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Bruce Ohr, the Justice Department official whose longtime relationship with former British spy Christopher Steele has drawn intense scrutiny from Capitol Hill Republicans, is facing questions Tuesday about the timing of his contacts with Fusion GPS, the firm that worked with Steele to create and disseminate his so-called dossier about President Donald Trump's relationship with Russia.

Arizona has a disproportionate percentage of congressional representatives who are members of what can be dubbed the intransigent caucus: Members who prefer inaction to the concessions and compromises necessary for governing.

Three of Arizona's Republican House members – Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs and David Schweikert – are fixtures in the intransigent caucus. As are Democrats Raul Grijalva and Ruben Gallego.

A border lawmaker had drawn up a plan to pay for the wall in part by fining Mexico and other countries $2,000 for every illegal immigrant caught crossing into the United States.

Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, who has made is mark on Washington in just his first term, is pushing a plan that includes the tax on illegals and other ways to pay for the border wall demanded by President Trump.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) introduced a bill Tuesday that would help fund a wall along the U.S. southern border by penalizing countries whose citizens illegally enter the United States.

Under the Fund and Complete the Border Wall Act, countries would be penalized $2,000 in foreign aid for each person who illegally crosses into the U.S. Those funds would then be allocated toward border funding.

PHOENIX — An Arizona representative introduced legislation on Tuesday that would fund construction for a U.S.-Mexico border wall in part by cutting foreign aid from the countries of immigrants who illegally enter the country.

It will be easier to take wildlife off the endangered and threatened lists if Congress passes a bill introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz.

"The Endangered Species Act has been used as a sword instead of a shield," Biggs told The Daily Signal in a phone interview.

I am bemused by those who are judging the success or failure (the pundits claiming the latter) of the Helsinki summit based on a few sentences in a news conference.

A Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee asked a Justice Department unit to detail how it enforces bankruptcy rules, concerned that undisclosed conflicts at McKinsey & Co.'s restructuring unit may be compromising the nation's bankruptcy system.

In a July 11 letter to the director of the U.S. Trustee Program, Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona cited a recent investigation by The Wall Street Journal that found McKinsey disclosed far fewer connections to parties involved in the chapter 11 bankruptcy cases it has worked on than other restructuring firms.