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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.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a health reform bill Saturday night that creates a massive new government health system to cover the uninsured and operate along side private insurance companies.

Why do they hate America? When it's a choice between strengthening the Patriot Act, or showing up for the Tea Party Patriots, what's a GOP lawmaker to do? We'll give you one guess... Several Republican members of Congress yesterday blew off votes on the signature anti-terror legislation of the post 9/11 era to attend Michele Bachmann's Tea Party ...

As the 48th and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, Arizona has always boasted of being a "maverick" state and populated with cowboy ingenuity and lots of presidential hopefuls.

Rep. Trent Franks, R-District 2, greets Arizona World War II veterans at the National WWII Memorial Wednesday as part of Arizona Honor Flight.

In the midst of the latest Congressional push for immigration reform, the debate over illegal immigration is becoming more heated than ever before.

In addition to the Daily Kos poll , a new poll from in-state , gives the Republican a sixteen-point lead .

Some call a U.S.- and Egyptian-backed resolution against incitement to religious hatred a wolf in sheepa s clothing Emily Belz Meeting of the OIC in May WASHINGTON - Despite American objections, the Organization of the Islamic Conference , a confederation of 56 Islamic nations, has been pushing "defamation of religion" resolutions in the UN for ...

ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona is ranking Republican on the Judiciary subcommittee on commercial and administrative law, before which Legal Services Corp.

The government's legal aid program for the poor has agreed to recover taxpayer money that it spent inappropriately on a decorative Italian-stone wall, but lawmakers in Congress are now pressing for an investigation into new whistleblower concerns about the program.

DELAYS WILL ONLY EMBOLDEN THE IMAGINARY SPIES.... Last week, Reps. Sue Myrick , John Shadegg , Paul Broun and Trent Franks made quite a splash .

Faiz Rehman American political system by design - in theory as well as practice - offers unparalleled access and openness to its citizens regardless of national origin, race, religion and other factors that may retard people's participation in the system.

Ahmed Solimana s column appears Thursdays. Send comments to letterstotheeditor@northjersey.com. NORTH JERSEY is a diverse area of the country and, as a result, the people of this area are largely accepting of their American neighbors who are from different religious and social backgrounds.