Subject: U.S. Congressional News

• Spineless! Governor Janet Napolitano wussies out on employer sanction bill for lack of political cover.

  July 3, 2007

• THE GENERAL'S LAST CAMPAIGN

  DESERT STORM WAS ONE THING. BUT BATTLING THE SOLDIERS OF THE ARIZONA NATIONAL GUARD WAS THE WAR OF GENERAL OWENS' CAREER.

  August 5, 1992

• SPINNING WHEELS EX-JOURNALISTS TURNED PR FLACKS REDEFINE THE TERM "COVERING THE STORY"

  December 1, 1993

• DESCENT OF A WOMAN

  December 15, 1993

• BLAND AMBITION

  HE'S RUNNING FOR THE U.S. SENATE ADS AN OUTSIDER, A BORING STRAIGHT ARROW WITH THE COMMON TOUCH.

  August 11, 1994

• Pols to the Wall

  October 27, 1994

• INSIDE INFORMATIONDEFEATED ARIZONA POL CREATES NATIONAL VOTER DATA CENTER

  August 24, 1995

• FLASHES

  September 21, 1995

• Ascent of a Woman

  Meet Jane Hull. She's probably your next governor.

  April 17, 1997

• Flashes

  April 17, 1997

• Mirth of a Nation

  May 21, 1998

• Rematch Game '98

  A new and improved J.D. Hayworth squares off against the same old Steve Owens

  October 29, 1998

• Flashes

  December 31, 1998

• A peek at how the power companies played the political game in 1998:

  January 7, 1999

• Budget Bonanza or Bust?

  Discord between GOP lawmakers and the governor is just one reason the budget battle might get ugly.

  January 7, 1999

• Red Scarce

  Thanks to gubernatorial neglect, Hull's ambitious agenda is going nowhere

  February 11, 1999

• Bilingual Blues

  This is not the way your grandfather learned English

  March 18, 1999

• Conservative Blog Site Says Kirk Adams is New State House Speaker

  November 6, 2008

• Update: Kirk Adams is New House Speaker, Replaces Jim Weiers

  November 6, 2008

• Rod Blagojevich, President-Elect Barack Obama, and a Preview of Tomorrow's Wing-Nut Radio

  What did Blago get from Obama? Not even a cigar after the show...It's a tad late here at New Times' offices, but I want you to read the following excerpts from the federal criminal complaint filed against Illinois Governor and Serbian-American wild-man Rod Blagojevich. This, of course, regards Blago's alleged attempt to sell President-elect Barack Obama's open Senate seat or barter it for whatever he could get for it: An ambassadorship, an appointment to be Health and Human Services Secretary, p

  December 9, 2008

• Barrett Marson Bids Adieu as House Speaker's Spokesman and Capitol Blogger

  Barrett Marson, spokesman for outgoing Arizona House Speaker Jim Weiers, says in an e-mailed farewell that he'll look back fondly on his four years dealing with the "jackals" in the media, some of whom he may have even enjoyed getting to know. Friends and acquaintances of Marson's know he's just joshing about the jackals. Mostly, anyway. The jovial, hirsute voice of Republican leadership at the State Capitol was a reporter once himself for the East Valley Tribune and Arizona Daily S

  December 10, 2008

• Janet Napolitano at DHS Equals Russell Pearce with Skunk Hair and Shoulder Pads

  Embedded video from CNN Video What's the difference between neo-Nazi hugger, and forwarder of white supremacist e-mail, state Senator Russell Pearce and Gov. Janet Napolitano on immigration? Well, to judge by this CNN excerpt from Nappy's DHS confirmation hearings yesterday, I'd say, not much. A lot's being made in the national press concerning Napolitano's "shift" in focus, promising to bust employers of illegal aliens for a change. But that doesn't mean she won't be parading illegal immigrant

  January 16, 2009

• Joe Arpaio Blasted by John Conyers, Zoe Lofgren, Mary Rose Wilcox Tomorrow in D.C.

  Check this video the group America's Voice has been using to gather signatures for the anti-Joe petition to be ballyhooed tomorrow. This is one I wish I could be in D.C. for: Tomorrow at 1 p.m., House Judiciary Chair John Conyers, Immigration Subcommittee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, and apparently our own Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox, along with other national and local civil rights leaders, will publicly call on the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security to invest

  March 10, 2009

• E.J. Montini, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's New Best Bud

  Maybe E.J. Montini should ask Maria del Carmen Garcia Martinez (left) if she feels the MCSO violated her civil rights?Why do I bother with a middlebrow muttonhead like the Republic's E.J. Montini? After all, this smug little scribbler is known for his milquetoasty opinions, his aversion to rocking the proverbial boat, and his kowtowing to authority. No doubt he's well-paid for his snooty simpering, the kind that doesn't upset the digestion of the seniors in Sun City too much. He certainly doesn'

  March 13, 2009

• Arizona Capitol Times' "Best Government PR Person" Has Been Kiss of Job Death

  Laura Devaney, a spokeswoman for state Senate Republicans, just won the Arizona Capitol Times "Best Government PR Person" award. She'd better sharpen her resume. The last two people picked for the award by Capitol Times readers, also both spokesman for Republican lawmakers, were fired from their posts. Nick SimonettaNick Simonetta, a spokesman for the Senate, was let go in 2006 by then-incoming Senate President Tim Bee just before hearing the newspaper's readers voted him the "best." And

  March 25, 2009

• Pervgate

  The congressional page scandal's proving the straw that breaks the elephant's back, and Congressman Jim Kolbe's got explaining to do

  October 26, 2006

• Stealth Zealot

  Pop quiz. Who’s Arizona’s other U.S. senator? Here’s a clue: He makes Dubya look like a liberal

  April 13, 2006

• Load of Crappioppoli

  Maverick state Senator Jack Harper and shady Clinton administration bureaucrat Henry Cisneros are back and bitchin', which's ruffling tail feathers

  March 2, 2006

• Arizona and the Siege of the Rangers

  Cheer and flag clothing on the campaign trail, 1998

  June 11, 1998

• River Gamble

  Rick Renzi's hoping people buy his line that an amendment he's sponsoring has nothing to do with his father's defense business

  September 18, 2003

• The Dixie Chicks

  Can't keep a good Chick down

  July 24, 2003

• Speaker Phone

  Groscost threats delayed action on alt-fuel debacle

  November 2, 2000

• What's My Line?

  Reformers have a once-in-a-decade chance to take redistricting out of the hands of legislators. Can it pass? Will it work?

  October 5, 2000

• Shot in the Arm

  Anthrax vaccine opponents are finding more allies in Congress

  March 16, 2000

• Haunted by Spirits

  John McCain derived his wealth from his marriage to Cindy Hensley McCain, whose father started his road to riches as a bootlegger. As a politician, the senator has remained beholden to the liquor industry and the family business

  February 17, 2000

• Shot to Hell

  Mandatory participation in military's anthrax vaccine program pushes plunger on medical controversy

  January 27, 2000

• An Endowed Chair

  Senator John McCain's push for campaign-finance reform has helped make him a presidential contender. Donations from special interests that appear before his Senate Commerce Committee haven't hurt, either

  November 25, 1999

• Pols Posturing for Promotions

  Who's angling for what, and against whom

  September 30, 1999

• McCain's Gravy

  Don't buy his poor-boy claims — he can raise big bucks. But will it be his undoing?

  January 14, 1999

• The Pampered Politician

  Arizona Senator John McCain is ready for a presidential run — if the national press corps has anything to say about it

  May 15, 1997

• Halloween VI: Election Fright!

  In the sixth congressional district, J.D. Hayworth and Steve Owens have run campaigns so devoid of content it's almost scary

  October 31, 1996

• FREON EASY

  ARIZONA'S REPUBLICAN LEADERS WANT THE STATE TO BUCK FEDERAL LAWS ON CFC PRODUCTION. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WEIRD SCIENCE MIXES WITH WACKY POLITICS.

  May 4, 1995

• POLS TO THE WALL

  October 13, 1994

• Statesman or Henchman?

  He's already the state's GOP power broker. He'll soon be Arizona's senior senator. Will the volatile John McCain Rule by fear or respect?

  March 23, 1994

• PIERCING THE CLASS CEILING

  December 15, 1993

• THE STEALTH CONGRESSMAN

  EIGHT-TERM REPRESENTATIVE BOB STUMP STANDS TO BECOME THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE ARIZONA DELEGATION. SO HOW COME YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF HIM?

  October 13, 1993

• WHISTLE-BLOWERS' CHARGE: RTC TOOK A DIVE

  February 17, 1993

• For Sale: One War Hero

  October 28, 1992

• Barack Obama Makes Joe Arpaio's Pal Janet Napolitano Point Woman for Immigration Reform, 287(g) Ignored

  President Obama's remarks after the White House immigration summit today While it was gratifying to see President Barack Obama's much-delayed summit on immigration take place today, and for the President to declare after the meeting that, "My administration is fully behind an effort to achieve comprehensive immigration reform," the message was still one of "hurry up and wait," with nothing promised to alleviate the persecution and resultant suffering of the undocumented in this state or an

  June 25, 2009

• Community Movie Night: Religulous

  September 24, 2009