Random Musings

From AZ Family - Phoenix councilwoman Laura Pastor drops out of congressional race One of the leading Democratic names eyed to replace outg...

Pastor is a current member of the Phoenix City Council. Aguilar is a current member of the governing board of the Central Arizona Project....

And it's still early. On 4/4, Phoenix City Council member Yassamin Ansari formed a committee for a run at replacing Senate candidate Ru...

Just a compilation of some recent political rumors here in AZ... ...The Phoenix Business Journal ( and other sources ) has been reporting ...

There have been a few developments on the 2012 campaign committee front since the last update. ...In the race for US Senate, Don Bivens, ...

The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) Action Fund  has given out its grades to Congress in its 2010 Congressional Report Card....

Later this week, or perhaps early next week, the US House will vote on a health care reform bill. Its passage (assuming it passes, a likely ...

Desert Beacon in Nevada puts it far better than I can here...but that's not going to stop me from trying anyway. :) Most of the recent...

After more than 12 hours of debate on a Saturday, and nearly 100 years of delay, dallying, and outright obstruction, the House passed a sig...

Courtesy an email sent today - Dear [cpmaz], As you may be aware, Congress has begun to debate health insurance reform and may have a vote o...

Info courtesy Politico . The linked article is dated June 19, so for the sake of easy math, I'm assuming the numbers are current as of J...

Just passed and upcoming... In floor votes - - The House passed H. J. Res. 3 , " Relating to the disapproval of obligations under the E...

...Stacy over at AZ Congress Watch does a good job of keeping up with this stuff (though not this week :) ). This is just a summary. This ...

This past Tuesday, the 111th session of the United States Congress began with much of the normal procedural routine that occurs at the begin...

This one is rooted in the previous post, but while that was more of a rant, this one is more reasoned. At least, I hope it comes across that...

...especially since "Candie Dates" at Sonoran Alliance got the ball rolling with a post concerning possible candidates to replace...

Heads up on this courtesy Ron Pies' AZCentral.com blog ... The grades of AZ's Congressional delegation, from the Iraq and Afghanista...

A few days ago, I wrote a letter to Congressman Harry Mitchell concerning the Wall Street bailout proposal floated by the Bush Administrati...

Of course, even on those rare occasions when AZ's federal legislators are on the same page, it's for very different reasons... As ha...

*well, except for the lawyers who are working for the Republicans as they try to undermine the Constitution... On Thursday, the House passe...