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Antenori files exploratory for Congress
Sen. Frank Antenori filed an exploratory committee for a possible congressional run, saying it would be too late to mount a viable campaign if he waited for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to announce her political future.
Giffords’ spokesman takes job at community college
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' chief spokesman has accepted a job as an administrator at a community college in southern Arizona.
Capitol Quotes: August 5, 2011
This week’s most outstanding utterances, gibes and quips.
Optimism, but no certainty, over Giffords’ future
Gabrielle Giffords’ surprising and emotional return to Congress sparked a new wave of speculation about 2012, but her political future is no clearer now than it was before she walked in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Arizona lawmakers vote overwhelmingly against successful debt-limit deal
WASHINGTON – Arizona’s congressional delegation voted overwhelmingly Monday to oppose a bill to raise the debt limit, which nonetheless passed the House by a comfortable margin and could be taken up by the Senate Tuesday.
Giffords returns to Congress for debt ceiling vote
For the first time since the Jan. 8 assassination attempt against her, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned to Congress.
Bipartisanship endangered, not extinct
It was announced this week that the National Institute on Civil Discourse awarded its first grants to several UofA departments: one to watch how politicians handle confrontational questions from constituents... […]
Capitol Quotes: July 22, 2011
This week’s most outstanding utterances, gibes and quips.
Tucson shooting survivor blasts Gosar for response to staffer’s violent messages
A survivor of the Jan. 8 Tucson shooting rampage has blasted U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar for his tame response to a staffer who posted violent messages on Twitter. In a... […]
Husband: Giffords had reunion with staff in Tucson
A weekend visit home to Tucson that included a reunion with staff members, Father's Day breakfast and Mexican takeout food was good medicine for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as she recovers from being shot, her astronaut husband said.
Promises, promises: No action from Obama on guns
More than five months after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head, the White House has yet to take any new steps on gun violence, even though that's what President Barack Obama called for in the wake of the shooting.
Twitter after Weiner: Some Arizona lawmakers get thumbs–up, some are all thumbs
If New York Rep. Anthony Weiner’s Twitter–induced scandal and resignation gave members of Arizona’s congressional delegation pause about their own social media activity, they’re not showing it.
