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In addition, here are a few selected transcript clips from memri.org. I have watched most of the interview now, and Justice Ginsburg spends several minutes praising the U.S. Constitution (approximately 4:30 in the video through 9:30). She specifically talks about many of the aspects that she believes make our government so powerful and durable.At the 9:30 mark, the interviewer asks her what models the Egyptian people might want to use for their own constitution, which is where she notes that new...
And, now there are SEVEN. That's how many Democrats and Republicans have now announced their intention to run in the April 17 Special Election primaries to replace now-retired Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-CD8). The flurry has happened faster than this ex-reporter can cover in between his current responsibilities - and certainly, the full-time reporters at the Star, the Tucson Weekly and the broadcast media are keeping us abreast pretty well - but, let me go ahead and compile some basic info in one...
As was widely expected, former Arizona Democratic Party Chair and unsuccessful candidate for State Treasurer Andrei Cherny launched his bid for the new 9th Congressional District today. He joins state senators David Schapira and Kyrsten Sinema in the primary battle.
Here is his launching video:
Cherny, Schapira and Sinema have just 102 years on this planet combined, being 36, 31, and 35, respectively. This primary battle will truly be "The Young Guns". The only announced Republican is Travis Gran...
The continuation of the temporary payroll tax cut has been a lively political football that will continue to be in play even after the Patriots lost the Super Bowl. Both Quayle and Flake are involved in momentous campaign battles of their own this year - Quayle is challenging fellow first-termer David Schweikert (R-CD5)in a post-redistricting primary battle for the heart of the East Valley, and Flake is looking to replace Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ).
Without fanfare, the Senate passed the House bill by unanimous consent the following day, and it was presented to the President on Monday, according to GovTrack.
No word yet on when the President will sign the legislation.
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Arizona Senator Jon Kyl was the Republican Senator at the hearing (Dick Durbin handled the hearing for the Democrats), so he not only introduced Hurwitz as the home state Senator, but got to ask the "tough questions".
Since Hurwitz has worked for the past three Arizona Democratic governors, Kyl very carefully noted that he feels that Hurwitz is going to be a judge on the appellate Circuit which is most maligned by Republicans who is NOT going to augment that perception:
Outgoing Arizona Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is on the committee and will likely be present.
Hurwitz was nominated to fill one of the vacancies in the busy circuit this past November. He has been on the Arizona Supreme Court since 2003, clerked for judges at every level of the federal courts in the early 1970's, spent many years in private practice and also provided legal counsel to Arizona's three most recent Democratic governors.
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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (Repub.) had a tense exchange with President Barack Obama this afternoon out at Gateway Airport in Mesa. Here is a link to the pool reporter's account after speaking with the Governor.
Looks like Scorpions For Breakfast may have given the President some indigestion.
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The bill sponsored by now-retired Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-CD8) and co-sponsored by Rep. Jeff Flake (R-CD6), which unanimously passed the House of Representatives this morning as part of Giffords' resignation ceremony, now heads over to the U.S. Senate, where Arizona Senator Jon Kyl expects quick action.
The bill there is sponsored by New Mexico Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), and has been stuck in the Finance Committee since this past August.
Arizona's Politics asked Arizona's two Senators whether th...
She quotes the President's campaign manager, Jim Messina (full disclosure: I always liked him more than Loggins) as saying that "We don’t say we’re definitely going to get Arizona to turn blue, but we’re going to take a long and hard look at it.”
The rest of the column is interesting, though nothing that should come as a surprise anyone who knows anything about Arizona politics.
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Appropriately flanked by a Democrat (Debbie Wasserman Schultz) and a Republican (David Schweikert), Gabrielle Giffords (Dem.-CD8) was lauded by the House's leaders on both sides of the aisle as her resignation was accepted and her final border security bill passed the House.
The link below will take you to the C-Span coverage of the last hour or so before her resignation. Rep. Wasserman Schultz reads the letter accompanying her official resignation to Arizona Governor Jan Brewer at the 50 minute ...
With the Earth being buffeted today by one of the largest solar storms in years (http://bit.ly/wSpQAf), it may be time to revisit that story, as well as Franks' video.
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Kyl, the Senate Minority Whip who is retiring from the Senate at the end of next year, gave a bitter speech blaming the White House and the "tax and spend" Democrats for the across-the-board cuts that will be triggered if the Congressional committee cannot agree on further deficit-reduction measures. He stated that he would tell members of the so-called "Super Congress" that the debate should be "taken to the American people" and that he would not countenance the "armageddon" that the auto...
I posted Sen. McCain's TV interviews from this a.m. separately, but am now going to post our (somewhat) daily compilation (in progress) thread. As always, if you find anything that should be included, or have any corrections or complaints, please drop me an e-mail!
VOTE IN HOUSE: Passed 269-161. Arizona's delegation voted as follows:
YES: Giffords, Gosar NO: Grijalva, Flake, Schweikert, Franks, Quayle, Pastor
Giffords, Rep. Gabrielle (D-CD8): Very exciting to read that...
