The Senate has approved both SB 1001 and 1002. The vote went along party lines. All Republicans voted yes except Ron Gould and Carolyn Allen (who is not feeling well and was not present.)
Senate President Burns tried earlier to get a few Democrats to join him on the budget [...]
Some sights and sounds from the Democratic Party meeting in Kingman yesterday:
Ed Espinoza from the Democratic National Committee came to address the group. I know Espinoza from his time as President of the Young Democrats of California, and some readers may remember him from his Mr. Super blog, where he [...]Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Republicans have controlled the Arizona House since 1967 -- 42 years. And with a few short-lived exceptions, Republicans have controlled the Arizona Senate during the same period of time. Arizona's governors, Republicans and Democrats alike, have been hostage to Republican legislators.
With this kind of iron-fisted control over' [...]
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The Special Session will begin Tuesday afternoon. My sources say that the Republicans are still short a vote and will have to play "Let's Make a Deal." Howard Fischer, however, says the GOP has the votes and maybe some Democrats to spare. Budget, Rio Nuevo on' [...]
I'm participating in a panel on blogging this Monday, Nov. 16, 6:30pm, at the Saguaro Eastside Democrats meeting -- New Spirit Lutheran Church, 8701 E. Old Spanish Trail (northeast corner of Camino Seco).
Joining me will be some guy who goes by the nom de pixel of Tedski --' [...]
Last year then President George Bush visited Arizona for a fundraiser. He gave someone a medal at the airport and I guess that made the trip official. The Democrats screamed and whined that the Republican Congressional candidate should have paid the full cost of the president’s visit.
Now the shoe [...]
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I have already taken to task the allegedly 40 anti-abortion conservative Democrats who threatened to scuttle the House health care bill if they did not get a vote on the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) says it actually netted about 10 votes for the Dems'' [...]
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"I am not a member of any organized party — I am a Democrat." -- Will Rogers
Democrats have been at this now since the days of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. It takes a lot of practice to be able to fight with one another and to hold [...]
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First, the American Medical Association (AMA), long the obstacle to health care reform for more than five decades, announced its support for the House Democrats health care reform bill. Now comes these equally eye opening new positions.
On Monday, the American Medical Association (AMA), in partnership with Servicemembers [...]
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Ben Smith reports at politico.com A Tea Party party registers in Florida:
A Florida conservative has registered an official "Tea Party" with the office of the Secretary of State, and is promising to run candidates against Republicans and Democrats in state and national races.
"The current system has become" [...]
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(h/t IWR Cartoon - Traitor Joe's)
Nietzsche: God is dead.
God: Nietzsche is dead.
Lieberman: Health care reform is dead.
The next line is up to you, Democrats.
Sen. Joe Lieberman (the narcissist "party of me!") represents the "Insurance Capital of the World" -- Connecticut is headquarters to' [...]
Come on, really? One of the most important legislative debates of the last decade, and the man resorts to baby talk. Way to represent your constituents, congressman.
In a further embarrassment, Shadegg had bragged earlier this week that he’d kill the anti-abortion Stupak Amendment (one that irritated most Democrats but gave [...]
