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Federal/County Legislative Alert + AZ IRC Meeting this week
Coconino County Democratic Party with Democrats of the Red Rocks issues these calls to action FEDERAL 1. CHANGING SEN. KYRSTEN SINEMA ON THE FILIBUSTER: Sen. Sinema has just stated she is NOT receiving significant numbers of calls to eliminate the filibuster. Let’s prove her wrong. Contact the Senator BY PHONE to say: “It’s a […]
Continue readingAZ Legislative Alert 1/31/2021
Request to Speak is a unique tool that the AZ state legislature has available for Arizonians to make comments opposing or supporting bills making their way through the legislature. To learn more about Request to Speak visit https://www.cebv.us/rts.html To use Request to Speak visit https://apps.azleg.gov/RequestToSpeak NOTE: Even if you use RTS to respond to these actions, you […]
Continue readingWorst Economic Year Since 1946
The U.S. economy shrank by 3.5 percent last year as COVID upended American businesses and households, making 2020 the worst year for U.S. economic growth since 1946. In 1946, the economy shrank as the country demobilized from World War II. Hundreds of thousands of GIs were discharged, factories stopped making bombs and jeeps, shipyards went […]
Continue readingDemocrats Battle for Democracy
An Arizona perspective on the filibuster: It need not be all or nothing, but Congress needs to do big things. Eric Levitz published an intriguing article in The New Yorker this week. He opens with this: For the Democratic Party as an institution, the stakes of enacting major reforms over the next two years are […]
Continue reading50 Things That Are Better Already
Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post Columnist President Biden has not completed his first week in office, but already there is much to celebrate. Let’s count the ways: 1. You can ignore Twitter 2. The White House briefing room is not an Orwellian nightmare of lies 3. We are now confronting white domestic terrorism 4. We are not paying for golf trips […]
Continue readingFederal/County Legislative Alert + Updates on AZ IRC
Coconino County Democratic Party with Democrats of the Red Rocks issues these calls to action. FEDERAL CONTACT SEN. KYRSTEN SINEMA: Sen. Sinema has just stated she is against ending the filibuster. (Politico Jan. 21, 2021) Contact the Senator to say: “It’s a mistake to take filibuster off the table. Please issue a public statement that […]
Continue readingAZ Legislative Alert 1/24/2021
Request to Speak is a unique tool that the AZ state legislature has available for Arizonians to make comments opposing or supporting bills making their way through the legislature. To learn more about Request to Speak visit https://www.cebv.us/rts.html To use Request to Speak visit https://apps.azleg.gov/RequestToSpeak CLIMATE CHANGE SB 1175 and HB 2248 – OPPOSE – USE RTS […]
Continue readingBlackman and Barton Clueless About the Constitution
Our LD-6 State Representative Walt Blackman, R-Snowflake, jumped right into the new legislative session pushing his number one priority — which is no one else’s as people die, lose their jobs and homes, and suffer in isolation in a once-in-a-century pandemic. Blackman has introduced a plainly unconstitutional bill that would require prosecutors to charge women […]
Continue readingOpen Letter to Senators Sinema and Kelly
January 17, 2021 Senator Kyrsten SinemaSenator Mark KellyUnited States SenateWashington, D.C. Dear Senators: On January 6th, our nation’s Capitol was attacked by a mob of armed insurrectionists. This was a horrible moment for us all. Both of you quickly condemned the violence. Senator Sinema went so far as to acknowledge that the violent insurrection was […]
Continue readingFederal/County Legislative Alert
Coconino County Democratic Party with Democrats of the Red Rocks issues these calls to action. FEDERAL PLEASE CONTACT OUR SENATORS FOR THE BELOW ITEM: 1. Impeachment Conviction: Most Democratic Party senators have expressed their desire to convict President Trump under the Article of Impeachment allegation of “Incitement to Insurrection”. Senator Mark Kelly has stated he is […]
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