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Nearly two months after President Obama tapped Judge Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, the Senate has failed to schedule so much as a hearing on his nomination.
House Democrats hoping to win Senate seats have jumped into the Supreme Court standoff , introducing a bill to force the Senate to stay in session over the summer if it does not consider President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee .
For three months, Senate Democrats have hammered their Republican counterparts over their refusal to take up President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee. Now House Democrats are looking to do some hammering of their own.
Representatives Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Arizona) and Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Arizona) led 33 of their congressional colleagues in sending a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Monday, May 16 urging immediate action on a Zika funding supplemental that includes dedicated funding for tribal communities.
Navajo farmer Martha Curtis was planning to sell organic vegetables and melons to schools last summer when the Gold King Mine pollution drifting downstream from Colorado turned the San Juan River orange.
Fearing poisoned crops, the Navajos dried up irrigation ditches for three weeks.
The Navajo Nation Council quarterly session got underway earlier this week. One of the first things President Russell Begaye talked about was the need for housing and health care services for the Nation’s veterans.
First District Congresswomen Ann Kirkpatrick was in Window Rock, too, and she agreed completely with president Begaye’s ideas for veterans.
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick visited the NAU campus over the weekend to discuss a grant she helped secure for NAU from the National Science Foundation.
The grant is for $525,000 and will take effect in May. Kirkpatrick says the grant will go towards research and to develop software that will facilitate collaboration between research projects at NAU.
Farming is more than an Arizona industry - it's our heritage. Our farms and their regional commodities are the foundation of the "5 Cs" on our state seal: Copper, Cattle, Cotton, Citrus and Climate.
WASHINGTON – Arizona lawmakers welcomed Tuesday’s announcement that the former director of the Phoenix VA hospital pleaded guilty to failing to disclose gifts from a lobbyist, but said it was too little and too late for veterans waiting for justice.
Graciela is a working mom in Phoenix. Her job as a caregiver for special-needs children keeps her busy and pays the bills. And at home, her youngest kids – ages 12, 13 and 14 – are like most kids that age, eager to finish their homework and spend time with friends.
