From the Arizona Democratic Party: It’s been a busy week for the Arizona Democratic Party and our new chair, Andrei Cherny. It’s also been an important week as we set the tone for the party’s new direction and provide a strong message to counter the Russell Pearce Republicans who run the state Capitol. One of [...]
Either House Majority Leader Eric Cantor doesn’t understand how Social Security works or he doesn’t care. Just hours after President Obama said that Social Security cuts and privatization are off the table, Cantor said that Social Security had to be cut to balance the budget. But here’s the thing: Social Security does not and never [...]
America is a community. We look out for each other as a nation. We build schools for our children, fund police for our safety and provide a secure retirement for our grandparents. We don’t toss aside our seniors when they need our help the most. Instead, each generation of American workers invests in the Social [...]
We’ve come a long way together over the years. We’ve had many victories and our share of setbacks. The next few years aren’t going to be easy either. It’s going to be a fight to stop right-wing Republicans from rolling back progress and forcing gridlock in Congress. We’ll need to work harder than ever to [...]
Join us for a rally and press conference to “Restore the Funding” February 28, 2011 at 11:30am Arizona State Capitol grounds sponsored by Democracy for America. Speakers currently confirmed include Rep. Anna Tovar, a transplant recipient herself; the sister of one of the current transplant patients as well as Dr. Jonathan Weisbuch, Former Maricopa County [...]
August 4, 2010 Wednesday 6:30pm Old Spaghetti Factory 1418 N Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85003 Speakers: Vince Rabago, candidate for Attorney General; Renz Jennings, candidate for Corporation Commission; Rita Dickinson, LD 11 Senate;Karina Guerrero, LD 4 House. We meet together the first Wednesday of each month. Bring a friend and enjoy an evening of politics, [...]
Even with the Supreme Courts hold on matching funds for Clean Elections many candidates still need their fives. If all the candidates running for an office are running Clean no one has an advantage. This would hold true if the Governor’s race is between Jan Brewer and Terry Goddard or in the race for Corporation [...]
May 5, 2010 Wednesday 6:30pm Old Spaghetti Factory 1418 N Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85003 Speakers: Kyrsten Sinema, running for the Arizona Senate, Katie Hobbs and Lela Alston running for the Arizona House. All three are running in LD 15. We meet together the first Wednesday of each month. Bring a friend and enjoy an [...]
As we celebrate the passage of the Health Insurance Reform Bill we have to cry for Arizona. The Republicans in the Arizona Legislature have done everything they could to send Arizona down the wrong track. They cut Education and then cut education again both K-12 and Higher Education and then they cut healthcare. About 47,000 [...]
Here in Arizona we get a double dose of Republican indifference to the needs of our citizens. We have Congressmen like Jon Kyl arguing that unemployment benefits dissuade people from job-hunting “because people are being paid even though they’re not working” and” … If anything, as I said, it’s a disincentive. And the same thing [...]
