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Giant Wet Kiss to Wall Street
While the media were falling all over Jeff Flake for his harsh words toward Trump, Senate Republicans voted to reverse a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would have made it harder for large financial institutions to block class-action lawsuits from Americans who use credit cards, auto loans, student loans, and more. Flake and McCain, […]
Continue readingGOP Tax Plan: Just Another Scam
Trump tapped two former Wall Street executives, Steven Mnuchin and Gary Cohn, to secretly craft a tax plan and force a partisan vote without the American people knowing how much they’ll be harmed. This plan was written by Wall Street, for Wall Street. Trump is blatantly lying about his tax plan that would overwhelmingly benefit […]
Continue readingArizona Heads the Way of Kansas Thanks to Republican Corporate Tax Cuts
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature’s budget analysts on Thursday predicted a budget shortfall that could top $100 million in the current and coming year as the impact of corporate Source: Arizona Legislature’s budget analysts predict 2018 shortfall | State and Regional | azdailysun.com
Continue readingSylvia Allen’s Charter School Gets F Rating in 2017 School Letter Grades Report
Phoenix–The 2017Arizona school letter grades have been released and LD-6’s Senator Sylvia Allen’s charter school, the George Washington Academy, received an F grade. Senator Allen is the co-founder of the George Washington Academy, a kinder-6th grade school in Snowflake, Arizona, as well as the head of the Senate’s Education Committee. Senator Allen is also on […]
Continue readingPosition Available: Operations Manager
The Democratic Party of Coconino County is looking for an Operations Manager to assist the Executive Committee in executing the Mission of the Party. Applicants should be self-motived and organized. Excellent interpersonal skills a must. This salaried position requires an average of 25 hours per week. The Operations Manager assists the Executive Committee and PCs […]
Continue readingTrump’s Tax Plan: Net Nothing for Middle Class, Big Cuts for the Rich, Adds to Debt
Trump released a nine-page tax plan today. That’s like doing the architectural drawings for your house on a napkin. A small napkin. What we do know: The plan will likely add to America’s $20 trillion debt. There are lots of tax cuts spelled out. There are almost no loopholes eliminated. The rich make out pretty well. […]
Continue readingDon’t Be Distracted by Trump’s Noisy Nationalism
We may or may not agree with the conclusion by The Atlantic writer about #TakeAKnee, but we should note the summary of this week’s current issues and be inspired to continue our resistance and work to win in 2018: Trump had another of his bad weeks last week. His secretary of health and human services was exposed […]
Continue readingStaff Change
The Executive Committee of the Coconino County Democratic Party has accepted Charlie Burgin’s resignation. Charlie has accepted a position with one of our candidate’s campaigns. This is a promotion for her and we are pleased for her. We are grateful for all the hard work Charlie has put in during her months of employment with the […]
Continue readingUpdate on Graham-Cassidy: Looming Threat to Healthcare
Mitch McConnell says he won’t go through the embarrassment of another floor vote unless he can count 50 votes. Good news is that Rand Paul has declared he won’t vote for this one. If McCain, Murkowski, and Collins hold firm — or if we only lose one — we’ll be ok. But Collins has shown […]
Continue readingAction Alert: Another Run at Repeal and Replace
Republicans are taking another run at “repeal and replace.” It must be stopped just like their attacks this summer on the ACA were stopped. The “Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson” bill would radically change our health care system and cause millions to lose their health care coverage. The bill will hurt low and middle-income Americans. The Republican bill will not only […]
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