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Budget-Killing Reagan Serving Hard Time in Senate

By Ben Franklin, American Post-Gazette Not every guilty person looks it. Take Michele Reagan R-Scottsdale) for example. She is a soft spoken, pleasant woman with a kind face, but a few years ago her vote in the Legislature nearly wrecked the Arizona state budget, and threatened to bankrupt us. If Reagan were Democrat, you might [...]

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FBI Says “All Options Are on the Table” for Bringing Leaker to Justice

John Semmens: Semi-News — A Satirical Look at Recent News FBI director Robert Mueller promised that his agency “will be taking action against Edward Snowden for disclosing confidential government activities. There is no greater threat to the government than an unreliable insider. Mr. Snowden has shown himself to be that kind of threat.” Snowden’s whereabouts [...]

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State Conservative Leaders: ‘Chilling’ to Watch Republicans Betray Sanctity of Life

State Representative Warren Petersen (Republican-Legislative District 12) posted the following remarks on the passage of the abortion-tainted Medicaid expansion on his Facebook page: Chilling to witness a handful of Republicans oppose a pro-life amendment on the floor because they think expanding Obamacare is more important. Long-time conservative leader State Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, also of LD12, [...]

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Center for Arizona Policy Looking Ahead

By Cathi Herrod, President, Center for Arizona Policy After a disappointing end to what’s been one of the most challenging legislative sessions in memory, the CAP team and I are looking forward to the future and what’s next for our state. Long ago, I learned the best response to a disappointing legislative session is to [...]

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Rep. Schweikert Makes the Case against Gov. Brewer’s Abortion-Tainted Medicaid Plan

Arizonans, including Republican leaders, are dividing in a debate over whether Arizona should expand Medicaid services pursuant to the federal Affordable Care Act — alias ObamaCare. Governor Jan Brewer and others are rallying for passage. Cong. Trent Franks announced previously he is taking no position on the controversial issue. The Center for Arizona Policy issued [...]

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Cultural Rot: (Don’t) See Springer, Jerry … and ‘Baggage’

We started skipping merrily down the hill in the 1960s with The Dating Game. Witty one-liners and mini-skirts indicated there was more at play here than marriage and the baby carriage. Clever come-on lines led to the hopes of one-night stands and short-term exhilaration. So it was not surprising that the late basketball great Wilt [...]

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President Says Gov’t Spying on Citizens “a Modest Encroachment on 4th Amendment Rights”

John Semmens: Semi-News — A Satirical Look at Recent News Reports this last week that the federal government is compiling records of every phone call made in America and securing copies of every email and Internet posting stunned those who took then 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama’s promise to “end spying on citizens who are [...]

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Citizens Organize to Fight Governor’s Push for Obamacare

Recently former Arizona State Senators Frank Antenori and Ron Gould formed a committee named “The United Republican Alliance of Principled Conservatives,” or URAPC. The committee was formed for the purpose of stopping Obamacare and its associated tax on hospital stays. Defeating Governor Brewer’s ill-conceived and unconstitutional legislation must be referred to the ballot so it [...]

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GOP Reaction to Increased Unemployment

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the May jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor.  A net total of 175,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate for May increased to 7.6 percent from 7.5 percent in April.   “The fact that [...]

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