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‘Get down! Get down!’ as gunfire erupts in Arizona
She arrived right on time a�� smiling, as Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords so often did, as she made her way through the small crowd that had assembled for her first "Congress on Your Corner" gathering of the new year.
Arizona challenge to health care overhaul expands
The Goldwater Institute's original lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Phoenix last month challenges the health care overhaul, and now the group is asking a federal judge for a preliminary injunction to block one provision.
New tax legislation: Doom and gloom or just another bookkeeping task?
Are those nails scraping across a chalkboard, or is someone asking a small-business owner to do more tax reporting paperwork? It’s the latter, and Congress has mandated it with a 2012 start date.
Observers: Hulburd attack on Quayle’s ‘dirty’ ties getting stale
Democrat Jon Hulburd kept hammering away at Ben Quayle over the Republican’s ties to a racy website, but after the candidates’ first and only televised debate, observers are saying that line of attack has run its course.
Sweet tea for the dentist
While Grijalva appears to be on the ropes, the source noted that late-September polling conducted by The Hill indicates Gosar could deliver Kirkpatrick the knockout punch.
No good can come from pointing fingers and passing blame
This country has not seen such division since the Civil War and Vietnam. Issues such as health care, unemployment, illegal immigration and countless others have brought heated conversations to water coolers all over the country. Politicians are pointing fingers and passing blame, not taking responsibility for the challenges at hand.
Contractors’ chief laments sweep of $1.2B from vehicle license fund
David Martin, president of the Arizona Chapter of the Associated General Contractors, says Arizona’s “Five C’s” — copper, cotton, cattle, citrus and climate — leaves out one other “C” vital to the state’s economy: construction.
Democrats vie under the radar for McCain’s seat
As John McCain and J.D. Hayworth have dominated Arizona's political headlines, four Democrats are quietly wrangling for the chance to take on the winner.
Arizona AG to testify on immigrant smuggling
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard plans to tell Congress what it should do to stop smuggling of illegal immigrants.
McCain takes on Republican rivals in second debate
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.
GOP candidates to Watch in CD3
It takes 10 to tango in CD3. Here's a list of the candidates to watch.
Medicaid money hamstrung by big spending bills
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.
