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Republican leadership in Congress and the White House formally gave up pushing a border-adjustment tax last week, dropping one of the more divisive elements of the party's efforts at changing tax laws.
The idea, known as BAT, ran into stiff opposition from both giant retailers like Walmart and smaller Arizona businesses like Accurate Signs and Engraving in Phoenix.
It's Friday!
It's the August Recess, and I'm heading back to Arizona right now.
Truth be told, I'm very disappointed that the House did not postpone or cancel our August Congressional recess. Besides Obamacare repeal, the House still has tax reform, budget negotiations, and debt ceiling discussions to work through – just to name a few of the issues facing our nation. We are putting ourselves in a position where we will risk substantial progress on our agenda, and that would be unacceptable.
When people invoke the Beltway, it usually means something bad. Especially to Arizonans 2,000 miles away, the Beltway represents a far-off, out-of-touch elite, intent on telling us how to live our lives while they desperately grope for more power.
Nothing reflects this fact as powerfully as Washington, D.C.'s control of our most fundamental resource: the ground beneath our feet.
As President Donald Trump calls for the Justice Department to probe the actions of his vanquished opponent, Hillary Clinton, four Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee want another look at the FBI's investigation of the Clinton email scandal.
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved what could become the first funding for a wall along the Mexico border.
It was part of a broader military spending bill, and Arizona's congressional delegation split along party lines on whether to include the small down payment in the larger measure.
A move to deny a separate vote on the $1.6 billion wall provision passed in the House of Representatives 230-196, with help from all five of Arizona's Republican members.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Andy Biggs voted in favor of H.R. 3219, the Make America Secure Appropriations Act, which includes $1.57 billion for physical barrier construction along the southern border. Congressman Biggs issued the following statement:
House Republicans successfully turned a Democrat-led request for former FBI director James B. Comey's communication with President Donald Trump into a probe of the Obama administration.
The initial draft of the bill, sponsored by Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, would request documents related to Comey's firing from the Department of Justice.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Biggs introduced the Farewell to Unnecessary Energy Lifelines (FUEL) Reform Act, which eliminates the following energy subsidies in title IX of the farm bill:
The House Judiciary Committee has officially approved an effort to launch an investigation into former FBI director James Comey's leaking activities and apparent mishandling of a federal investigation by former Attorney General Loretta Lynch.