U.S. Congressional News

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 comp ... More >>

Live from D.C.: The House/Arpaio 287(g) Hearings, Starting About 7 a.m. Phoenix Time

Stepping off the plane in Washington D.C. this afternoon was like my first trip to New York many moons ago. The cab driver is Russian. The hotel front desk guy is from someplace in Africa. The room service waiter is from El Salvador. In other words, D.C. shows us to be a nation of immigrants. The na ... More >>

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 pos ... More >>

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 t ... More >>

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 o ... More >>

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 lo ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Conservative Blog Site Says Kirk Adams is New State House Speaker

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

Buffalo Rick's sinister scribblings against U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn O. Silver.

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

Pervgate

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

Stealth Zealot

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

Load of Crappioppoli

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

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

The Dixie Chicks

Can't keep a good Chick down

Speaker Phone

Groscost threats delayed action on alt-fuel debacle

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?

Shot in the Arm

Anthrax vaccine opponents are finding more allies in Congress

Shot to Hell

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

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

Pols Posturing for Promotions

Who's angling for what, and against whom

Bilingual Blues

This is not the way your grandfather learned English

Red Scarce

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

McCain's Gravy

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

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

Budget Bonanza or Bust?

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

Flashes

Rematch Game '98

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

Arizona and the Siege of the Rangers

Cheer and flag clothing on the campaign trail, 1998

Mirth of a Nation

The Pampered Politician

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

Ascent of a Woman

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

Flashes

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

FLASHES

INSIDE INFORMATIONDEFEATED ARIZONA POL CREATES NATIONAL VOTER DATA CENTER

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.

Pols to the Wall

POLS TO THE WALL

BLAND AMBITION

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

DESCENT OF A WOMAN

PIERCING THE CLASS CEILING

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

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?

DeConcini & Keating

What the senator knew and when he knew it

WHISTLE-BLOWERS' CHARGE: RTC TOOK A DIVE

For Sale: One War Hero

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.