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The Latest on Trump/Russia
News broke last Friday that the President's son-in-law and close advisor, Jared Kushner, is under scrutiny by the FBI for attempting to set up a back channel to Russia. That news received so much attention that some [...]
Immigration arrests in Arizona soar under President Donald Trump
Statistics provided by ICE show the agency arrested 41,898 immigrants during the first 100 days of Trump's administration, including 1,770 in Arizona. That is an increase of nearly 35 percent nationally and nearly 12.6 percent in Arizona, compared with the same period [...]
CBO Scores Trumpcare: 23 million will lose insurance
WASHINGTON – DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office released their analysis of Trumpcare, the Republican health care bill: “Trump and House Republicans threw themselves a party for passing this bill, [...]
Priorities
Budgets are about priorities, and Trump’s first full budget submission makes clear that he puts the interests of the wealthy -- like the billionaires he has appointed to his cabinet -- over working families. Trump’s budget plan [...]
Take Action: Trump’s Budget Cuts to Social Security
Trump's just-released budget proposal includes $1.7 trillion in cuts to critical programs, including Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Medicaid. Workers and small businesses pay for SSDI through regular payroll taxes, and they have done so for [...]
O’Halleran Joins 44 Other Dems in Calling for Infrastructure Bill
The New Democrat Coalition, of which Rep. Tom O'Halleran is a member, sent a letter to President Trump calling for immediate action, tied to tax reform, to deliver infrastructure spending to rural and small town America. The [...]