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House Democrats this week have amplified their calls for new spending on infrastructure and other federal projects in the face of May's discouraging job-creation figures. Even as Republicans are insisting on "trillions" of dollars in spending cuts, Democrats maintain that a targeted injection of additional federal dollars in the near-term would go a long way toward reversing the hiring slump. Friday's disappointing job report, they say, only bolsters their case. "The American people, while concerned about the deficit, place much more emphasis on job creation, and they see a role for the government," Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) told The Hill....

Reps. Keith Ellison and Raul Grijalva were elected co-chairmen of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Wednesday night, according to liberal lawmakers. Rep. Donna Edwards finished third in the three-way race for two spots. Grijalva, who represents a district in southwestern Arizona, was already a co-chairman of the caucus. Ellison, a Minnesotan, succeeds California Rep. Lynn Woolsey. Grijalva became a bit of a progressive icon in the stretch run before the mid-term election. Angry about Arizona's stiff new immigration crackdown law, Grijalva made himself a target for defeat by calling for an econimic boycott of his own home state. Hispanic colleagues and...

Rep. Raul Grijalva's win in Arizona gives liberals something to cheerBy Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times November 4, 2010 One bright spot for Democrats on election night: Liberal stalwart Rep. Raul M. Grijalva apparently held onto his congressional seat representing southern Arizona. Grijalva, a four-term representative who had easily won reelection in the past, got into trouble after urging a boycott of his state once it enacted a tough immigration law in April. Grijalva, 62, said the law would promote racial profiling. After portions of the law were suspended by a federal court judge, he reversed course. But Republican Ruth...

"I won't vote for him," said Veronica Silvas, 44, a respiratory therapist in Tucson and a Democrat who had long supported him. "Why would you want to boycott your own state?" Dave Paden, a contractor in Tucson, sees the congressman as part of the problem in Washington, though he couldn't identify precisely what Grijalva had done to frustrate him. "It seemed like in the beginning he was doing the right things, but like a lot of politicians eventually he got kind of stagnant."

Phoenix Dem: Grijalva Will Steal Election! For Immediate Release Saturday, October 23rd, 2010. This week, reports of widespread voter fraud began to surface in Arizona's 7th Congressional District, home to Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Raul Grijalva and his political machine. Extremist SEIU activists--hiding under the auspices of a recently created Arizona PAC--have been canvassing the district, attempting to put thousands of ineligible voters on the roles before election day. Now there's confirmation from the Assistant Leader of the Democratic Caucus in the Arizona House of Representatives. On a KPNX-12 TV roundtable, Krysten Sinema (D-LD 15) says, "I do think he (Grijalva)...

TUCSON, Ariz. — White powder delivered in an swastika-covered envelope to the Tucson, Ariz., office of Rep. Raul Grijalva is a toxic substance, the Democratic congressman said the FBI told him Thursday afternoon. It was not confirmed exactly what substance was mailed to Grijalva's offices, located at the 800 block of East 22nd Street, NBC affiliate KVOA reported.

[excerpt] These would be the four Democrats [Sen. Barbara Boxer (D, CA); Rep. Henry Waxman (D, CA-30); Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D, OH-10); and Rep. Raul Grijavla (D, AZ-07)] who provided letters of introduction and support to the pro-terrorist groups Code Pink/Global Exchange in 2004.  Those groups used these letters to facilitate their delivery over a half a million dollars’ worth of aid to terrorists in Fallujah actively fighting American troops; which is, by the way, treason by any reasonable interpretation of the US Constitution.... [end excerpt]  

So would aiding and abetting terrorists to kill US soldiers qualify as behavior unbefitting of a sitting US senator? On October 12, Scott Swett at the American Thinker reported that Senator Barabara Boxer (D-CA) along with Representatives Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) secured diplomatic courtesy letters that allowed anti-American Code Pink activists to travel to Fallujah, Iraq. The radicals traveled to Fallujah in late 2004 to donate $600,000 worth of humanitarian aid to the people who had just killed 51 Americans and wounded 560 more earlier that month. Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah was the...

On Sept. 27, I asked you to spread the word and support GOP upstart Ruth McClung in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District. The young, energetic conservative Republican with a physics degree and grass-roots momentum has been working non-stop on the campaign trail to defeat open-borders zealot Raul Grijalva

Confirming indications of a building Republican "wave" this fall, polls now show Democrat Rep. Raul Grijalva in a dead-heat with his little-known challenger in Arizona's 7th District. Politico reports that the Congressional Hispanic Caucus is now directing campaign cash to help Grijalva against insurgent GOP candidate Ruth McClung. A big part of Grijalva's problem is that earlier this year, the incumbent Democrat joined those calling for a boycott of Arizona after the state passed a tough law aimed at curbing illegal immigration. Grijalva may have expected that stance would endear him with voters in the 7th District -- where about...

  Add Rep. Raul Grijalva to the growing list of Democratic worries this election season. Party operatives say there's increasing concern that the Arizona Democrat's reelection bid could turn into a "sleeper" race for Republicans after Grijalva — responding to enactment of a tough new immigration law — called for an economic boycott of his own state amid a housing crisis and record unemployment. Four Democratic sources from different parts of the country said that there is new attention to a race that was long considered in the bag. And a recent poll, obtained by POLITICO, found that Grijalva and...

Residents of Arizona's seventh congressional district -south/southwest of Phoenix- are currently plagued with a US congressman who's a few tacos short of a fiesta... if you catch my drift: Meet Rep. Raul Grijalva... a man whose keen domestic insights and principled leadership rival even Slow-Joe Biden's brilliant 2006 plans for surrender in Iraq: Arizona's 7th district US Congressman Grijalva has actually called for a SB 1070 protest-driven boycott of Arizona, his own state- including all businesses -and jobs- in his own district. I sure don't know who he expects to vote for any more of this... With such a self-destructive...

But just as mysteriously, the chairman of the subcommittee, Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva (who just happens to get most of his campaign contributions from large labor unions), canceled the hearing when it appeared the room was going to be filled only with him and some union organizers — a dog-and-pony show missing the pony.

U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva is defending his friendship with labor activist Dolores Huerta after cable news personality Glenn Beck highlighted them in a recent show. Huerta made the news in Tucson in 2006 for a speech she gave at Tucson High Magnet School, in which she said “Republicans hate Latinos.” --------------------

Audio from Department of Labor representative Dolores Huerta’s speech praising Venezualan dictator Hugo Chavez and saying “Republicans hate Latinos,” reveals that Huerta’s appearance seems to have been supported by Congressman Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ). A representative from Grijalva’s office attended and “brought” Huerta to the Aprill 2006 speech, which addressed students at Tucson High Magnet School.thank … our representative from Congressman Raul Grijalva’s office, Reuben Reyes; thank you for bringing Dolores here and talking to our students,” Sean Arce says during Huerta’s introduction. Arce is identified in the audio as a faculty member. Huerta’s appearance garnered state and national media...

Terry Goddard can't be happy that the Obama administration continues to hammer Arizona's immigration law. The longer it's in the political stratosphere, the more mileage Gov. Jan Brewer gets. The latest flap erupted when the U.S. State Department included a reference to SB 1070 in a report on America's human-rights record for a United Nations committee. That launched the gazillionth round of Greta Van Susteren for Brewer this week, where she got to talk - again- about standing up for Arizona. On the show, Brewer apologized for being so worked up, saying the administration's actions were so wrong that they...

There's been no love lost at the national level between centrist Democrats and the party's progressive wing. California Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman hinted that some of the "Blue Dogs" are in his doghouse. And U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva told The Economist magazine that "you can't deny the level of disappointment" among liberals regarding compromises made on key parts of the president's agenda. The tension has cropped up at the local level, too - most recently with a new ad by U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, which appears to take a swing at Grijalva, her Democratic seatmate in Congressional District 7. "A...

In the latest rift to open up among Democrats over the immigration issue, Attorney General Terry Goddard is asking Congressman Raúl Grijalva to withdraw his support for an economic boycott. In a letter to the Congressman, who called for a limited boycott to put pressure on state leaders to retract the new immigration law, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate noted unemployment still hovers at 9.6 percent. “You have told the media that you would like to change minds here in Arizona through a boycott,” Goddard wrote in the letter. “From what I have seen, the Governor and the Legislature don't seem...

EXcerpt.....The acronym MEChA stands for "Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan." or "Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan." MEChA is an Hispanic separatist organization that encourages anti-American activities and civil disobedience. The radical members of MEChA who refer to themselves as "Mechistas," romanticize Mexican claims to the "lost Territories" of the Southwestern United States -- a Chicano country called Aztlan. In its national constitution, MEChA calls for self-determination by its members to liberate Aztlan. MEChA's national constitution starts out: "Chicano and Chicana students of Aztlán must take upon themselves the responsibilities to promote Chicanismo within the community, politicizing our Raza with an...

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who represents a congressional district that includes 300 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, turned and walked away and did not answer when CNSNews.com asked him whether he was committed to sealing the border against the influx of illegal drugs. “Are you committed to sealing the border against the influx of illegal drugs?” CNSNews.com asked Grijalva, who had stopped for an interview. Rather than answer, Grijalva walked away, eventually shouting back at the reporter that it was “punkish” to ask the question.