona, not the myth that tax cuts lead to growth in tax revenues. … Read more
by David Safier You want to add revenue to the state coffers to be used to lessen education cuts? Get rid of the public and private school tax credits, education groups say. It makes sense. The total tax credits last year added up to $95 million. I don't have the figures handy, but I think … Read more
by David Safier From an AZ Dem Caucus Media Advisory this morning: House Democrats will announce their own budget options to address the state’s budget shortfall today at 10:30 a.m. during their weekly media briefing in House Conference Room 340. I haven't used it yet, but there's an internet video feed of the state legislature … Read more