http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/05/15/upclose-with-david-schapira-found-some-success-at-blocking-legislation-with-%e2%80%98watchdog%e2%80%99-approach/ Your Inside Track to Arizona Politics Fri, 24 May 2013 00:49:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/05/15/upclose-with-david-schapira-found-some-success-at-blocking-legislation-with-%e2%80%98watchdog%e2%80%99-approach/comment-page-1/#comment-62053 UpClose with David Schapira: Found some success at blocking legislation with ‘watchdog’ approach   | One Stop News Stand Mon, 16 May 2011 02:52:25 +0000 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/05/15/upclose-with-david-schapira-found-some-success-at-blocking-legislation-with-%e2%80%98watchdog%e2%80%99-approach/#comment-62053 [...] The Senate minority announced an audacious goal this year — to put the spotlight on Republicans and their legislation. That task fell to a young father to articulate his party’s positions in a year when Republicans, who are control both chambers, don’t even need a single Democratic vote to pass emergency legislation. The immediate challenge for Senate Minority Leader David Schapira, a Tempe Democrat, and his caucus was to avoid being relegated to irrelevance. Arizona Capitol Times [...] [...] The Senate minority announced an audacious goal this year — to put the spotlight on Republicans and their legislation. That task fell to a young father to articulate his party’s positions in a year when Republicans, who are control both chambers, don’t even need a single Democratic vote to pass emergency legislation. The immediate challenge for Senate Minority Leader David Schapira, a Tempe Democrat, and his caucus was to avoid being relegated to irrelevance. Arizona Capitol Times [...]

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