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Franks urges action on pro-life bill stalled in Senate for a year
More than a year after his Born Alive Protection Act passed the House, Rep. Trent Franks, R-Glendale, called on senators to act on the bill before the legislative calendar runs out.
Southern Arizona residents take border security gripes to Congress
Two southern Arizona residents told a House panel Tuesday that their communities have grown more dangerous due to what they see as a lack of security at the Arizona-Mexico border.
Senate panel gives preliminary OK to school choice for tribal students
A Senate committee Wednesday gave narrow approval to a measure that would make education savings accounts available to children attending Bureau of Indian Education schools.
School choice bill for American Indians set for U.S. Senate debate
A U.S. Senate bill that would allow American Indian students in federal schools to use a state school choice program is set for committee debate Sept. 7.
In blow to GOP unity, Trump refuses to back Ryan, McCain
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. John McCain, two of the party's most powerful members.
McCain rips Trump, but says he still supports him
U.S. Sen. John McCain condemned Donald Trump for his criticism of the parents of an American Muslim soldier who died in Iraq.
Gosar: Ban DREAMers in military; Grijalva: Bring deported vets back
Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar introduced a bill Monday to bar certain immigrants from serving in the military, a move he said is needed to keep the Obama administration from “enlisting DACA aliens through a backdoor amnesty program.”
Arizona would get $21 million to fight opioid abuse under White House plan
Police from around the country joined administration officials to call for immediate funding for opioid abuse treatment, as Congress haggled over the amount of funding that should be included to battle the epidemic.
Computers, not humans to scan carry-on bags in TSA test
Federal officials said Tuesday that they are expanding tests to speed up airport lines and improve security.
Senate takes up, then blocks, competing gun-control measures
The Senate had the opportunity to act on competing gun-control measures Monday, but proceeded instead to block action on any of the proposals in votes that fell mostly along party lines.
House narrowly rejects proposals to ban DACA recipients from military
Republicans vowed to continue pushing to keep undocumented immigrants out of the military, after the House this week narrowly defeated two proposals that would have done so.
‘Right to try’ advocates rally for access to experimental treatments
Rep. Matt Salmon’s bill would allow terminally ill patients to try treatments that have successfully gone through the first phase of a clinical investigation, but haven’t been approved by the FDA.
