Sen. John McCain has squared off in a sometimes testy debate with a former Arizona congressman hoping to take his job. J.D. Hayworth portrayed McCain Saturday night as a flip-flopper on illegal immigration, while McCain painted his rival as a faux conservative who is lax with tax dollars.

Congress delivered to the President on July 15 a 2,000-page sweeping rewrite of rules governing the financial system, including banking. This is more government than is needed and an intrusion into the free-market system.

One reason the additional Medicaid money has had such a tough time getting through Congress is that it has been included in spending bills that include extended unemployment benefits and other big-dollar spending items.

Steve Moak said former Vice President Dan Quayle tried to talk him out of the race for Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District – in which Quayle’s son, Ben, is a candidate – and encouraged him to run for a lower public office.

Six months of trying to outflank Sen. John McCain from the right produced less support, less money, fewer endorsements and lower poll numbers than J.D. Hayworth and his dedicated followers had anticipated.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors approved two resolutions Monday condemning Arizona's new immigration law and asking Congress to overhaul federal immigration policies.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Little Katherine Figueroa sat in a grand room inside a Capitol Hill building pleading through tears to members of Congress: “Please tell President Obama to stop putting parents in jail, all they want is a better life ...

The cost of the first step toward becoming a U.S. citizen a�� getting a green card a�� may be going up, but the price to apply for full-fledged citizenship should remain the same.

ASRS official says state health care insurance ‘one step ahead’ of feds in many areas

Not every bill signed into law in 2010 was deemed worthy of the international attention that followed S1070, but many others were significant in their own right. Through the regular session and three special sessions, lawmakers introduced more than 1,200 bills, 355 of which were signed.