Jon Kyl news stories on Newser

Super Committee Busy Pointing Fingers

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:28:30 CST

With the super committee's deadline now a matter of mere hours away and reports of the committee's demise rampant , members of the panel took to the talk show airwaves today, with Democrats blaming Republicans, Republicans blaming Democrats, and some managing to sound hopeful for half a second, reports Politico . Without...

Debt Super Committee an Open Book—for Lobbyists

Kevin Spak — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:41:18 CDT

The debt “super committee” tends to meet in secret, won’t disclose its donors or post its documents online, and has turned a deaf ear to calls for greater transparency from good government groups—but it’s an open book to the best connected lobbyists on K Street, Politico reports. Mitch McConnell...

Did GOP Cross Line With Letter to Bernanke?

John Johnson — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:05:00 CDT

The latest political firestorm comes courtesy of the top four Republicans in Congress (Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Jon Kyl, and Eric Cantor), who wrote a letter to Ben Bernanke urging restraint on the economy. "We have serious concerns that further intervention by the Federal Reserve could exacerbate current problems," they...

GOP Makes Its Debt Super-Committee Picks

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:51:17 CDT

We're three-quarters of the way there. The GOP today announced its picks to serve on the debt "super committee," bringing the total number of seats filled to nine. At the top of John Boehner's list is Texan Jeb Hensarling, who will co-chair the committee with Democratic Sen. Patty Murray ; he...

No One Wants To Be on Debt 'Super Committee'

Kevin Spak — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:59:16 CDT

Legislators aren't exactly jumping to volunteer for the 12-man "super committee" created by the debt ceiling deal, which promises to be a thankless and heavily lobbied job, the LA Times reports. “I'm not that much of a glutton for punishment,” says Jon Kyl. “This is going to take an odd...

Schumer: Deal Isn't Quite Done, but 'Relief'

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:00:27 CDT

The end of Congress' tortured debt ceiling machinations isn't here yet, but it's in sight, says top Democratic negotiator Chuck Schumer, while adding that "It's premature to talk about any specifics." Schumer emphasized to State of the Union that the deal will be politically difficult to sell to his party,...

Mark Kelly's Next Career: Senator?

Kevin Spak — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:46:53 CDT

Mark Kelly’s sudden retirement from NASA and the Navy has Washington a-tizzy with speculation that he’ll jump into the race for Jon Kyl’s Senate seat in Arizona. So far, Gabrielle Giffords is polling higher than any of the other potential Democratic candidates for the seat, but since it’s unclear if...

Kyl Leaves Debt Talks, Too: No Republicans Left

John Johnson — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:08:56 CDT

And then there were none: Arizona Senator Jon Kyl is joining Eric Cantor in his decision to skip Joe Biden's deficit-reduction talks, which means no Republicans are left on the panel, reports ABC News . The departures come as Mitch McConnell blasted President Obama on the Senate floor, notes Politico , which...

Jon Kyl Strikes Ridiculed Comment From Record

John Johnson — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:58:54 CDT

It's the perfect ending, really. Jon Kyl has officially removed from the Congressional Record his comment that 90% of Planned Parenthood's business is abortion, notes Ben Smith's blog at Politico. That, you'll recall, is the statement that drew scorn because it's so wildly inaccurate and then ridicule because Kyl's office...