Trent Franks News

A recent Roll Call blurb called U.S. Rep. RaAol Grijalva a "key player" on health-care reform because of his role in reviving the public insurance option.

Ex-Rep. J.D. Hayworth will take advantage of rumors that he may challenge Sen. John McCain by raising money to pay down old legal bills.

Rep. Trent Franks said Sen. Dick Durbin's idea to house Guantanamo Bay detainees in Illinois shows that the Democrats have "at least" come up with "a jobs program." Franks sarcastically praised Durbin and Illinois Gov.

Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the past week. House MEDICARE DOCTOR PAYMENTS: The House voted 243-183 on Thursday to pass a bill that would avert a 21 percent cut next year in Medicare payments to doctors.

The "pink slips " being sent to members of Congress, warning them to abandon Washington's "charge-it-and-spend-it" programs, new energy taxes under "cap-and-trade" and nationalized health care, have surged past 5 million, but supporters of the program say they need to keep coming.

When Veep Joe Biden was in Phoenix Monday to talk up the stimulus package, he swung through for a fundraiser for Democratic congressional members Ann Kirkpatrick of Flagstaff and Harry Mitchell of the Phoenix-Tempe area.

The GOP is trying to get voters to forget their fiscal recklessness over the last eight years.

Remember the Medicare drug benefit? The human capacity for self-delusion never ceases to amaze me, so it shouldn't surprise me that so many Republicans seem to genuinely believe that they are the party of fiscal responsibility.

Rep. Trent Franks told CNSNews.com that the Obama administration's decision to prosecute 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad in civilian court is an "asinine approach" for which terrorists "the world over" are "laughing" at the United States.

A conservative Web site announced yesterday it has sent millions of "pink slips" to members of Congress, conveying citizens' dissatisfaction with certain legislative activity and the country's current anti-incumbent mood.

Voters disappointed over health care and other legislative efforts have now sent 5 million "pink slips" to members of Congress, the conservative Web site WorldNetDaily said Tuesday.

An airplane towing a banner depicting the hand of a human fetus lying on top of a dime flew for three hours over Lynchburg on Monday and is expected to return today.

Currently, there are no term limits for federal lawmakers, but Sen. Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina, and several of his colleagues are advocating that service in the Senate be limited to 12 years, while lawmakers would only be allowed to serve six years in the House.

Members of the House and Senate will host a press conference on Tuesday, November 17th at 11:00 a.m. at the House Triangle outside the U.S. Capitol.

It was an experience that was "out of this world," according to one participant.

The author of the book Muslim Mafia , which received a glowing endorsement from Arizona Congressman John Shadegg , is using the tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas, last week as a battle cry for a "backlash against the Muslim community and its leaders." Hold on -- that's just the beginning.

Arizona Congressman John Shadegg has lambasted the health care reform bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.

The two Arizona Congressman who represent most of the East Valley split their votes as the House of Representatives passed its version of a health care reform bill this weekend.

November 7, 2009 - Following tonight's House vote in favor of H.R. 3962, Congressman Trent Franks released the following statement: "Simply put, today's vote was a result of House Democrats deciding that they would shove their bill down Americans' throats.

Three Arizona Republicans on Thursday made up 25 percent of the House opposition to the bill to extend unemployment benefits to jobless Americans.