Rick Renzi

Lawmaker indicted on racketeering charges

TUCSON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Retiring U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., faces federal racketeering charges in a new indictment handed down in Tucson, officials say. The new indictment, unsealed Thursday in federal court, is related to...

Still Goldwater Country

Pundits are scratching their heads trying to figure out why Republicans -- and predominantly conservative Republicans at that -- did well in Arizona this election. Everywhere else across the country, Republicans did poorly as...

Judge asked to reject bid to dismiss Renzi case

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.12.2008 Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to deny retiring U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi's bid to have corruption charges against him dismissed on constitutional grounds. Renzi's lawyers last month...

Renzi pretrial motions hearings reset for Dec. 4-5

12:37 PM Mountain Standard Time on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 By The Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Lawyers and a federal magistrate have agreed that pretrial motions in the criminal case against Rep. Rick Renzi can...

The Southwest

Thursday, November 6, 2008; Page A37 Arizona John McCain won his home state as anticipated, with 53.7 percent of the vote, comfortably defeating Barack Obama, who took 45.1 percent, according to unofficial state results with...

Democrats pick up five Senate seats

Democrats strengthened their majorities in both houses of Congress, assuring President-elect Barack Obama a stronger hand in enacting his agenda of change. Four Senate races with Republican incumbents remained undecided, among...

Democrats increase their strength in the House

Democrats expanded their numbers in the U.S. House of Representatives, giving Speaker Nancy Pelosi more maneuvering room as she seeks to forge ahead with the agenda of President-elect Barack Obama. But with victories in...

Democrat wins Arizona House seat

Published: Nov. 5, 2008 at 1:22 AM FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Former state legislator Ann Kirkpatrick is expected to win her race for Arizona's 1st Congressional District seat against Republican opponent Sydney Hay. With...

Louisiana delegation's power anemic in Washington

Mike Hasten • mhasten@gannett.com • November 3, 2008 BATON ROUGE — No matter who wins in Tuesday’s congressional elections, Louisiana will likely still have one of the weakest delegations in Washington. The strongest members of...

Legislators Using Law As Shield In Probes

A constitutional clause designed to protect members of Congress from abusive or harassing lawsuits is increasingly being used by lawmakers as a shield in public corruption investigations, frustrating investigators even as the...

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