Republican leadership at the Arizona State Legislature adjourned legislative proceedings until this morning (June 15, 2024) without passing any of the 16 budget bills necessary to operate the state government for the next fiscal year. According to reporting from AZ Central, former Speaker Rusty Bowers, who was at the Capitol to work on water legislative … Read more
Rewind to the fall and winter of 1995 and early 1996. Republicans in Congress, led by Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, thought they had the upper hand in budget negotiations with President Bill Clinton. After all, the Republicans recaptured the House after 40 years of leadership exile from that chamber, and … Read more
$35 dollar cap on Insulin drug prices taken away. The Affordable Care Act cut back or repealed. Social Security and Medicare reforms that hurt every day Senior Citizens. Measures to combat extreme heat and reduce pollution that hurt Seniors stripped away. Civil Liberties like reproductive freedom gone. Fascism at our doorsteps with a return of … Read more
Arizona House Congressional District (CD) One is one of the most watched Congressional races in the country. A district where, in 2022, incumbent David Schweikert prevailed in a non-Presidential election year by about a point, has Democrats gleeful that this seat can be a pickup on the road to recapturing a House majority in this … Read more
Democratic House Congressional Candidates Yassamin Ansari (CD Three) and Marlene Galan-Woods (CD One) have released new campaign ads highlighting reasons why voters should select them in the upcoming primary elections. In the well produced Ansari ad, the former Phoenix Councilwoman and Vice Mayor, walking in a black and white screen with the words “Democracy under … Read more