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President Trump signed legislation Thursday to fund the government for another month, after Congress passed the stopgap spending resolution.
Funding for the government was set to expire at midnight Thursday.
The Senate on Thursday approved the continuing resolution to fund the government through Dec. 20 by a vote of 74-20, following the House's approval on Tuesday.
Congressional leaders from Arizona want to name the Veteran Affairs clinic in Gilbert after a Chandler soldier killed last year in Somalia.
Staff Sgt. Alexander Conrad died on June 8, 2018 during a mission focused on targeting militant groups in Somalia. The 26-year-old was the first serviceman from Arizona to die in combat since 2016.
U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, whose district includes a large portion of the East Valley, introduced the legislation, calling it a small token of appreciation for Conrad and his family.
Democrats have resorted to focus groups in key battleground states to try and come up with an impeachable charge against President Trump. After throwing around "collusion," "obstruction of justice," and "quid pro quo," they had decided to claim that President Trump committed "bribery" or "extortion." But, Nancy Pelosi can't really explain what the bribery was. Now they are rallying around the term, "attempted bribery." They continue to strike out with middle America.
Don't be surprised if House Democrats never bring up a vote to impeach President Trump. And if they do, it will only be because their leaders are willing to pay the price of seeing some Democrats who were elected in swing districts carried by Trump in 2016 go down to defeat in 2020.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4863 to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) for ten years and increase its portfolio cap over that period to $175 billion. Congressman Biggs joined 178 fellow Republicans to vote against this bill and offered the following statement:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Andy Biggs (AZ-05) and Ralph Norman (SC-05) introduced the Budget Process Enhancement Act. This bill makes two major reforms to the budget process. First, it would force federal government departments and agencies to justify new spending requests every year, rather than wait for steadily growing lump sums from Congress.
PHOENIX – The first public hearing of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's phone call to the Ukraine was historic, yes, but two U.S. representatives from Arizona were not impressed.
"Everything the witnesses said yesterday was based on … we're not talking someone who was in the room who told (the panel), we're talking someone who was in the room who told someone else," Republican Andy Biggs said on KTAR News 92.3 FM's Arizona's Morning News early Thursday.
Since the election of President Donald Trump, Democrats have made impeachment their No. 1 goal. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff has finally agreed to let the American public see what has been going on in his closed-door, Soviet-style hearings.
The latest attempt to remove President Trump from office by Democrats rests upon the anonymous complaint of an unidentified government employee.
Having failed in their attempt to tarnish him after their bogus Russian witch hunt (hoax), they wanted desperately to find a catalyst to continue stalking the president.
As the House impeachment inquiry moved to public hearings about President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, Arizona's congressional delegation has largely made clear where they stand on issue.
Here's what the state's nine House members and two senators have said so far.
House Democrats
Rep. Tom O'Halleran: The former Chicago police detective and political moderate has struck a measured tone that isn't surprising for a Democrat holding a district Trump carried in 2016.