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AZ delegation splits on party lines as US House votes to block Trump’s border wall emergency
The U.S. House voted to block President Trump’s emergency border wall declaration on Monday, delivering a stinging rebuke to the White House.
Ex-Rep. Kolbe signs letter urging Republicans to fight Trump’s emergency declaration
WASHINGTON – A former Arizona Republican congressman is urging current GOP representatives to fight President Trump’s emergency declaration to fund construction of the border wall he campaigned heavily on in 2016. Jim Kolbe, a Republican who represented the Tucson area for 22 years in the U.S. House, was among 25 former Republican lawmakers who signed […]
Rep. Gallego coyly mulling Senate bid as liberal groups push him to run
“We’re heading in the direction to make a decision,” was the most that he would concede.
Rep. Gosar rips Dem’s ‘socialist fairy tale’ climate plan
Gosar called the Green New Deal plan a “socialist fairy tale” at a U.S. House hearing on climate change Tuesday morning.
Grijalva voices support for ‘Green New Deal’
Rep. Raúl Grijalva is on board with young House Democrats pushing for a “Green New Deal” to combat climate change.
Trump nominates ex-Rosemont mine lobbyist to lead Interior
President Trump on Monday announced that he’ll nominate David Bernhardt, a former lobbyist for the Rosemont copper mine in Arizona and George W. Bush administration official, to become the next Interior secretary.
Grijalva: Trump’s shutdown is irrevocably harming public lands
An influential Arizona Democrat is placing the blame for the government shutdown -- and the lasting impacts on public lands and Native American tribes -- squarely on President Trump.
Sinema joins GOP colleagues in effort to repeal ACA insurance tax
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is joining Republican senators in a bid to permanently ax a piece of President Obama’s signature health care law.
Sinema and McSally aren’t the first senators to serve together after being campaign rivals
They’re not the first senators who duked it out during a campaign before going on to work together.
As Trump visits border, AZ congressional Dems reject ‘manufactured’ crisis claims
Arizona Democrats say there’s no crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border, despite President Donald Trump’s attempts this week to intensify support for a wall. Democrats, including those who represent the districts that border with Mexico, accuse the president of creating a crisis and argue that the physical barrier he’s demanding is the wrong way to ensure […]