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State Legislature Suspends Legislative Session after Passing Skinny Budget with $50 million more to help People during the Coronavirus Crisis
March 23, 2020
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Republicans and Democrats, after a weekend of suspense and last-minute deal-making by Speaker Russell Bowers and Democratic Leader Charlene Fernandez, banded together and on a 59 to 1 vote passed the Senate version of the Fiscal Year 2021 budget with an additional $50 million for people needing assistance to get through the Coronavirus Crisis. According … Read more
McConnell’s political gamesmanship fails; Pelosi offers a counter House stimulus plan
March 23, 2020
I’ll begin where I ended this morning: “”Moscow Mitch” McConnell’s singular focus on partisan Republican politics is the last thing this country, or the world, needs right now. We need to get this right.” Yet this is exactly what is happening. Republicans are not serious about an economic stimulus package. The sham stimulus package they … Read more
Republican “Stimulus” is Corporate Welfare
March 23, 2020
Before we buy into the BS narrative that the Democrats are playing party politics by stalling the Republican Senate “stimulus package,” I think we need to all be aware of what Republicans are trying to pull. The current Republican Senate Bill is asking for ginormous checks for large corporations without required stipulations that protect employees … Read more
Joe Biden attacks Donald Trump for his Reaction to the Coronavirus and offers His Ideas for Addressing the Crisis
March 23, 2020
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“Donald Trump is not to blame for the Coronavirus but he bears responsibility for the response.” Those words from former Vice President Joe Biden highlighted an approximately 15-minute presentation from the 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate where he criticized Mr. Trump’s handling of the crisis and offered ideas on actions the Executive Branch should take. Trumps … Read more
Senate GOP stimulus bill stalls on secret corporate ‘slush fund’ provision
March 23, 2020
“Moscow Mitch” McConnell’s Senate Republican stimulus bill, which no senator had time to read or absorb, or to debate failed on a 47-47 vote on Sunday, far short of the 60 votes needed for cloture. No Democrat voted for his bill, and five Republican senators are now in self-quarantine because of exposure to the coronavirus. … Read more
If Only Andrew Cuomo Were President
March 22, 2020
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I never was a huge Andrew Cuomo fan. I was pulling for Cynthia Nixon in the NY Democratic primary a few years ago. But I’ve been watching both Cuomo and Trump pretty much every weekday lately. Their respective daily appearances seem timed based on my elliptical workout schedule. The contrast couldn’t be starker. Think what … Read more
(UPDATED) It is Time for Arizona Speaker Russell Bowers to Step Up to the Plate on Passing more Anti Coronavirus Funding
March 22, 2020
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On Thursday, March 19, 2020, the Arizona State Senate passed on a 27 to 3 vote, a skinny fiscal year 2021 budget with an additional $50 million in funding towards helping people get through the Coronavirus Crisis. The State Legislature unanimously passed a $55 million Anti Coronavirus appropriations measure last week. State House Republicans, under … Read more
Arizona Schools to Remain Closed Until April 10, 2020
March 22, 2020
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In their second joint communication to Arizona Families, Governor Doug Ducey and Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman announced that Arizona’s public (traditional and charter) and private schools, because of the public health risk associated with the Coronavirus, will remain closed until April 10, 2020. Mr. Ducey and Ms. Hoffman both thanked the Education Community … Read more
