The four Arizona Supreme Court justices who ruled to reinstate the 1864 abortion ban were appointed while Ciscomani vetted judicial nominees for the governor’s office.
While Republican legislators’ plans to secure lower gas costs have failed, Democratic lawmakers have succeeded in keeping prices low for the second straight year.
Anti-abortion politicians have spent years paving the way for a total ban on abortion services. Now, they’re pivoting away from this wildly unpopular policy.
The Republican operative bought airtime under an unregistered PAC named “Turn AZ Blue” to run attack ads against Marlene Galán-Woods in a hotly-contested Democratic primary.
The Republican Study Committee’s proposed budget calls for cutting Social Security and Medicare and banning abortion after 15 weeks nationwide. It would also pose a threat to IVF and slash funding for rental assistance and programs that help build housing, and more.
Washington longtimers like Rep. David Schweikert and perennial candidates like Kari Lake have one thing in common: their policies would effectively end family planning healthcare like IVF and abortions.
After years of claiming that border security was a “top priority” for them, House and Senate Republicans killed a long-awaited, bipartisan deal they insisted on amid pressure from former President Donald Trump.
Before being elected to Congress, Mike Johnson tried to shut down an abortion clinic in Louisiana. After Roe v. Wade was overturned, Johnson called it a “historic and joyful” day and later expressed support for nationwide abortion ban. Now, he’s the new Speaker of the House.
House Republicans have spent their first 100 days in power discussing plans to cut social programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and food assistance and conducting half-baked and conspiracy-fueled investigations.
Between Republicans’ economic agenda, spurious investigations, and threatened impeachments, the House is looking at a busy but unproductive year.
