Rep. Gallego announces bid for Sinema’s Arizona Senate seat
Ruben Gallego, who has represented part of Phoenix in Congress for the last eight years, is the first official candidate in the 2024 contest.
By Associated Press - January 23, 2023
Ruben Gallego, who has represented part of Phoenix in Congress for the last eight years, is the first official candidate in the 2024 contest.
By Associated Press - January 23, 2023
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said Friday that she will leave the Democratic Party but continue to get committee assignments from the majority party.
By Josh Israel - December 09, 2022
‘It’s always better with 51, because we’re in a situation where you don’t have to have an even makeup of the committees,’ President Joe Biden has stated to stress the importance of reelecting Sen. Raphael Warnock.
By Associated Press - November 23, 2022
Every Republican in the Senate voted against the Inflation Reduction Act.
By Josh Israel - August 08, 2022
The law would ‘be a huge step forward in the fight to preserve a livable planet and is one we need to take while we have the chance,’ the group Earthjustice said.
By Adrian Cole - August 05, 2022
The three former officials called the bill ‘the most significant piece of climate legislation in United States history.’
By Oliver Willis - August 05, 2022
Every Democrat and 14 Republicans in the Senate voted to consider bipartisan compromise gun safety legislation.
By Josh Israel - June 22, 2022
American Rescue Plan funds are going to programs that assist students in the areas of mental health, academic achievement, career development, literacy, and life outside of the classroom.
By Oliver Willis - June 10, 2022
The groups are mounting a campaign to pressure Congress to pass President Joe Biden’s landmark social spending plan.
By Josh Axelrod - February 03, 2022
The Senate majority leader also plans to take up voting rights legislation in January.
By Josh Israel - December 20, 2021
Even some of the economists the business lobbying group cites say they don’t think the Biden plan will fuel long-term inflation.
By Josh Israel - December 15, 2021
The expanded child tax credit is set to expire next week. Policy experts say that would cut off critical aid to tens of thousands of Virginia families.
By Nick Vachon - December 08, 2021
Republican Gov. Doug Ducey is touting a $100 million expansion of high-speed broadband that not a single GOP member of Arizona’s congressional delegation voted for.
By Emily Singer - November 15, 2021
His change of heart was revealed at a town hall one day after Senate Republicans blocked a bill to expand voting rights.
By Emily Singer - October 22, 2021
President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion plan enjoys broad support in key states.
By Josh Israel - September 14, 2021
Advocates of filibuster reforms are counting on Democrats to stay united as they gear up for a summer showdown.
By Associated Press - June 26, 2021
Democratic leaders expected Tuesday’s vote, and their efforts to pass the bill will continue.
By Associated Press - June 23, 2021
Democrats in Congress are reportedly willing to agree to a smaller version of Biden’s American Jobs Plan now if they can pass their other spending priorities through reconciliation soon after.
By Josh Israel - June 14, 2021
Besides members of the GOP, President Joe Biden appeared to call out Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, both of whom have frustrated their party.
By Associated Press - June 02, 2021
He called the bipartisan commission to probe the violent Jan 6. attack a ‘purely political’ exercise to hurt Republicans in the midterms.
By Emily Singer - May 25, 2021
He hopes that saying nice things about Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema will convince them to let him block their agenda.
By Josh Israel - April 15, 2021
Sen. John Cornyn’s same-day statements about the border don’t align with one another.
By Amy Lieu - March 22, 2021
Rep. Andy Biggs’ own brothers said he was ‘at least partially to blame for the riot’ at the US Capitol in January.
By Josh Israel - March 02, 2021
McConnell refused to allow the transfer of power over a demand that Democrats let him block every bill.
By Emily Singer - January 26, 2021
Arizona’s Republican Gov. Doug Ducey will appoint failed Senate nominee Rep. Martha McSally to the Senate.
By Dan Desai Martin - December 18, 2018
Democrats just snagged another Senate seat.
By Kaili Joy Gray - November 12, 2018
Republicans are desperate to avoid counting mail ballots from voters in urban centers who might help Democrat Kyrsten Sinema win.
By Eric Boehlert - November 08, 2018
A new poll shows Trump is so unpopular in Arizona, he’s dragging down Republicans running for Senate there.
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