Jon Kyl Announces Plans to Resign From Senate
Sen. Jon Kyl (R., Ariz.) on Thursday hand-delivered a letter to Gov. Doug Ducey (R., Ariz.) announcing his intention to resign from the Senate on Dec. 31.
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Jon Kyl: Democrats’ Legal Strategy in Arizona Senate Race Sounds ‘Like an Effort to Disenfranchise Voters’
As vote counting continues in Arizona after Tuesday’s midterm election, Sen. Jon Kyl (R., Ariz.) worried the Democrats legal strategy “sounds an awful lot like an effort to disenfranchise voters” from rural counties.
Former Senator Jon Kyl Appointed to Fill McCain’s Senate Seat
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R.) announced Tuesday that former Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, a fellow Republican, will fill the Senate seat previously held by the late Sen. John McCain.
Kyl Criticizes Neo-Isolationist Sentiment in Congress
Former Sen. Jon Kyl (R., Ariz.) criticized what he described as a resurgent isolationist streak in Congress during a breakfast discussion at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday.
Outgoing Senators Slam Obama
Two senior Senators criticized the Obama administration late Thursday for failing to present Iran with a credible U.S. military threat as Tehran inches toward building a nuclear weapon.
The Lotto Lobby
The heads of seven state lotteries arrived in Washington D.C. to meet with members of Congress and express their opposition to Sens. Harry Reid (D., Nev.) and Jon Kyl’s (R., Ariz.) online gambling bill.
Playing the Odds
An online gambling bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) could slip through during the lame-duck session and become law, giving Reid’s home state a competitive advantage over other states in the online poker industry.
McCain: No Carmona in ‘Zona
In a Friday conference call, Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) continued to push back against an ad by Democratic Arizona Senate candidate Richard Carmona touting McCain’s endorsement of Carmona a decade ago.
DOJ Officials Resign after Fast and Furious Report
An investigation report on the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s gun-walking scandal has resulted in two resignations and twelve employee referrals for discipline, Politico has reported.
Letters to Leon
A bipartisan group of Senators is urging Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to provide more than $300 million in promised funding needed for modernizing the aging U.S. nuclear weapons complex.
