Arizona’s Jeff Flake built his entire political career around getting rid of “earmarks.” Earmarks – funding for specific projects usually inserted into broad spending bills – were eliminated in 2011 by Republicans who had just recaptured the House riding a wave of Tea Party support. It was a stupid idea that made negotiations over major … Read more
Among Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s many compelling words are these, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” The John Roberts Supreme Court, and then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney, have pointedly asserted that “corporations are people, my friend.” If so, corporations cannot be allowed to … Read more
New legislation would put an end to an income tax windfall for millionaires and their descendants. [Cross-posted from Inequality.org] America’s income tax system is based the principle that income derived from both work and wealth is subject to tax. Just as workers pay tax on their wages, wealthy individuals should pay tax on their investment … Read more
President Joe Biden held his first Press Conference today and defended his Administrations’s policy focus and positions on issues like his Reelection, COVID Vaccinations and Relief, Immigration, the Filibuster, working with Republicans, Voting Rights, Afghanistan, North Korea, China, and Infrastructure. During the question and answer session, the President: Declared that he believes he would run … Read more
Racquel Teran, the chairperson of the Arizona Democratic Party hosted an event with all of the Grand Canyon State’s Congressional House Democrats to celebrate the passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Chairperson Teran (also a State Representative from Legislative District 30) started the event by asking attendees for a moment of silence to … Read more