Pentagon and Homeland Security officials assured a House subcommittee Tuesday that they can continue border security despite a reduction in the National Guard.... Read more»
Citing the high number of cross–border tunnels, a House committee Tuesday passed a bill toughening laws for smuggling underneath the U.S.-Mexico border.... Read more»
In the shadow of a $5 billion Intel plant being built in Chandler, President Obama said Wednesday that high-tech manufacturing can get the U.S. economy on track. He touted a simple plan to “build stuff, make stuff and sell stuff all over the world.”... Read more»
Much like a monsoon haboob or a lengthy speech by an East Valley Republican, 2012 promises more dust-ups and hot air in the local political arena. Here’s one take on what the year holds: on wry, hold the pickle.... Read more»5
Many of us weren’t following the run-up to the firing of IRC chair Colleen Mathis. The current legislative leadership can’t stand that something, somewhere goes on without their control. Charges and counter-charges aside, that’s what this really comes down to.... Read more»
A House committee Wednesday approved a bill to require that every business in the country use the E-Verify system to determine if prospective hires are authorized workers or undocumented immigrants.... Read more»
President Barack Obama called on Republicans and Democrats to come together and support his $447 billion jobs plan Thursday evening. He managed to get Democratic and Republican members of the Arizona delegation to come together, but not in support of the plan that he presented to a joint session of Congress.... Read more»
If you just can’t get enough politics while you’re on the go, U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva is stepping up for you. The Tucson Democrat has released an iPhone app “which allows constituents and interested groups to follow legislative updates, public events, press coverage and other activities in his office.”... Read more»
Arizona’s congressional offices have been flooded this week by phone calls and emails on the debt-limit impasse, after President Barack Obama urged voters to call their representatives on the issue.... Read more»1
Update: Gabe Zimmerman’s “hard work and ideals… should be recognized here,” his mother told a crowd gathered as members of Congress unveiled a bill to name a room in the Capitol Visitors Center for the first congressional staffer killed in the line of duty. (with video)... Read more»
All five Republican members of Arizona’s House delegation have signed on to the Cut, Cap and Balance Act of 2011, a plan to deal with the nation’s debt limit that is expected to come up for a vote Tuesday.... Read more»
Despite improvements in security along the border, rising violence on the Mexican side calls for even stronger measures, U.S. Sen. John McCain said Thursday. “The violence level at the border is incredibly high, and we haven’t kept up with that,” he said.... Read more»
As usual in this election, we’ve focused on what was true or false in the flood of campaign advertising. We kept our opinions to ourselves, and laid out the evidence in as sober and evenhanded a fashion as we could manage. Well, enough of that. We present a look at funny, scary and just plain bizarre campaign ads.... Read more»
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