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McCain relies on Ducey for health care vote
Although Gov. Doug Ducey doesn’t have a vote on Congress’ health care plans, Arizona’s senators want to hear what he thinks and say his input could influence their votes.
Flake raises $4 million for expected tough re-election campaign
U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, who is expected to face a tough re-election campaign next year, has started aggressively fundraising, and reported having almost $3 million in the bank.
McCain returns to Congress to cheers from fellow senators
Applause and whoops greeted Sen. John McCain, who is battling brain cancer, as he returned to the Capitol on Tuesday to vote for moving ahead on legislation to dismantle Obamacare.
Ducey not going to appoint himself to U.S. Senate
Don't look for "Senator Ducey,'' at least for the foreseeable future. The governor is not considering appointing himself to the U.S. Senate should that become necessary if John McCain were to quit before the end of his term, according to press aide Daniel Scarpinato.
Despite cancer diagnosis, McCain says, ‘I’ll be back soon’
Battling brain cancer, John McCain on Thursday vowed to return to the Senate, leveling fresh criticism at the Trump administration and aiming a good-natured dig at Republican and Democratic colleagues shaken by news of his diagnosis.
Doctors: Sen. John McCain has brain tumor
Sen. John McCain of Arizona diagnosed with brain tumor after blood clot removed.
Cancer puts health care battle for political operative on 2 fronts
Ian Danley is fighting for his life for the third time in four years, and yet he has decided to take on another fight – health care for the hundreds of thousands of Arizonans covered through the Affordable Care Act.
McCain has surgery to remove blood clot
U.S. Senator John McCain had surgery yesterday to remove a blood clot and will not be in Washington D.C. next week to vote on any health care measures, his office said today.
AZ dilemma on Medicaid: Pay or drop coverage
The new Senate health care plan would cost Arizona at least $2.9 billion between next year and 2026 -- and perhaps as much as $7.1 billion -- according to a new analysis by the Ducey administration.
Arizona delegation urges Flake, McCain to maintain Medicaid
A Republican state senator and representatives from business and health care groups are urged GOP Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake on Tuesday not to back cuts to Medicaid as part of a health care overhaul bill.
Ducey touts NAFTA, wants role in upcoming trade negotiations
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey told a U.S.-Mexico diplomacy conference June 14 that maintaining good trade between the countries is important, and he expects the state to have a “seat at the table” in any upcoming trade negotiations.
Some Republicans blame ‘left’ amid calls to tone down rhetoric following Virginia shooting
The revelation that alleged Alexandria, Virginia shooter James Hodgkinson was a Bernie Sanders volunteer whose social media postings were filled with anti-Trump and anti-Republican rhetoric brought a round of recriminations from some Arizona Republicans who blamed the “left” for the attack.
